Southern Mode of Boiling Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the rice
Bring the water to a boil in a large pot.
Add the salt and rice, stirring gently.
Boil for 20 minutes.
If the rice is not dry, turn off the heat and let it sit uncovered for a few minutes.
Serve
Serve as a side dish with meats or a sweet sauce.
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 the boiling water, swelling and softening the grains into a tender, cooked texture.
The step that matters
Boil for 20 minutes. Rice keeps absorbing water and softening while it boils. Too little time leaves grains firm and chalky, while too much time lets the starch break down and makes the rice mushy.
“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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