cooking time

How long, oven-wise

Cooking time is how long a food needs to be cooked.

Recipes specify cooking times for particular dishes: Reduce the cooking time if using a convection oven.

The term appears constantly in recipe instructions and on packaged foods, where it helps distinguish from prep time—the work done before heat is applied.

Related

slow · low and slow · quick · done · tender · crispy · oven · stove · recipe · preparation · meal · heat · boil · sear · braise · marinate · rest · keep an eye on

Categories
Opposites
culinary process stages

cooking timeprep time

Time before execution

mise en place · serving time · setting time · wait time

temporal duration in recipes

cooking timeinstant

Briefest unit of time

ready-to-eat

Family

cook, time, cooked, cooking, cooks, cooker, cookery, cookbook, uncooked

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Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G