parboil

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

Wash, clean, and parboil, your pigeons, and stew them in strong broth.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

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

Wher' it rains nigh six months o' the year, an' parboils you the rest.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell

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 Foster, Olive Hyde

Meanwhile, low glycemic index carbs, such as parboiled rice and al dente pasta, that are more slowly absorbed and produce a smaller blood sugar spike are associated with decreased risk.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2024

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

It reached and nearly touched the delicious flattened balls of parboiled rice in my imagination.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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

Beyond that, I find that parboiling helps to set the texture of the pasta by cooking it evenly, and prevents it from becoming sticky when baked.

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

However, as many of these varieties are strong in flavor, it is well to weaken their flavor before cooking them by soaking them or, if possible, by parboiling them.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences