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Southern Rice

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Southern Rice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Thoroughly wash and rub the rice.

  2. In a double boiler, combine the rice with enough salted water to cover it twice.

  3. Cover closely and cook for 15 to 20 minutes until the rice is plump but not mushy.

  4. Drain off as much water as possible and return the rice to the kettle.

  5. Allow the rice to steam for an additional 15 minutes on low heat.

  6. Stir lightly with a fork and serve hot.

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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