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overcook

[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈkʊk/ ]
[ UK /ˌə‍ʊvəkˈʊk/ ]
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  1. cook too long
    The vegetables were completely overcooked

How To Use overcook In A Sentence

  • The juicy yet slightly overcooked burger would have benefited from a nice charbroiling, the flavor of smoke and fire would have added some much needed depth. NYC Food Guy
  • We all tucked in to our dishes of fish, and although the salmon tandoori was probably a touch overcooked, the red snapper was glorious.
  • If you overcook the pancakes they will be difficult to roll.
  • Overcooking vegetables saps them of flavour and texture and makes them far less healthy to eat, as the vitamins and minerals become lost in the cooking water.
  • The accompanying vegetables, peas, carrots and broccoli disappointed a little because they seemed to be overcooked.
  • Half admit to having overcooked the meat while two fifths felt baffled trying to work out cooking times. Times, Sunday Times
  • These publications made the mother of three float through her daily chores, burn the dinner, overcook the peas, but more important, enabled her to supplement the housekeeping.
  • The Vino Nobile of the firm and drying tannins was a 2003 and had some unappealing overcooked fruit aromas going on. Sasha Smith
  • The chicken biryani was overcooked, with soft rice and dry meat. Times, Sunday Times
  • We all tucked in to our dishes of fish, and although the salmon tandoori was probably a touch overcooked, the red snapper was glorious.
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