parcooking
Halfway done heating
Parcooking is partially cooking food, leaving it to be finished later.
The technique appears in food manufacturing, where products are parcook before freezing or packaging: The fries are parcooked before being frozen.
Home cooks parcook vegetables or grains to reduce final cooking time.
Also appears as the noun parcook.
Partially cooking in water
- blanchingBriefly boiling then cooling
- shockingCausing intense surprise
- steamingReleasing hot vapor
- sous-videSealed, temperature-controlled water cooking
searing · flash-frying · pre-baking · poaching · braising · softening · tenderizing
Dividing into shares
- storingKeeping for future use
- freezingExtremely cold
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
- reheatingRestoring temperature to food
marinating · cooling · containers · labeling · make-ahead · refrigerating
Requiring only cooking
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- time-savingReducing required duration
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
parboiling
Partially cooking in water
sous-vide · searing · flash-frying · pre-baking · poaching · braising · softening · tenderizing
portioning
Dividing into shares
reheating · marinating · cooling · containers · labeling · make-ahead · refrigerating
oven-ready
Requiring only cooking
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- time-savingReducing required duration
- efficiencyProductive without waste
freezing
Extremely cold
- canningAirtight food preservation
- defrostingRemoving accumulated ice
parcookingraw
In original state
uncooked · done · cooked through · finished · overcooking
parcookingfinishing
Bringing to completion
completing · overcooking · raw · undercooking
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