Qué significa "sancochar"

Question

I have checked the translator here and in other suspects for this, If I use the definition of the translator, the recipe has no sense. It is a cooking term. What does it mean?

Answer 1

sancochar.

1. tr. Cocer la comida, dejándola medio cruda y sin sazonar.

2. tr. C. Rica. Cocinar con agua y sal y algún otro condimento.

3. tr. despect. coloq. Cuba. Cocinar mal. U. t. c. intr.

4. tr. Ven. Cocer completamente un alimento en agua.

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• These definitions don´t work with the recipe, seems like toasted - pacofinkler Mar 13, 2011
• here is the link to real academia's dictionary: http://www.rae.es/rae.html - Nessybach Mar 13, 2011

Answer 2

The meaning is as Julian indicated: essentially, to cook in water. Something dry and toasted is definitely not sancochado.

Sancocho.

• Tengo un problema con eso , the recipe wants me to" sear" as close as I can come in english - pacofinkler Mar 13, 2011
• Can you provide us with the text you're reading? What makes you think it is searing? I can tell for sure if I understand the context... - Gekkosan Mar 13, 2011
• Oye ! i found it, finally heat oil very hot and just pass veggies (or meat) through for a moment, the final cooking is when you combine the ingredients you have "sancohado" uff! - pacofinkler Mar 13, 2011
• That dish looks delicious! Gekkosan, I'll take a plate of that!! - pacofinkler Mar 13, 2011
• The best definition I could find was Parboil. Like boiling frozen vegetables until thawed and partially cooked before adding them another dish to be cooked completely. - qfreed Mar 13, 2011
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Answer 3

To me sancochar is mainly used when talking about meat. Instead of toasting meat you boil it since there's too much water in the pan. I've never heard sancochar with veggies, just meat

• Goes to show how regional some words can be! Nosotros sancochamos todo: carne, vegetales, pescado - cualquier cosa que se haga en una olla con agua. :-) - Gekkosan Mar 13, 2011
• now that i found it -oh so true! - pacofinkler Mar 13, 2011