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. - 0074b507, Mar 13, 2011

I dunno. What Paco just described sounds more like sofreir, to me, dorar, or even asar a la plancha. But I have always understood sancochar as to cook in water, wherever I have been. - Gekkosan, Mar 13, 2011

Maybe regional Gekko, I spoke with one of the women in our group of friends, she gave me the answer and it works with the recipe. - pacofinkler, Mar 13, 2011

Thats what I found too Gfreed - pacofinkler, Mar 13, 2011

Gekkosan what is that dish in your pic - lets cook it and have some!! - pacofinkler, Mar 13, 2011

That is a sancocho. I's a rich soup that cen be made with various roots, corn, green plantain and beef, chicken, fish, a mix, or all-vegetable. It is truly delicious and satisfying. :-) - Gekkosan, Mar 14, 2011

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