Sentence examples for soak it for from inspiring English sources

To get the best out of your saffron, you have to soak it for a few hours – preferably overnight – in a little warm water.

To use it properly you have to soak it for days and then cook it in successive batches of water with ginger and spring onions to rid it of its fishy odour.

When preparing the rice, wash it until the water runs clear, then soak it for half an hour – this keeps the grains long and fat, and gets rid of the starch.

The ribeirinhos, or river people, as they call themselves, harvest and prepare açaí in the manner that's been used for centuries: they scale the trees, bring down the berry clusters, then pull off the fruit and soak it for hours in water to soften the skin and flesh, which they rub off the pit by hand.

Again, make sure the pan is completely submerged in the solution and soak it for 30 minutes.

Most likely, you'll need to soak it for a while, and then scrub it aggressively to get it clean.

Soaking it for four hours, or overnight, reduces the cooking time to 20 minutes from 40 minutes.

Consider soaking it for larger or stubborn stains.

If it has just a little dirt, soaking it for just four minutes is enough.

Check to see if you can bend the bristles back; if you can't, keep soaking it for another hour.

If the pan has food crusted onto it, start by soaking it for several hours in warm, soapy water (you could also let it soak overnight).