Unbreaded

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Describing food items that are not coated with breadcrumbs or any similar breading mixture before cooking; indicating a preparation style lacking an outer breaded layer; referring to ingredients presented without a crispy, fried coating
2. Characterizing dishes prepared without the application of a breadcrumb crust or coating; denoting culinary items that have not been enveloped in a breaded exterior; specifying foods cooked without a bready covering typically used for frying or baking
3. Pertaining to foods left without a breaded armor of crumbs or batter for frying; defining the absence of a breadcrumb shell on cooked items; identifying recipes that do not include covering ingredients with breadcrumbs before cooking

Etymology: "Unbreaded" is a plain formation: the prefix "un-", meaning "not", attached to the adjective "breaded," which describes food coated in breadcrumbs or a similar dry coating before cooking. "Breaded" itself comes from "bread" in its older sense of crumbs or crusted food, so the word describes a dish that has not been given that crumb layer. The pattern is common in cooking language. English readily adds "un-" to past-participle adjectives to name the state of something lacking a treatment, as in "unsalted," "unglazed," or "unpeeled." "Unbreaded" follows that same route, and it is most often used on menus and in recipes to contrast a plain cut of chicken, fish, or vegetable with its crumb-coated version.

Synonyms: uncoated, uncrumbed, plain

Antonyms: breaded, coated, crumbed