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Plain Boiled Rice

Plain boiled rice is a simple dish of rice cooked in salted water.

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

Plain Boiled Rice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the rice thoroughly in two rinses, discarding the last rinse.

  2. Add the salt to the boiling water.

Cook and serve

  1. Pour in the rice and boil steadily for 30 minutes.

  2. To check if the rice is done, take out some grains and crush them between your fingers; they should mash easily and feel soft.

  3. Do not stir the rice to prevent it from sinking and burning.

  4. Serve with sugar and fresh or condensed milk, or with stewed fruits.

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
Its starch swells and softens as it cooks, giving the grains their tender texture.
Boiling water
Hydrates the starch and carries heat to cook the grains evenly through.

The step that matters

Do not stir the rice. Stirring breaks the grains and releases surface starch, which makes the rice gummy. Leaving it undisturbed lets the grains cook evenly without sticking or scorching on the bottom.

“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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