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Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.

Listeria’s ability to adapt and proliferate under varied conditions means “it’s an ongoing battle,” especially at large food-processing establishments like BrucePac, which churns out precooked, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products in huge quantities.

Plus, precooking the tofu ensures even cooking throughout, leaving you with a delightful textural contrast — crispy on the outside, melt-in-your-mouth soft on the inside.

Packaged ramen that’s easily cooked in hot water at home is called instant noodles; it’s precooked and then dried.

In the past few years, it has become trendy north of the Mexican border as a marketable flavor for snacks and pantry products like potato chips, chili crisp and precooked rice.