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braise

[breyz] / breɪz /


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Quail is wonderfully versatile — pan-fry it, grill it, roast it, even braise it if you’re feeling cozy.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

You can braise the chicken to make a more concentrated sauce, which is delicious over buttered noodles.

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 2024

From his first taste of fresh mango at age 5 to the pork belly his mother loved to braise for him, food memories always have sustained him.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2024

We then braise that whole and separately pound out the rib loin paper-thin.

From Salon Nov. 19, 2023

Then braise slowly for four to five hours, as directed for galantine of veal.

From Choice Cookery by Catherine Owen

In Piedmont, dairy-rich cooking leans into butter, cheese, and slow braises.

From Salon Jan. 24, 2026

Its 2¼-inch straight sides also make it useful for braises and finishing pasta in sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Usually deep-fried for a satisfying crunch, or ground to a fine powder, they were unlike meats, which made for versatile cooking, from braises to barbecue.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2024

Browning is great for dry-heat dishes like steaks and roasts, but unnecessary for stews and braises.

From Seattle Times Apr. 13, 2024

Und she dinked ash she look from de vinders,     How herzlich his braises dey sang; "Now dey'll knock my goot name indo flinders,     For killin der Ritter von Slang."

From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland

A braised beef ragù that’s great on top of pasta or a creamy polenta, or as a stew if you add more vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

Sandwiched inside was braised, chilled and improbably thin-sliced “carpaccio” of pig trotters, tender enough to vanish on contact.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2025

Shin compared the furor to a 2020 case in which a convenience store clerk was indicted for eating a 5,900 won pack of braised pig's feet.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

Her well-loved peanut butter lengua, little squares of braised tongue topped with grilled radish and pickled onion, arrived on a plate streaked with spicy peanut sauce.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

Dinner was prawn cocktails in wine glasses for starters, lamb chops with chef’s hats with duchesse potatoes and braised celery for main, and a Baked Alaska for "dessert," not "afters."

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

If the overabundance of root vegetables like sunchokes, black radishes and kohlrabi the size of my head is the late-winter scourge of my community-supported agriculture program, the steady supply of braising greens is its redemption.

From Seattle Times Mar. 25, 2024

Of these techniques, the most common are braising, stewing, browning, frying, and baking.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2023

When preparing a braising liquid or cooking soup, Petonito likes to tie up a little bundle of this herb and drop it into the pot to add oomph.

From Washington Post Nov. 9, 2022

The trick to this recipe for curried swordfish with tomatoes and greens is to sear the fish, then steam it with the moisture that comes from braising the vegetables.

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2022

Angelo recommended slowly braising the leg, in his opinion the most flavorful cut.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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