stir-fried

[ stur-frahyd ]

/ ˈstɜrˌfraɪd /

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(of food) prepared by cooking quickly in a small amount of oil over high heat: stir-fried shrimp and snow peas.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1955–60

Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts, rum, powdered sugar, and salt until fully incorporated.
Carla Hall’s Christmas Day Treat: Rum Balls|Carla Hall|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I think as the ubiquity of French fries prove, everyone loves a crispy fried potato,” he said in an email.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stir in the frozen peas and chicken, taste for seasonings, and pour the mixture into six (2-cup) ovenproof serving bowls.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies|Ina Garten|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With a rubber spatula, stir in the chocolate and cranberries until the dough is well mixed.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Fleeing their homes, many Syrians left behind middle-class lives; most arrived with none of the mementos that stir memory.
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women|Masha Hamilton|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
If it took years to do it, you shall never stir out of this house till it is done.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He wasn't the style of man that I'd care to stir up trouble with, judging from his size and the shape of his head.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Not until the servant had thrown open the door of the coach and deposited within the valise he carried, did Garnache stir.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini