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Rice-water, or Mucilage of Rice

Rice water is the liquid obtained by soaking and simmering rice in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Rice-water, or Mucilage of Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the rice thoroughly with cold water.

  2. Soak the rice in a quart of water at a tepid heat for three hours.

Cook and strain

  1. Simmer the mixture slowly for one hour.

  2. Strain the liquid to obtain the rice-water.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Carolina rice
Starch from the rice thickens the water and gives the liquid its body.
Water
Extracts starch and flavor from the rice during soaking and simmering.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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