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binchotan

binchotan noun: a kind of oak charcoal used in traditional Japanese cooking.

Noun

binchotan (uncountable)

  1. A kind of oak charcoal used in traditional Japanese cooking.
    • Both kitchens are fans of binchotan, the compressed Japanese charcoal that burns especially hot and clean. The high heat of it, however, is best suited to searing food over glowing coals.2020 October 27, Thomas Keller, The French Laundry, Per Se (The Thomas Keller Library), Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 270
    • We use binchotan, a pre-burned hardwood or bamboo, for its intense and steady heat to keep serving these all night, but any clean-burning charcoal you can keep red-hot will do.2021 March 9, Brandon Jew, Tienlon Ho, Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 224

Origin of binchotan

Borrowed from Japanese 備長炭 (binchō-tan).

Questions about binchotan

What does binchotan mean?
Binchotan means a kind of oak charcoal used in traditional Japanese cooking.
What part of speech is binchotan?
Binchotan is a noun.

Words near binchotan in the dictionary

  1. binbashis
  2. binch
  3. Binche
  4. Binche lace
  5. Binche laces
  6. binchotan
  7. Bincombe
  8. bincount
  9. bincounts
  10. bind
  11. bind hand and foot

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