Boiled Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook
Wash the rice thoroughly.
Combine the rice, water, and salt in a saucepan.
Boil until the rice is tender.
Drain and rest
Drain the rice in a colander without stirring.
Let it sit in a warm place for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
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 swells, forming the tender, cooked grains of the dish.
The step that matters
Drain the rice in a colander without stirring. Stirring breaks open the grains and releases surface starch, which makes the cooked rice gummy and sticky instead of light and 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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