partial cooking
Halfway done heating
Partial cooking is preparing food partway, leaving it to be finished later.
The technique appears in restaurant kitchens where items are prepped in advance, then completed to order: The steaks are partial-cooked before the dinner rush.
Food safety guidelines warn against partial cooking of meat, since bacteria may survive in incompletely heated interiors.
- blanchingBriefly boiling then cooling
- parboilingPartially cooking in water
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- browningFood darkening when cooked
- flash fryCook briefly at high temperature
quick sear · wilting · sweating · toasting · crisping · underdone · not quite done · al dente · rare · pink · flash · quick · prep · mise en place · halfway · taking the edge off · softening · rendering
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