parboil

tr.v., -boiled, -boil·ing, -boils.

1. To cook partially by boiling for a brief period: parboiled and then sautéed the new potatoes.
2. To subject to intense, often uncomfortable heat.

[Middle English parboilen, to boil partly, to boil thoroughly (influenced by part, part), from Old French parboillir, to boil thoroughly, from Late Latin perbullīre : Latin per-, thoroughly; see per- + Latin bullīre, to boil.]

Partially cook. Parboiling of brown rice, i.e. steaming it in the husk before milling, leads to water-soluble vitamins diffusing from the husk into the grain; when the rice is polished, it contains more of these vitamins than polished raw rice.

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-fry dishes. The parboiling insures that all the ingredients will complete cooking at the same time. See also blanch.

verb

To cook (food) in liquid heated to the point of steaming: boil, simmer, stew. See ingestion.

Partly cooked.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - give et let opkog, skolde

Nederlands (Dutch)
ten dele koken

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire cuire à demi

Deutsch (German)
v. - ankochen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μισοβράζω

Italiano (Italian)
surriscaldare, bollire parzialmente, cuocere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - encalir, escaldar

Русский (Russian)
недоварить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sancochar, cocer a medias

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvälla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
煮半熟, 使过热

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 煮半熟, 使過熱

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 데치다, 너무 가열하다, 못살게 굴다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 半ゆでにする, 熱いめにあわせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسلق : المرء لحما أو خضارا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הרתיח כדי בישול חלקי, חימם יותר מדי‬

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