2006-09-26 09:28:04 · 24 answers · asked by Deborah R 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Parboiling is a technique that is similar to blanching, but takes a bit longer. Parboiled food is actually partially cooked. This technique is especially useful when you are stir-frying foods that take different amounts of time to cook. If you parboil a dense food, such as broccoli, you can add it to your wok at the last minute to cook along with a quicker-cooking food, such as shrimp.
2006-09-26 09:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Just Me 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parboil Means To Boil Food Briefly In Water, Cooking It Only Partially.
2006-09-26 09:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parboil is an action which refers to partially boiling food in water before finishing cooking it by another method. When something has been parboiled it has been partially cooked; that is, subjected to boiling for a brief period of time. To be parboiled can also mean to be subjected to uncomfortable heat.
The etymology of the word includes influences from the Middle English parboilen meaning to boil partly and the Old French parboillir; to boil thoroughly. These words in turn stem from Late Latin. The modern meaning of the word is caused by confusion of par- with part-.
The word is often used when referring to parboiled rice.
Parboiling can be used for removing poisonous or foul-tasting substances from foodstuffs. Especially suggestible it is to remove gyromitrin from false morels. As an unit operation in chemical engineering, parboiling is the same as extraction or leaching
2006-09-26 09:30:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parboil
Definition: To partially cook food by boiling it briefly in water. This timesaving technique is used in particular for dense foods such as carrots. If parboiled, they can be added at the last minute with quick-cooking ingredients (such as bean sprouts and celery) in preparations such as stir-fries. The parboiling insures that all the ingredients will complete cooking at the same time.
2006-09-26 09:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Susan §@¿@§ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parboil Potatoes
2016-10-04 00:51:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: par·boil
Pronunciation: 'pär-"boi(-&)l
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from parboilen to boil thoroughly, from Anglo-French parboiler, perboillir, from Late Latin perbullire, from Latin per- thoroughly (from per through) + bullire to boil, from bulla bubble -- more at FOR
: to boil briefly as a preliminary or incomplete cooking procedure
2006-09-26 09:30:09 · answer #6 · answered by Ash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to partially cook in boiling water, the complete cooking will take place in another part of the recipe.
2006-09-26 15:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by John L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its partially cooking something by putting it in boiling water for a short time.
2006-09-26 09:30:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To parboil something is to partially cook it by boiling it. My mother used to do this to her turkeys at Thanksgiving so it wouldn't take it so long to bake in the oven. Lots of people used to but not so much anymore.
2006-09-26 09:30:43 · answer #9 · answered by tommygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that it comes partially cooked. Saving cooking time. Also less starchy
2006-09-26 09:49:53 · answer #10 · answered by nysmarksilfen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋