Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the rice by rubbing it hard and changing the water until it is clear.
Combine the rice and salt in a saucepan, then add the water.
Cook
Bring to a boil and cook steadily for 15 minutes.
Strain the rice through a colander.
Return the rice to the saucepan, cover, and let it sit on low heat for 30 minutes to dry.
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 bulk of the dish, absorbing water and cooking into tender grains.
- Water
- Hydrates the starch so the grains soften and swell as they cook.
The step that matters
Washing the rice until the water runs clear. Rinsing away loose surface starch keeps the grains from clumping together into a sticky mass during cooking.
“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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