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Prompt: This cooking method slowly cooks food in a covered vessel with a modest amount of liquid, often after browning.
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Ingredient or technique · RECALLThis cooking method slowly cooks food in a covered vessel with a modest amount of liquid, often after browning.Think it. Then flip it.

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  1. 01This cooking method slowly cooks food in a covered vessel with a modest amount of liquid, often after browning.
  2. 02This gentle moist-heat technique cooks foods such as eggs or delicate fish in liquid kept below a simmer.
  3. 03This technique develops gluten in dough, giving bread the chewy texture it's known for.
  4. 04This condiment, fermented from soybeans, originated in China before spreading across East Asian cooking.
  5. 05This technique cooks food quickly in hot fat, its name coming from the French word for jumping.