noun
- the process of partially boiling food, especially to soften it before further cooking
Usage: cooking
Examples
- Parboiling the potatoes before roasting helps them cook evenly.
- The recipe calls for parboiling the vegetables for three minutes.
- Parboiling rice reduces the final cooking time significantly.
- After parboiling, the carrots were ready for the stir-fry.
- The chef demonstrated proper parboiling technique to the students.
- Parboiling helps remove excess starch from the pasta.