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To Boil Rice

A simple boiled rice prepared by washing, cooking, draining, and resting.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the rice thoroughly.

Cook and drain

  1. In a pot, combine the rice and water, and bring to a boil.

  2. Cook until the rice is tender.

  3. Drain the rice in a colander without stirring.

  4. Let it sit for about 10 minutes to dry.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Rice
Forms the bulk of the dish; its starch absorbs water and softens as it cooks.
Water
Hydrates the rice starch so the grains swell and become tender while boiling.

The step that matters

Drain without stirring. Stirring releases starch from the rice surface, which makes grains gummy and clumped. Draining gently keeps the grains 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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