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To Boil Rice

A simple boiled rice prepared by simmering rice in salted water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring enough water to a boil to cover the rice.

  2. Add a pinch of salt to the boiling water.

  3. Add the rice and boil for 20 minutes without stirring.

  4. Strain the rice through a colander and serve.

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
Forms the starchy bulk of the dish, absorbing water as it cooks until tender.

The step that matters

Boil without stirring. Stirring agitates the grains and releases surface starch, which makes the cooked rice gummy and sticky rather than separate and fluffy.

“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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