verb
- to boil partially or briefly as a preliminary cooking step
Usage: cooking
Examples
- Parboil the potatoes for five minutes before roasting them.
- The recipe calls for parboiling the vegetables first.
- She parboiled the rice to reduce the final cooking time.
- Parboil the chicken wings before grilling for better texture.
- The chef decided to parboil the carrots to soften them slightly.
- You should parboil tough vegetables before adding them to stir-fry.