Cooking Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Combine rice, cold water, and salt in a pot.
Bring to a boil over medium heat.
Reduce heat to low and cover the pot.
Cook slowly for 3 hours until all water is absorbed.
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
- Starch granules absorb water and swell, becoming tender and forming the body of the dish.
The step that matters
Reduce heat to low and cover the pot. Low, covered heat keeps the water trapped and gentle, so the rice steams and absorbs liquid evenly without scorching on the bottom or drying out on top.
“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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