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Rice Water

Rice water is a liquid made by simmering rice with salt and water, then straining.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Rice Water

Rice Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine rice, salt, and water in a pot.

  2. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.

  3. Cook for 3 hours, adding water as needed to maintain 1 quart of liquid.

  4. Strain the rice to obtain the rice water.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Rice
Starch released into the water thickens it and gives the rice water body.

The step that matters

Maintaining the liquid level during the long simmer. Rice keeps absorbing and releasing water over three hours, so the pot can dry out or scorch if liquid is not topped up. Adding water as needed keeps the starch concentration and volume consistent.

“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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