noun
- A thick porridge or congee made from rice boiled in water or broth, often served with meat, vegetables, or seasonings.
Usage: Common in Asian cuisine, particularly Chinese and Southeast Asian cooking.; Also spelled 'juke' or 'zhou'.
verb
- To cook rice into a thick porridge by boiling it in water or broth.
Usage: Transitive verb; typically used with rice as the object.
Examples
- She prepared a warm bowl of jook for breakfast.
- Jook is a comforting dish often eaten when someone is sick.
- The restaurant serves jook with chicken and ginger.
- My grandmother jooks the rice slowly over low heat.
- Plain jook can be topped with green onions and soy sauce.
- They jook the leftover rice to make a creamy porridge.