poached egg
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poached egg
noun poached eggs
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An egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.
With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.
Similar: dropped egg
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noun type of cooked egg
| Español | huevo escalfado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수란 suran |
| 日本語 | ポーチドエッグ pōchidoeggu |
| 中文 | 荷包蛋 hébāodàn, 水煮荷包蛋 shuǐzhǔ hébāodàn, 水煮嫩蛋 shuǐzhǔnèndàn, 水波蛋 shuǐbōdàn, 臥果兒 /卧果儿 wòguǒr, 卧鷄蛋 wòjīdàn |
| Français | œuf poché |
| Deutsch | pochiertes Ei, verlorenes Ei |
| Italiano | uovo in camicia, uovo affogato |
| Română | ou poșat |
| Русский | яйцо́-пашо́т jajcó-pašót |
| العربية | بَيْض مَسْلُوق بِدُونَ قِشْر bayḍ maslūq bidūna qišr |
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