How to Use bay leaf in a Sentence

bay leaf

noun

• Add the bay leaf and white wine and increase heat to medium-high.
  — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
• Crank the heat to high and add bay leaves, onion halves, and unpeeled garlic cloves.
  — Mark Bittman, GQ, 26 Jan. 2018
• When hot, add the cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaves.
  — Daniel Neman, charlotteobserver, 26 Jan. 2018
• Add red pepper flakes, thyme, bay leaves and pepper, broth, clam juice and potatoes.
  — Fox News, 20 Jan. 2018
• Add onion and bay leaves and cook until onion is softened, about 7 minutes.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Rinse the beans and add them to the pot, along with the chicken stock, bay leaves and smoked paprika.
  — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 16 Jan. 2018
• Add beans to the pot with sausage, Creole seasoning, pepper, thyme, bay leaves and chile flakes.
  — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• Add the sauerkraut, juniper berries, bay leaves, salt and pepper; stir to thoroughly combine all of the ingredients.
  — Daniel Neman, sacbee, 30 Jan. 2018
• Adding the bay leaves, allspice, coriander, cumin, and oregano to the lamb before the liquid allows them to bloom and develop and really show their stuff.
  — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 17 Jan. 2018
• The difference is that The Awl’s subjects were often general in the extreme: toasters, bay leaves, comics.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 18 Jan. 2018
• Make Chili Oil: In medium heatproof bowl, combine pepper flakes, sesame seeds, five-spice powder, black pepper, and bay leaves.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 22 Jan. 2018
• Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic, parsley, peppercorns, bay leaf, and 3 1/2 quarts water.
  — Marian Cooper Cairns, Country Living, 6 Feb. 2018
• Add beef and seasonings from packets to pot along with vinegar, stout, mustard seeds, coriander seeds, peppercorns, dill seeds, allspice, and bay leaves; then add water to barely cover beef.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Add a bay leaf and the zested, juiced lemon halves to the pot.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
• Add the bay leaf, 1 1/2 cups water, and a pinch of salt.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
• Sauté about 5 seconds and throw in the thyme and bay leaf.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
• Add a bay leaf and half an onion and set the pot over high heat.
  — Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
• Add the milk and the bay leaf and stir well with a whisk to break up any lumps and smooth the sauce.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2021
• Stir in beans, chile flakes, bay leaves, bread and stock.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
• Add the sage, rosemary, bay leaves and white wine and turn up the heat to high.
  — ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• Use a clove to pin a bay leaf to the rounded side of each onion half.
  — David Tanis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
• New Year’s Eve, steam the new year in a pot of water with a bay leaf.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 8 July 2020
• When the hominy has cooked for 1 hour, add the meats, onion, garlic, bay leaf, and cumin.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
• Add the potatoes, thyme, bay leaf, 1 cup of chicken stock and the salt.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• Add onions, a good pinch of salt, pepper and bay leaf or thyme.
  — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 5 June 2019
• Then add in the bay leaf, and simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
• Add a splash of olive oil, a good pinch of salt, the bay leaf, and the sage leaves or sprig of rosemary or thyme.
  — Deb Wandell, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Oct. 2021
• Make the grits: In a large pot, combine water, bay leaves and cream.
  — Osayi Endolyn, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• It’s not unusual to get a tease of bay leaf, sage or cedar in the red wines.
  — SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Remove and discard herb sprigs, bay leaf, and bacon slices.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024