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  • verb to cook slowly
  • verb to cook in a slow cooker

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Examples

  • Mr. Mina likes dishes he can slow-cook the day before and simply reheat and assemble.

    Throwing a Large Dinner Party Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2012

  • During all this experimentation, it never occurred to me that you would caramelize the onions first, then slow-cook the potatoes in a covered pot, or that the onions would melt into the potatoes in this lyrical way.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • I've also got a whole series of posts brewing in the slow-cook pot about songs that really 'make the game', which could be a while off yet, but be sure it's coming.

    Three Month Giant Gonzo S/Mashup Ben Abraham 2009

  • I've also got a whole series of posts brewing in the slow-cook pot about songs that really 'make the game', which could be a while off yet, but be sure it's coming.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Ben Abraham 2009

  • The dishes were done and she was putting the roast in the oven to slow-cook it to a tender doneness when the telephone rang.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • During all this experimentation, it never occurred to me that you would caramelize the onions first, then slow-cook the potatoes in a covered pot, or that the onions would melt into the potatoes in this lyrical way.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The dishes were done and she was putting the roast in the oven to slow-cook it to a tender doneness when the telephone rang.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Curious about general pork-butt guidelines, I called up my friend Robbie, who has made it a Sunday tradition to slow-cook a pork butt for 5 hours and invite 20 people over to watch football and eat it.

    Indoor Pulled Pork 2010

  • Curious about general pork-butt guidelines, I called up my friend Robbie, who has made it a Sunday tradition to slow-cook a pork butt for 5 hours and invite 20 people over to watch football and eat it.

    Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Indoor Pulled Pork 2010

  • At risk of over-stretching the frying-pans analogy, the flash-fry wok may be more likely to cause a disastrous kitchen fire than the slow-cook skillet, even if they both use the same amount of heat overall.

    The surprisingly complex truth about planes and climate change 2010

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