How to Use uncooked in a Sentence

uncooked

adjective
  • That's how much the price of uncooked beef roasts rose in May.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 11 June 2020
  • Add 1 cup of uncooked rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt to the pot.
    Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But uncooked ground beef fell 0.3% and fresh fish and seafood dipped 0.2%.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Add the uncooked pieces to the broth with potatoes and carrots.
    Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • And the uncooked burger mixture could sit in the fridge for days, at the ready for a quick meal.
    Andrea Nguyen, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The Boiling Method Rinse 1/2 cup of uncooked rice well and set aside.
    Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t love the uncooked taste of an egg cooked only on one side?
    Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Prices for uncooked beef have come down — but might not stay that way.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The restaurant also failed to log the amount of time uncooked pizzas were left on the speed rack in the kitchen.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Shake uncooked rice in a paper lunch bag to mimic the sound of rain.
    oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2020
  • If using thawed frozen peas, dry them the same way, uncooked.
    Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • As the eggs start to set, gently pull the edges toward the center of the pan, tilting to let the uncooked egg fill in the gaps.
    Luke Pyenson, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • One note of caution: uncooked sweet corn has a tough cob.
    Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Cut each uncooked biscuit in half, and then wrap each half around a ball of the cookie dough.
    Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 14 May 2014
  • There is a safari episode, a hot episode, a cold episode, a jungle episode and a lot of uncooked fish.
    Anna Peele, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Line a large baking pan with some of the set-aside, uncooked leaves, then top with small amount of the sauce mixture.
    Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
  • Keep uncooked sticks in the freezer until ready to fry.
    Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2024
  • If your soup seems too thin, just add ¼ cup of uncooked oatmeal to thicken up the soup.
    Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The flour tortillas, I was told, are brought in packaged but uncooked, then finished on the grill.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Line pie shell with foil or parchment, and fill with pie weights, dried beans, or uncooked rice.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Serve hot, garnished with a small dab of sour cream, sprig of thyme or sliver of uncooked squash.
    Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Uncooked beef roasts fell 1.3% and uncooked ground beef dropped 0.9%.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Uncooked beef roasts fell 1.3%, and uncooked steaks fell 1.1%.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The price of biscuits and rolls rose 7% in August compared to a year ago; while the price of cookies rose 8% and uncooked beef rose 10%.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Then people who liked licking the dough from the spoon went for ice cream, with little nuggets of uncooked dough mixed in.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 2 July 2018
  • Researchers warn that bamboo shoots should never be eaten uncooked.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Rinsing the uncooked rice under cold water removes the excess surface starch and ensures that your rice cooks up fluffy, not gummy.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This recipe calls for uncooked lasagna sheets, which removes the extra step of precooking the pasta.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Be sure to save a few uncooked greens to tack to the ceiling for good luck or hang over the door to ward off evil spirits.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Avoid consuming uncooked, undercooked or unpasteurized food like raw cheese or raw milk.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025

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