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Steamed Rice

A simple dish of rice steamed with water and a pinch of salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Steamed Rice

Steamed Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the rice.

Steam

  1. Place the rice in a small pan and set it in a steamer over a kettle of boiling water.

  2. When the rice is almost done, add the salt.

Serve

  1. Serve with sauce.

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
Its starch absorbs water and swells as it cooks, giving the grains their soft, tender texture.

“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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