to pan-fry
- verb
- /ˈpænˌfraɪ/
- You just have to pan-fry the fish in a little oil until it's golden brown.
They're very quick and easy to, to, to pan fry and either make a pan sauce or make like a, like a what's called a, a chimichurri.
- They're very quick and easy to, to, to pan fry and either make a pan sauce or make like a, like a what's called a, a chimichurri.
Examples
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In the kitchen down the hall, their mother is pan-frying pork chops, sitting on a barstool next to the stove, talking to somebody on the phone.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then when it's nearly done in the oven, you just quickly pan fry some prawns.
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Pan-fry the bacon until browned but not too crisp; remove from the pan and keep warm.
Academic text (1991) -
We always sliced it fairly thin, dusted it with flour, and pan-fried until crispy on both sides.
Blog text (1) -
Just cut a couple of half-inch slices, then pan-fry them until they're a dark, crusty brown.
Blog text (1) -
On a night in mid-August, when both our girls were at sleepaway camp, Jack and I finished a supper of pan-fried chicken, two vegetables, and blackberry cobbler, all of it handmade.
Fiction book (1994) -
Brush with olive oil and pan-fry the vegetables in a skillet over medium heat.
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Coat the chicken in flour and pan-fry it until both sides are crispy and cooked through.
Synonyms
Cook food in hot oil or fat in a pan
Cook food in hot oil or fat
Fry food quickly in a small amount of oil or butter over high heat
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Morphology
Etymology
Pan-fry is simply made of two parts: pan (the flat cooking pan) and fry ('to cook in hot oil'). So to pan-fry something is to cook it quickly in a little oil in a pan over direct heat.