to tenderize

Examples

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• As we have all heard, salt enhances flavor, salt preserves from decay, and salt, as my steak story shows, can tenderize tough meat.

  Blog text (26)

• You should tenderize the pork chop before frying it to ensure it is soft and juicy.

• We need to tenderize this meat a little bit.

  Gangs of New York (2002)

• "It helps to tenderize it."

  Fiction book (1997)

• We even offered a service we called "tenderizing the meat."

  House of D (2004)

• It tenderizes and brings out the natural flavor.

  Blog text (21)

• Kiwi, Actinidia deliciosa, can also be used to tenderize meat.

  Academic text (1995)

• This tenderizes the meat.

  Fiction book (1991)

• To cook it, Irey cuts the fillet into half-inch-thick, 6-inch by 8-inch pieces and tenderizes each fillet by lightly pounding.

  Blog text (7)

• To make the steak more enjoyable, we decided to tenderize it with a marinade overnight.

Synonyms

S

to soften

vsto tenderize

55 1.3

Become soft or make something soft

is specific to food and names methods that make meat easier to eat

M

to marinate

vsto tenderize

51 3.9

Soak food in a flavored liquid before cooking to add flavor

covers all ways of making meat softer not only soaking

M

to marinade

vsto tenderize

3.7

To soak food in a flavored liquid before cooking to add taste

is a general process to make meat softer using various methods

Antonyms

H

to harden

27 2.6

Make something hard or solid

T

to toughen

15 3.9

To make a person or thing stronger so it can handle hard situations

How Tender

to pound

225 1.3

to tenderize

• Specialized

7 4.0

to marinate

51 3.9

to soak

156 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology