what does blanched mean? blanched and chopped.?

Answer 1

"Blanching" means that you are taking a food item (usually a vegetable of some kind) and you set it in rapid boiling water for a minute or so. After removing it from the boiling water, you set it in ice cold water to "shock it" or stop the cooking process. Blanching locks in the colors/flavors of vegetables. I believe that most commercially prepared vegetables are blanched before being frozen. "Blanched and chopped" means just that ...blanch the items first, then cut them to the appropriate size.

Answer 2

Blanching is dipping in boiling water.

I'm guessing that you're talking about almonds. With almonds, blanching removes the brown skin. You can probably find blanched almonds at the grocery store.

Answer 3

Blanching is boiling for only a min or two.
Chopped is cut into small pieces

Answer 4

Blanching is boiling for a minute or two and then dropping in cold water.

Answer 5

Blanching is putting into boiling water for just a moment.

Parboiling would be the next step up - boiling water for a minute or two.

Answer 6

it is nothing more than boiling water, and put produce in for 20 SECONDS . Maki' shish ka bobs and blanching muhrooms ? This keeps mushroom from spltting on the stick.

Answer 7

It depends if it pertains to veggies? If veggies you need to put on boiling water for 2-3 min and then directly in to a bowl with ice and cold water. This stops the cooking process and helps keep the bright color to the veggie. Then cut it up.

Answer 8

It means food i.e. veggies,pasta are briefly cooked in boiling water for 30sec to one minute in order to parcook it, loosen skin,

Answer 9

yep, what he said.........