sugar-cured

[ shoog-er-kyoord ]

adjective

1. (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar-cured¹

First recorded in 1845–55; sugar ( def ) + cure ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

A little time over a high temperature — the charcoal can get as hot as 1,200 degrees, but Norris aims lower to prevent burning — transforms small blocks of sugar-cured pork and cubes of mirin-kissed beef short ribs into slightly sweet and subtly smoky wands.

From Washington Post

Available in two size options, the ham supper comes with sugar-cured ham, yeast rolls and two sides, and is available for curbside pickup or delivery.

From Fox News

The last, sold at a barbecue trailer, packs in rib ends, bacon, sausage, a cheese sauce and sugar-cured jalapeños.

From Washington Post

We slowly plowed our way through the turkey, the giblet-and-smoked-oyster stuffing, the braised sweetbreads, peppery venison sausage, sweet glazed yams, crusty roasted potatoes in their jackets, buttered limas and wax beans, velvety corn pudding, tart stewed tomatoes with okra, cabbage with chunks of sugar-cured pork, puckery pickled beets, creamed spinach-and-onion compote.

From Literature

Shopping carts were piled with hams in nylon nets, each sugar-cured with a secret recipe.

From Salon