Illustration: In a Japanese home kitchen, a cook lifts a thick piece of daikon from a heavy pot of chicken and vegetables. The daikon has become translucent, and a testing chopstick slips easily into its center.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

煮に込こむ

nikomu

to simmer, to stew

Example sentences

  1. あとは弱火よわびで３０分ふん煮込にこめば完成かんせい。

    After, cook it on a low flame for 30 minutes and you’re done.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今日きょうのシチューはじっくりコトコト煮込にこんで作つくったからか、とてもおいしくできあがったよ。

    Today’s stew has been carefully and slowly boiled to perfect deliciousness.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. もう一度煮立いちどにたったら弱火よわびにし、灰汁あくを取とり1時間程度じかんていど煮込にこむ。

    Lower the flame after it boils again, skim off the scum, and stew for about an hour.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 煮込

  • 煮boil; cookOnシャKunにる・にえる・にやす
  • 込crowded; mixtureKunこむ・こみ・こめる

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