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Boiled Rice

Boiled rice made by washing, soaking, boiling in water with salt, then draining.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Boiled Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the rice in two or three waters.

  2. Let the rice soak for a few minutes in the last water.

Boil and serve

  1. Bring 3 quarts of water to a fast boil.

  2. Add the rice and salt to the boiling water.

  3. Boil for 20 minutes.

  4. Drain the rice in a colander and serve with desired sauce or dressing.

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

Rice
Starch that absorbs water and softens into the cooked grains of the dish.

“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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