Nominally cooked rice
I believe the answer is:
eric
'nominally cooked rice' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'cooked rice' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'rice' with letters rearranged gives 'ERIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eric that I've seen before include "Man" , ".... the Red, Norwegian explorer who discovered Greenland in 10th century" , "Ernie's comic partner" , "Boy's name" , "Great Norwegian explorer .... the Red" .)