Rice Boiled
Ingredients
Directions
In a pot, combine the washed rice and boiling water.
Add the salt and stir gently.
Transfer the pot to a warm place and let it sit for 2 hours.
For smaller quantities, use a smaller vessel with boiling water surrounding it.
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
- Starch that absorbs water and softens into tender grains.
- Boiling water
- Hydrates the rice and supplies the heat that cooks it gradually.
The step that matters
Keeping the pot warm while it sits. Rice grains only soften fully when their starch gelatinizes in hot water. If the pot cools too much during the 2 hours, the grains can stay firm in the center.
“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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