Boil ahead of time, say

Usage examples of precook.

There was no English word for these cakes of corn and beans and bits of precooked meat, dried fruits and berries.

At the little galley, she prepared a quick breakfast: precooked apple sauce, rehydratable granola, beef jerky and breakfast roll.

There was long grain, short grain, white, brown, precooked, preseasoned.

They left their discarded suits on the floor and trooped to the galley where six frozen precooked meals were speedily microwaved to steaming readiness.

Jamie pulled his coveralls over his briefs, then set up the folding table between their bunks and popped two precooked breakfasts into the microwave while Vosnesensky was in the lavatory.

Some of the old strangeness seeped into Jamie's soul as the four of them ate their precooked dinners.

That's why Paul, like most mountaineers, brings precooked freeze-dried food or foods that only need a few minutes in hot water to rehydrate.

They were punching buttons, pulling trays of hot food from the storage racks, gliding weightlessly to find an unoccupied corner of the cramped compartment in which to eat their precooked dinners.

They shared a meal of precooked boneless chicken and bland vegetables together, still mostly in silence, and then it was Kinsman's turn in the sack again.

Quickly, she broke eggs into a pan, started the toaster, heated precooked bacon in the microwave.

He had not noticed when she had substituted the precooked bacon for his freshly cooked bacon, so that saved her one step, at least.