crisped

It takes some time, actually, to get the chicken crisped up just right, but the whole process is so simple and calls for almost no ingredients.

The grilled cheese was immensely gooey and rich, the bread perfectly crisped and with great structural integrity, with no bread slipping or overtly melted cheese causing an absolute mess.

In addition to its customarily flavoring soups, batters and stews, along with anything cooked in liquids — braises, beans, grains — it can also be roasted or crisped, ground and used as a condiment.

As the turkey sputtered and crisped in the pan, I mixed together a simple larb-inspired sauce of lime juice, fish sauce and chili flakes, which I drizzled onto the meat once it was browned.

At the center of it all was a huge roast pig, or lechón, with delicate, crisped skin.