To Boil Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the rice thoroughly.
In a pot, combine the rice and water.
Cook and drain
Bring to a boil and cook until the rice is tender.
Drain the rice in a colander without stirring.
Let it sit by the fire to dry for about 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Rice
- Provides the starch that cooks into the bulk of the dish, giving it its body and texture.
- Water
- Hydrates the rice grains as they soften and cook through the boil.
The step that matters
Drain the rice without stirring. Stirring releases starch from the grain surfaces, which makes the rice gummy and clump together. Leaving it undisturbed keeps the grains separate and fluffy as they drain and dry.
“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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