dredge
[ DREHJ ]
To lightly coat food to be fried, as with flour, cornmeal or bread crumbs. This coating helps brown the food. Chicken, for example, might be dredged with flour before frying.
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COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
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