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Saucepan

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/ˈsɔːspən/nounCore term

In culinary arts & cooking, saucepan means: A deep, round metal pan with one long handle and often a lid, used for boiling, simmering and making sauces.

In Turkish: saplı tencere, sos tenceresi

How it is used

Every station uses saucepans of different sizes. Chefs often just say pan or pot; a large pot for stocks is a stockpot. Turn handles inwards so nobody knocks the pan off the stove.

Example sentences

  1. Warm the milk in a small saucepan; don't let it boil.

  2. Turn the saucepan handle in, or someone will knock it over.

Common collocations

  • small saucepan
  • heavy-based saucepan
  • saucepan with a lid
  • in a saucepan
  • frying panA shallow, flat-bottomed pan with a long handle and sloping sides, used for frying, sautéing and searing.
  • stoveA piece of kitchen equipment with burners or hot plates on top for cooking in pans, often with an oven underneath.
  • simmerTo cook food gently in liquid kept just below boiling point, so that only small bubbles rise slowly to the surface.
  • whiskA tool made of loops of wire on a handle, used to beat air into eggs and cream or to mix sauces smoothly. As a verb, to whisk means to beat with this tool.

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