Parboiling
Partial cooking of food in boiling water / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Parboiled" redirects here. For the Java parsing library, see Parboiled (Java). For the town in West Lancashire, see Parbold.
Parboiling (or leaching) is the partial or semi boiling of food as the first step in cooking. The word is from the Old French parbouillir, 'to boil thoroughly' but by mistaken association with "part", it has acquired its current meaning.[1][2]
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The word is often used when referring to parboiled rice. Parboiling can also be used for removing poisonous[3] or foul-tasting substances from foods, and to soften vegetables before roasting them.