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dredging

1 4.6

A light coating of flour or breadcrumbs on food before cooking

noun
/ˈdrɛdʒɪŋ/

: empanizar

The chef demonstrated the dredging technique, coating the chicken in seasoned breadcrumbs before frying.
dredging flour
dredging with 2 tablespoons
dredging with about 3/4 cup

Examples

Coating the fish with dredging flour creates a crispy crust when cooked.
In flour. "That's called dredging," Glenda said to Neil.

Fiction book (1997)
flour for dredging

Blog text (3)
For the recipe, dredging the vegetables in cornmeal adds a delicious crunch.

Synonyms

to breading

vsdredging

2.8

To coat food with breadcrumbs or flour before cooking

is a lighter application that leaves only a thin dusting on the surface

Compounds

dredging bucket

Specialized

7.8

A bucket used to lift mud and sand from the bottom of a river or harbour

How Coated

encrustation

1 7.5

coating

35 3.4

breading

2 1.6

dredging

1 4.6

dusting powder

4.2

Surface Forms

dredging singular

dredgings plural

Morphology

dredging = dredge (transparent) = dredge + ing

A standard nominalization/gerund formed from the verb 'dredge' with the productive suffix '-ing', directly naming the action.

Etymology

Dredging in cooking is a helpful way to remember a gentle 'dusting' of flour or breadcrumbs over food so it gets a thin, even coat. So, to dredge is to coat food lightly before you cook it.