Why is "to re-cook" being used here instead of "to be re-cook"?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
In spoken English, we do not typically use "to be plus a verb." It sounds unnatural to a native English speaker. "To re-cook" is already in the infinitive form. You don't need "be" here because you don't need both verbs here. Most of the time, we leave "be" out, especially when a verb is already in the infinitive form.