parboils
- present tense form of parboil (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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He rubs off the papery chaff with his fingers, parboils them and covers them with seasoned rice vinegar in a jar for 24 hours.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
He smokes chickpeas, connects asparagus spears with toothpicks to form rafts before grilling them and parboils cauliflower before spit-roasting it.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021
She parboils thick slices of sweet potato, roasts them with garlic butter, then smashes them with a fork and sprinkles on some Parmesan cheese.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
The little cook, after washing and peeling her potatoes, next cuts them in thin slices, enough to fill the dish needed and parboils in salted water for ten minutes.
From Cookery for Little Girls by Foster, Olive Hyde
Wher' it rains nigh six months o' the year, an' parboils you the rest.
From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell
