fork-tender
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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One particularly delicious dish is babi guling, a fork-tender pig roast seasoned with a long list of spices and aromatics.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Roughly chop butternut squash, an onion, some fennel and a few apples, toss with olive oil and salt and roast until fork-tender.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
First, broil it until crispy, then slowly cook it in a Dutch oven with coconut milk, harissa, coriander, and rosemary until fork-tender.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
This summer, he opened Marhaba, whose signature dish is lamb mandi, a shank of fork-tender meat spiced with cloves, green cardamom and more secrets than Mahmood is willing to spill.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2021
Like mansaf, ouzi is a textural medley, the salty, roasted crunch of nuts contrasting against fork-tender lamb.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
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