pre-cooked
Adjective
Meaning
pre-cooked (not comparable)
Partially or completely cooked in advance.
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Examples
Following standard operating procedures, pre-cooked products are monitored for freshness and disposed of if holding times become excessive.
On our drive home yesterday I asked him what he wanted for dinner: a bean and cheese burrito (I sneak in some pre-cooked chicken, too, which he never seems to realize) with sides of black olives and strips of raw red bell pepper.
Supermarkets in France sell shrink-wrapped, pre-cooked, corn on the cob, but it’s pretty awful stuff.
I had pre-cooked my sausage while I was shucking corn, and I added it at this point.
My initial response to all of this was: Do parents nowadays really need a communal kitchen, with pre-chopped and pre-cooked ingredients, recipes, and a helping hand to cook meals for their families.
Shortcut: This soup comes together MUCH more quickly if you have pre-cooked brown rice, lentils, etc. on hand.