marinate
Soak in sauce
To marinate is to soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking, allowing flavors to penetrate and acids to tenderize: Marinate the chicken overnight.
The liquid itself is a marinade.
Figuratively, to marinate in something is to steep in it over time: He marinated in resentment for years.
Let that idea marinate means to sit with a thought before responding.
Saturate by steeping
- absorbTake in fully
- penetrateEnter or pass through
- permeateSpread through entirely
- imbuePervade with feeling
season · enhance · depth · savory · umami · tangy · zesty · aromatic
Water saturated with sodium
- tenderizeMake less tough
- soakSaturate with liquid
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
- steepRising at sharp angle
submerge · meat · chicken · beef · pork · lamb · fish · tofu
infuse
Saturate by steeping
imbue · season · enhance · depth · savory · umami · tangy · zesty · aromatic · piquant
brine
Water saturated with sodium
steep · submerge · meat · chicken · beef · pork · lamb · fish · tofu · vegetables
soy sauce
Fermented bean condiment
lime · oil · olive oil · garlic · ginger · onion · herbs · spices · yogurt · wine
contemplate
Consider something thoroughly
dwell · stew · mull over · sit with · absorb · process · digest · percolate · simmer · brood
- cooking termsbaste, baking, blanch, braise, roasting
- cookingbaking, chop, boiling, dice, mince
- flavor actionstaste, season, salt, pepper, sweeten
- verbs of absorptionsoak, saturate, steep, infuse, penetrate
- surface treatmentselectroplating, anodizing, galvanizing, chrome plating, nickel plating
- mixingmix, stir, blend, shake, combine
- marinara sauceSeasoned tomato pasta topping
- marinated chickenFowl soaked in flavoring
- marinated olivesCured fruit in seasoned liquid
- marinated vegetablesProduce preserved in seasoned liquid
- marinated mushroomsFungi steeped in brine
- garlic marinadeSeasoned soaking liquid with allium
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