Pinch edges closed with the tines of a fork and parboil for 2 minutes, then cool.
From the post-gazette.com
Parboil the potatoes in well-salted water until not quite tender, about 6 minutes.
From the sfgate.com
Parboil courgettes in boiling stock for about 5 minutes, drain and set aside.
From the express.co.uk
Parboil the potatoes in lightly salted water for 5 minutes then drain well.
From the expressandstar.com
In morning parboil them for 10 minutes with a teaspoon of baking soda.
From the heraldtribune.com
The parboil process causes a gelatinisation of the starch in the grains.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Also note that you don't have to soak or parboil the beans if they are high-quality and fresh.
From the sfgate.com
Parboil the brussels sprouts until slightly soft, about 4 minutes.
From the chron.com
Some parboil them three minutes in boiling salted water and a little lemon juice, before frying.
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Blanch: cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"
Parboiling (or leaching) is the partial boiling of food in order to later finish cooking it.
(Parboiled (Java)) parboiled is an open-source Java library released under an Apache License. It provides support for defining PEG parsers directly in Java source code.
To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked
(Parboiling) partially cooking a food in boiling or simmering liquid, similar to blanching but the cooking time is longer
(PARBOILING) The process of boiling food briefly in water.
To partially cook in boiling water.
To boil a food briefly, until partially done. A food might be parboiled before adding it to faster-cooking ingredients to insure all ingredients are evenly cooked.
To boil in water until partially cooked. The cooking is usually completed by another method.