tenderised

Thân thiện

The chef tenderised the steak with a mallet before grilling it.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Made tender by a specific process: Describes meat or another tough food that has been made softer and easier to chew or cut. This is achieved through a deliberate action, such as marinating it in a liquid containing acid or enzymes, or physically pounding it to break down its fibers.

Usage

• The word tenderised is used almost exclusively to describe food, particularly cuts of meat that are naturally tough. It indicates that a preparatory process has been completed to improve the texture.
• It is the preferred spelling in British English. The American English spelling is tenderized.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The recipe calls for tenderised steak, so I marinated the beef overnight in lemon juice and herbs.
  • For the schnitzel, you need to use a tenderised veal cutlet that has been pounded thin.
  • The chef served the stew with perfectly tenderised lamb that fell apart at the touch of a fork.

Advanced Usage

• As a past participle verb: While "tenderised" is primarily an adjective, it can function as the past tense or past participle of the verb "to tenderise."
  • She tenderised the chicken breast by soaking it in buttermilk. (Verb, past tense)
  • The meat had been tenderised before it was grilled. (Verb, past participle in passive voice)

Variants and Related Words

• Tenderize (verb, AmE) / Tenderise (verb, BrE): The action of making something tender.
  • A meat mallet is used to tenderize tough cuts.
• Tenderizer (noun, AmE) / Tenderiser (noun, BrE):
  • A tool (like a mallet with a textured surface) used for pounding meat.
  • A substance (like a marinade or a powder containing enzymes) used to soften meat.
• Tender (adjective): The resulting state of being soft and easy to chew. (Tenderised describes it became tender).

Synonyms

• Softened: Made less hard. (More general; not specific to food preparation).
• Macerated: Softened by soaking in a liquid. (Often used for fruit, but can apply to meat).

Antonyms

• Tough: Hard to cut or chew.
• Chewy: Requiring a lot of chewing.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. made tender as by marinating or pounding
   • tenderized meat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tenderized