Delicious Way to Cook Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the rice in two changes of water.
Cook
Gradually add the rice to the boiling water to maintain the boil.
Boil for 20 minutes without stirring.
Drain and rest
Drain the rice in a colander and rinse with cold water.
Shake off excess water and return the rice to the saucepan.
Let it sit on the back of the stove for 5 minutes.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Rice
- Its starch absorbs water and softens, giving the grains a tender, separate texture.
- Boiling water
- Supplies the liquid that the rice starch absorbs as it cooks.
The step that matters
Gradually add the rice to the boiling water to maintain the boil.. Adding all the rice at once drops the water temperature and slows the return to a boil. Cooking then takes longer and the starch can release more, leaving the grains gummy instead of separate.
“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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