verb
- to cook food on a very hot grill, typically over charcoal or an open flame, to create a charred exterior
Usage: common in cooking and restaurant contexts
noun
- a grill that uses charcoal or intense heat to cook food, or a restaurant that specializes in chargrilled dishes
Usage: often used in British English
Examples
- The chef will chargrill the steak until it has a perfect crust.
- We chargrilled the vegetables to bring out their natural sweetness.
- The restaurant is famous for its chargrilled chicken.
- You can chargrill fish for just a few minutes on each side.
- The chargrill at the new steakhouse produces amazing results.
- They chargrilled the peppers until they were slightly blackened.