dry-roasted

[ drahy-roh-stid ]

adjective

1. roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric:

   dry-roasted peanuts.

Example Sentences

Maillard reactions are what make dry-roasted things like bread crusts, dumpling skirts, coffee beans and chicken skin taste and smell so good.

From Seattle Times

There's also TJ's Slightly Coated Dark Chocolate Almonds, which are made from dry-roasted California Almonds, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, nonfat dry milk, sea salt and maple sugar.

From Salon

The first recipe in the book has proved most useful for me: a chaar masalah blend of dry-roasted cardamom pods, cumin and coriander seeds, bay leaves, cloves and cinnamon sticks that you grind into a fine powder.

From Washington Post

Go ahead and send him with a sandwich baggie of dry-roasted peanuts until if and when the school policy tightens up.

From Slate

The various implications of the “special table” policy are maybe ripe for discussion as well, but my main concern is whether it is still just bad form and sort of callous to send my kid to school with a handful of dry-roasted peanuts?

From Slate