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Devein

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, devein means: To remove the dark digestive tract from a prawn or shrimp during preparation.

In Turkish: karidesin bağırsak hattını çıkarmak

How it is used

Usually used with prawns or shrimp; deveined describes the prepared product.

Example sentences

  1. The prep cook deveined the prawns for the pasta dish.

    The action removes a specific internal line rather than the shell.

  2. The order specifies peeled and deveined shrimp.

    Peeling and deveining name two separate preparation operations.

Common collocations

  • deveined shrimp
  • peel and devein
  • peelTo remove the skin of a fruit or vegetable. As a noun, peel is the skin of fruits such as oranges, lemons and potatoes.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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