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dress

\ ˈdres \

dressed; dressing; dresses

Definition of dress

transitive verb

To coat foods such as salad with a sauce. Also, to clean fish, poultry, or game for cooking
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coat

\ ˈkōt \

Definition of coat

verb
to cover a food with, or dipping it into, an ingredient such as seasoned flour or sauce.

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dredge

\ ˈdrej \

dredged; dredging

Definition of dredge

transitive verb

is to coat food with a dry ingredient such as flour or bread crumbs.
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dredging

verb

/dredʒ/ to coat wet or moist foods with a dry ingredient before cooking to provide an even coating.
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dress

\ ˈdres \

dressed; dressing; dresses

Definition of dress

transitive verb
has two definitions when it comes to cooking, firstly to coat foods (mostly salad leaves) in a sauce. It also refers to preparing poultry, fish and venison for cooking, which essentially is breaking them down off of their carcasses and sectioning the meat.

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Nilasing is a tagalog term meaning to simmer in beer. It's a cooking method consisting of meat marinated in alcohol and various spices, usually coated in batter, and then deep-fried. It is usually dipped in a vinegar-based sauce.
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