Method of Cooking Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Add the rice and salt to the boiling water.
Boil for 12 minutes.
Drain the water from the rice.
Cover the rice and let it sit for 10 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.
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What each ingredient does
- Rice
- Is the starch that softens and swells in boiling water to become the cooked grain.
The step that matters
Boil for 12 minutes. Rice needs enough time in boiling water for the starch granules to absorb water and soften fully. Stopping early leaves the grains firm in the center, while overcooking makes them mushy and sticky.
“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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