roasted

US/ˈɹoʊstɪd/

adjectiveB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,475 of 15,258neutral

Roasted means cooked by dry heat until browned through. Roasted potatoes, roasted coffee, freshly roasted.

The browning is the point: dry heat drives off water and starts the reaction that makes hundreds of new flavour compounds, which is why roasted vegetables taste nothing like boiled ones. In slang, being roasted means being mocked to your face.

Definitions of roasted

1adjectiveroastedCooked by dry heat until browned through.B1+
“We had roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots for Sunday dinner.”

roasted is a cooking method.

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roasted in the wild

Genmaicha is a Japanese green tea combined with roasted popped brown rice.
Genmaicha
Until the early 20th century, it was more common to roast coffee at home than to buy pre-roasted coffee.
Home roasting coffee
Roasting coffee transforms the chemical and physical properties of green coffee beans into roasted coffee products.
Coffee roasting
Coffee tends to be roasted close to where it will be consumed, as green coffee is more stable than roasted beans.
Coffee roasting
Some dishes, such as white cut chicken and soy sauce chicken, are not roasted at all but are considered siu mei nonetheless.
Siu mei

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