parboil
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Grab them, prep and parboil them, then stick them in the freezer.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
Rinse the rice thoroughly to get rid of excess starch, and then parboil until the rice is soft on the outside but still firm on the inside.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2020
That would take less than four minutes—three to get the water boiling and about 30 seconds more to parboil the vegetables before transferring them to an ice bath.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2018
Best grilled artichokes: Cut artichokes in half, scoop out the choke, parboil until tender.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2010
Take slices of pork and parboil in water, sprinkle a little pepper on the pork and put into the frying pan with a small piece of butter and fry.
From Home Pork Making by A. W. Fulton
He rubs off the papery chaff with his fingers, parboils them and covers them with seasoned rice vinegar in a jar for 24 hours.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
He smokes chickpeas, connects asparagus spears with toothpicks to form rafts before grilling them and parboils cauliflower before spit-roasting it.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021
She parboils thick slices of sweet potato, roasts them with garlic butter, then smashes them with a fork and sprinkles on some Parmesan cheese.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
The little cook, after washing and peeling her potatoes, next cuts them in thin slices, enough to fill the dish needed and parboils in salted water for ten minutes.
From Cookery for Little Girls by Olive Hyde Foster
Wher' it rains nigh six months o' the year, an' parboils you the rest.
From The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum
As for the rice: instant will absolutely work, but know it’s already been parboiled, which means it cooks in a fraction of the time.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
White and parboiled rice are more commonly consumed in the West and Asia, and this research found that these types accumulate more arsenic than brown rice when cooked with arsenic-spiked water.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024
While the ban does not affect exports of basmati rice or parboiled rice, it will impact several other varieties of rice including sona masoori, which is popular in southern Indian cuisine.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
India's 5% broken parboiled rice is up almost 6% in 2022 and Vietnam's 5% broken rice has gained more than 15%.
From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2022
He appeared to have been parboiled in the sea.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Case in point: parboiling potatoes before roasting them.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2022
My go-to meal for the first night when everybody trickles in at different times typically involves marinating a mix of sturdy veggies and meats in herbs and garlic and parboiling cubed potatoes.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021
Follow the manufacturer’s directions for parboiling, and make fewer layers than if using your own homemade pasta.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2017
On the day of the parboiling, Ray badgered people who were already vomiting, hallucinating, or passing out to “play full on!” as he liked to say, urging manic commitment to the exercise at hand.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2016
I found one a few breathless, parboiling days ago, and it seems to decide a serious question in art.
From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by O. Henry
