Precook (verb)

To cook something partially before the final cooking time.

Origin:

The word precook is made up of two words pre which means before and cook which means preparing food by heating it. thus precook means cooking something before the actual cooking time.

Examples:

1. The vegetables were precooked before being added to the stew.
2. The pasta was precooked before being added to the sauce.
3. The fish was precooked before being grilled.
4. The meat was precooked before being frozen.
5. The chicken was precooked before being added to the curry.