Food texture · Food and eating
crispy
thin and crunchy
Crispy food has a light, hard surface that breaks easily when you bite it.
This vs that
The chips are crispy.
The carrots are crunchy.
Hear it in real life
How was the roast chicken?
The meat was juicy and the skin was perfectly crispy.
The chips were hot and crispy, just how I like them.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Crispy is the natural everyday word for a light, crunchy cooked coating.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The chicken has a crisp surface outside.
Say: The chicken has crispy skin.
Crispy is the usual adjective for a light, crunchy cooked surface.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
crispy on the outside
The potatoes were crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.
I like my chicken crispy on the outside but juicy inside.
Food texture words
Food and eating · Food texture: the words around “crispy”.
Your turn: say it out loud
The chips are really crispy.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
crispy
thin and crunchy
“The chips were hot and crispy, just how I like them.”
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