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to pressure-cook

to pressure-cook

1 3.9
To cook food quickly in a closed pot that keeps steam inside at high pressure
  • verb
  • /ˈprɛʃərˌkʊk/
: cocinar a presión
  • -Then we'll pressure-cook her.

Or if you pressure cook them, or if you steam them and you soak them, you can have them.

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Examples

  • To save time, many people choose to pressure cook their meals instead of using traditional methods.

  • You can easily pressure cook meat to make it tender and flavorful in less time.

  • Or if you pressure cook them, or if you steam them and you soak them, you can have them.

    Dr. Josh Axe

  • Do not do this with low-acid foods that need to be pressure cooked.

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  • We're going to pressure cook these potatoes to make super creamy mashed potatoes.

  • I've got a whole book, the Plant Paradox family cookbook on how to pressure cook these things.

    Jay Shetty Podcast

  • She learned how to pressure cook vegetables quickly while retaining their nutrients.

Synonyms

to cook
vsto pressure-cook
∞ 1.0

To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying

uses sealed hot vapor under high force instead of general heating methods
to steam
vsto pressure-cook
22 1.0

To cook food using hot water turned into gas

uses sealed hot vapor under high force to heat food much faster

How Fast

to pressure-cook
1 3.9
to boil
255 1.0
to simmer
38 2.5

Surface Forms

pressure-cook infinitive
pressure-cooked past
pressure-cooked past participle
pressure-cooking present participle
pressure-cooks third person singular

Morphology

pressure-cook = pressure + cook (transparent) = pressure + cook

The meaning 'to cook using pressure (a pressure cooker)' is directly and predictably derived from 'pressure' + 'cook'.

Etymology

Pressure-cook comes from joining pressure ('force from steam or weight') and cook ('prepare food'). It describes using a pressure cooker where hot steam presses on the food so it cooks much faster.