The tag can also be used for parbaking and parboiling.
Questions tagged [parcooking]
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What is the difference in blanching and parboiling?
From the time I was very young and just beginning to cook, I always heard about blanching but never heard of parboiling. I learned how to blanch vegetables to prepare for freezing, removing skins from tomatoes and nuts, etc., all pretty…
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Reheating grilled hamburger patties
We grilled a bunch of meats for a large party. Now I have leftover hamburgers, hotdogs, and bratwursts. Note these are still “bare” meat items, not assembled hamburgers etc.
What’s the best way to re-heat a hamburger patty and still have it taste…
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Can I roast a chicken over 2 time periods?
I currently work in home office but in the late afternoon I pick up my kids from school, we spend some time on the playground and usually only come home half an hour before dinner time. For soups I used the strategy to set them up during my lunch…
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Should I parbake the bottom crust for a savory pie?
I'm making a savory pie - basically stew in a pie crust.
Do I want to parbake the bottom crust of my pie for this? Will doing so make it more or less likely that the bottom crust ends up as a soggy mess? I'm not sure if or how the contents being…
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Would it be advisable to partially pre-grill hamburgers and freeze so that they can be pan fried when a customer orders?
I have a small restaurant and we serve hamburgers. But we are trying to speed up service and thinking of ways to do that. We don't have a commercial grill, so heating up a grill takes too much time. I thought that it might give our hamburgers the…
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What are some methods for parcooking hamburgers?
Im trying to find a faster way to serve cheeseburgers. I was thinking maybe i could par cook 10-15 patties up to 90% done right before rush hour then store them in a steam table with beef broth, then place them back on the grill per order to finish…
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Parcooking Root Vegetables for Roasting the Day Before
Every Thanksgiving a family favorite is roasted root vegetables. Specifically:
Rutabagas
Parsnips
(Heirloom) Carrots
Beets
I cut the vegetables into 0.5x0.5in (1.25x1.25 cm) strips of approximately equal size. Then, I coat them with olive oil,…
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Parcooking carrots and green beans for an already well-seasoned casserole
I will be heating an otherwise perfectly-seasoned casserole dish for an hour. (Time constraint non-negotiable! But temperature flexible.) I want to add fresh carrots and green beans but am wondering how long to parcook them (respectively) so they…
