How to Use precook in a Sentence

precook

verb

• The pasta should be precooked and allowed to cool.
• He precooked the chicken before he grilled it.
• One trick was to precook the fruit to concentrate the sweetness.
  — Marcy Goldman, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2019
• Meals are precooked and require one minute in the microwave.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2020
• Pork or other meat, if used, should be precooked, sliced thin, and chilled.
  — Eric Velasco, al.com, 23 July 2019
• For this casserole, there is no need to precook the rice before adding it to the beef and tomato mixture.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2020
• Meat is never precooked but guaranteed to cook from start to finish right there in the pit.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 12 May 2018
• These tiny pellets of semolina are precooked and dried, making them a tasty, quick-to-prepare side dish.
  — Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2017
• Chefs often use the sous vide method to precook steaks, chops, poultry and sturdy seafood, like octopus.
  — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
• Cut leafy greens and precooked chicken in cooler without any date-marking.
  — Ryan Santistevan, azcentral, 9 May 2018
• Modern-day brats are sometimes precooked or smoked to make things easier on the person who is grilling, but Usinger and Stayer say raw brats are best.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• Another option is to precook your items until almost done, then simply mark them on the grill.
  — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2017
• Tips for bag, food safety Wash bags after each use, especially those used for meats, produce and precooked foods.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
• Get Precooking I parboil potatoes, beets, and other hardy veggies about 80 percent of the way on my (indoor) stovetop before throwing them on the grill for a nice char.
  — Brad Leone, Bon Appetit, 30 May 2017
• Most of the ingredients were precooked and simply required mixing.
  — Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• Politics takes your feelings and disguises them as ideas, precooked and suitable for all occasions.
  — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2018
• For starters, the Trump administration will be selling a tax plan of its own, and, with luck, one precooked with congressional leaders, rather than hoping somebody else presents one that is acceptable.
  — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 18 July 2017

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024