season generously

Meaning

This phrase means to add a plentiful amount of salt, pepper, herbs, or spices to a dish to enhance its flavor. It is commonly found in recipes and cooking shows, encouraging cooks not to be shy with their seasonings. The tone is practical, encouraging, and highly common in culinary contexts.

Examples

• Make sure to season generously with salt and black pepper before searing the steak.

  Make sure to season generously with salt and black pepper before searing the steak.

• You should season generously at every stage of cooking to build deep flavors.

  You should season generously at every stage of cooking to build deep flavors.

• The chef advised us to season generously, especially when preparing large cuts of meat.

  The chef advised us to season generously, especially when preparing large cuts of meat.

• Don't forget to season generously with fresh herbs right before serving the soup.

  Don't forget to season generously with fresh herbs right before serving the soup.

• If you season generously from the start, the vegetables will taste much better.

  If you season generously from the start, the vegetables will taste much better.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ You need to season rich the soup.

  ✓ You need to season the soup generously.

  'Rich' is an adjective and cannot modify the verb 'season' in this culinary context. Use the adverb 'generously' instead.

• ✗ Season with generosity the beef.

  ✓ Season the beef generously.

  English word order typically places the adverb 'generously' after the direct object, or uses 'season generously with...' rather than 'season with generosity [noun]'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Before you put the roast in the oven, make sure to ___ with salt and pepper.

  💡 Add plenty of spices or salt.

  Show answer

  season generously

• If you don't ___, the pasta water won't flavor the noodles properly.

  💡 Use a liberal amount of salt.

  Show answer

  season generously