braise
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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
For a cool-weather meal that feeds a crowd, consider a braise.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
We then braise that whole and separately pound out the rib loin paper-thin.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2023
Pheasant, to boil ib. ——, with white sauce 180 ——, à la braise ib. ——, à l’Italienne ib.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
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
"I do think that it is a potent form of aromatic, very necessary for soups, stews and braises," Chef Sohui Kim tills Conaboy for The Awl.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
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
For their main course they dined on a sesame-crusted sea bass, braised bok choy and roasted eggplant.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
California Pizza Kitchen aims to highlight its diverse sit-down menu, which includes cedar plank salmon and braised short rib served with pappardelle pasta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Don’t miss some returning favorites, such as the barbacoa tamal de res, in which the beef is pleasantly tender, or the braised pork belly adobo, one of the heartier dishes at the festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
At a bar called Viva San Fermín, we buy a rabo de toro sandwich, braised oxtail on crusty bread, and carry it to the bullring.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 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
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Of these techniques, the most common are braising, stewing, browning, frying, and baking.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2023
In many recipes, browning often precedes braising which is why I've long-lived by the very apt motto: "but first, browning."
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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