To Boil Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the rice thoroughly.
Combine the rice and cold water in a pot.
Cook and dry
Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes.
Strain the rice through a sieve.
Place the rice over low heat and shake it with a fork occasionally to separate the grains and dry it out.
Serve hot.
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
- Provides the starch that cooks into the body of the dish.
- Cold water
- Hydrates the rice grains so they soften evenly as they boil.
The step that matters
Drying the rice over low heat. Shaking the rice with a fork while it sits over low heat lets surface moisture evaporate and keeps the grains from clumping together. Skipping this step leaves the rice wet 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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