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breading

  • present participle of bread.

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Many all-you-can-eat menus lead with heavy, low-cost carbohydrates like pasta or thick breading to trigger fullness before you’ve reached the break-even point on higher-cost proteins.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

When not working shifts at Echo Park vegetarian restaurant Elf Cafe, Kopushyan toiled in his home kitchen with spice blends for four and a half months, obsessively tinkering with breading, seasoning and frying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

"I was half way through breading fish for tea, it ran through the three bowls which I had to throw away," Donna said.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

As you finish breading each piece of chicken, place them in the lightly greased baking dish.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

She finishes breading the final croquette, then glances at her wristwatch.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri