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To Boil Rice Savannah Fashion

Rice washed, boiled rapidly in plenty of water, drained, and dried on the stove before serving.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the rice

  1. Pick over the rice thoroughly.

  2. Wash the rice in three waters to remove the rice flour.

Boil and drain

  1. Bring 3 quarts of water to a full boil in a porcelain or tin-lined pot.

  2. Add the rice to the boiling water and let it boil rapidly for 20 minutes.

  3. Drain the water completely.

Steam dry and serve

  1. Cover the pot again and shake well.

  2. Place the pot on the back of the stove for 15 minutes to evaporate remaining moisture.

  3. Shake the rice into the serving dish without using a spoon.

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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What each ingredient does

Rice
Forms the entire dish; boiling in plenty of water cooks each grain until tender while starch is rinsed away.

The step that matters

Washing the rice in three waters. Rinsing removes the surface rice flour and loose starch that would otherwise make the cooked grains sticky and clumped together.

“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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