How to Use uncooked in a Sentence

uncooked

adjective
  • That's how much the price of uncooked beef roasts rose in May.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 11 June 2020
  • Add 1 cup of uncooked rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt to the pot.
    Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Add the uncooked pieces to the broth with potatoes and carrots.
    Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • And the uncooked burger mixture could sit in the fridge for days, at the ready for a quick meal.
    Andrea Nguyen, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The Boiling Method Rinse 1/2 cup of uncooked rice well and set aside.
    Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Prices for uncooked beef have come down — but might not stay that way.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Shake uncooked rice in a paper lunch bag to mimic the sound of rain.
    oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2020
  • If using thawed frozen peas, dry them the same way, uncooked.
    Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • As the eggs start to set, gently pull the edges toward the center of the pan, tilting to let the uncooked egg fill in the gaps.
    Luke Pyenson, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • One note of caution: uncooked sweet corn has a tough cob.
    Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Cut each uncooked biscuit in half, and then wrap each half around a ball of the cookie dough.
    Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 14 May 2014
  • There is a safari episode, a hot episode, a cold episode, a jungle episode and a lot of uncooked fish.
    Anna Peele, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Keep uncooked sticks in the freezer until ready to fry.
    Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2024
  • If your soup seems too thin, just add ¼ cup of uncooked oatmeal to thicken up the soup.
    Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The flour tortillas, I was told, are brought in packaged but uncooked, then finished on the grill.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Line pie shell with foil or parchment, and fill with pie weights, dried beans, or uncooked rice.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Serve hot, garnished with a small dab of sour cream, sprig of thyme or sliver of uncooked squash.
    Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Uncooked beef roasts fell 1.3% and uncooked ground beef dropped 0.9%.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Uncooked beef roasts fell 1.3%, and uncooked steaks fell 1.1%.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The price of biscuits and rolls rose 7% in August compared to a year ago; while the price of cookies rose 8% and uncooked beef rose 10%.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Then people who liked licking the dough from the spoon went for ice cream, with little nuggets of uncooked dough mixed in.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 2 July 2018
  • This sauce includes uncooked egg yolks, which does carry a small amount of risk.
    Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • As a bonus, a whole uncooked squash can last in a cool, dark place for a month or two, so there's no pressure to cook it up right away.
    Alexa Tucker, SELF, 22 Aug. 2017
  • For the old way, wrap uncooked potatoes in foil, place the packet in a medium-hot spot, and forget about it.
    Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
  • Home cooks can buy a complete, uncooked, package geared to their crowd size.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Meat and veggies will come raw, and noodles will come uncooked.
    Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The company is warning against putting wet phones in uncooked rice to dry them out.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Each uncooked cup of the stuff (about three servings) has 522 milligrams of omega-3 fatty acids.
    Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2023
  • And, obviously, skip the fluffy popcorn trend—or at least forgo using any form of uncooked cake mix.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The only ones safe to consume raw or uncooked would be almond flour, coconut flour, and oat flour, as those are generally just ground almonds, coconut and oats, respectively.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024

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