to overcook

Examples

• All

• I feel like when you overcook like chicken breast, it gets so dry really quick.

• To those who have not made this before, I recommend not overcooking it, or you will have a mushy result.

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• See, I knew you were gonna overcook this, man.

  I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)

• You know it's easy to overcook the white meat.

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• All that said, most Americans do tend to overcook their food, especially their vegetables.

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• Keep your eye on the food so it doesn't overcook.

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• I tend to overcook things like pork chops and other meats.

• If you don't overcook the carrots, in my opinion, they provide all the crunch one needs!

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• I like a good New York as long as you don't overcook it, 'cause they tend to be tough—even a prime grade.

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• The chef warned us not to overcook the pasta, or it would become mushy.

Synonyms

O

to overheat

vsto overcook

50 3.7

Make something too hot so it can be damaged

causes food to lose quality by too much time or high temperature

O

to overbake

vsto overcook

1 3.7

Cook something in the oven for too long so it becomes dry, hard, or burnt

leaves food dry or less tasty by staying too long in heat

O

to overboil

vsto overcook

5.5

To cook food in boiling water for too long so it becomes very soft and loses flavor

ruins food texture or taste when left too long in heat

O

to overbrown

vsto overcook

7.4

Cook or bake food until it becomes too brown

changes appearance and flavour by excessive exposure to heat

O

to overburn

vsto overcook

7.5

To burn something too much so it is ruined

is about ruining food by long exposure rather than full destruction

Antonyms

U

to undercook

8 2.7

Cook food for too short a time so it is not fully done or safe to eat

How Cooked

to burn

∞ 1.0

to overcook

13 1.0

to cook

∞ 1.0

to undercook

8 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology