pan-fry

/ˈpæn fraɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpæn fraɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpan-ˌfrī pan-ˈfrī/ (ame, mw)

pan-fry — verb

  • pan-frypresent simple I / you / we / they
  • pan-frieshe / she / it
  • pan-friedpast simple
  • pan-frying-ing form

1. to brown food in a hot pan with only a little oil or butter, usually by cooking

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

to brown food in a hot pan with only a little oil or butter, usually by cooking one side and then the other

例句

Indra pan-fried the salmon and served it with lemon rice.

pan-fry + object for a meal

The cook pan-fried the dumplings until both sides turned golden.

pan-fry + object + until result

同義詞
  • fry

    broader everyday verb that can include several frying methods

  • saute

    usually cooks smaller pieces quickly with more movement in the pan

  • deep-fry

    cooks the food fully under hot oil instead of on the pan surface

反義詞
  • boil

    cooks food in hot water instead of oil or butter

  • steam

    cooks food with steam and keeps it out of the fat

文法句型

pan-fry + object

be pan-fried

用法筆記

Usually takes foods such as fish, tofu, dumplings, or sliced vegetables as its object. It differs from 'deep-fry' because the food sits in a shallow layer of fat instead of being fully covered.

常見錯誤

❌We pan-fried the fries in a pot full of oil.
✅We deep-fried the fries in a pot full of oil.
💡'pan-fry' uses only a shallow layer of fat in a pan, not enough oil to cover the food.