pan-fry
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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
And finally, we pan-fry the patties until browned and crisp.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023
“If you grew up in a Korean household,” he wrote, “then the dish wasn’t just occasional barbecue; it was dinner on the regular, a quick pan-fry on the stovetop.”
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
Now, my partner and I pan-fry white cornmeal dough into little crispy disks and stuff them with salty, crumbly queso fresco and sautéed bell peppers at least twice a month for a Colombian/Venezuelan-inspired dinner.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
If you merely pan-fry a whole block of tempeh and season it with nothing but salt and pepper, you’ll end up with something dry and uninteresting.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
There, Xi hosted Trump and his delegation at the Great Hall of the People for a day of meetings and a banquet dinner of Peking duck and pan-fried pork buns.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
From there, the menu moves to the restaurant’s specialties: hand-cut steaks aged in-house, sautéed scallops and pan-fried walleye.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
Often, dried spaghetti is pan-fried raw with garlic and chilies, just as you’d sizzle Arborio rice in oil to start a risotto.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Of all the ways to use a sheet pan, “frying” rice on it might be the least intuitive — which is why Hetty McKinnon’s sheet pan-fried rice is so brilliant.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
Then chow mein with pan-fried noodles and cashew nuts.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
And when deep-frying or pan-frying, starting with an empty pan and superhot oil is integral to the cooking process.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Thus, we wouldn't recommend deep frying as the method of choice, but rather baking or pan-frying.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2022
For pan-frying, Nguyen likes to dry brine tofu, lightly salting slices and letting them sit for a few minutes before blotting away moisture.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
If you are making dodo, tatales, banan peze or any other dishes that call for pan-frying plantains, you’ll want to use ripe ones, preferably with dark spots emerging on their skins.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
This leaves you with the four main techniques for cooking meat in the home kitchen: pan-frying, roasting, braising, and stewing.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2018
