Cooking Hint of the Day - Easy Fool Proof Rice in about 15 minutes

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Rice will cook faster and be perfect everytime if you boil your rice rather than steaming it. Fill a pot with water (at least 4-5 times the water to rice). Toss in the rice, some salt, and a pat of butter or olive oil and stir. Bring to a full rolling boil and reduce heat the heat a little so it is gently boiling (boiling - not simmering) until done. Drain through a colander and serve.

-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), April 13, 2002

Answers

Hi Karen:

I know that some out there might have a microwave, but I have found that doing at least 1 to 1 1/2 cups of rice in a microwave-safe bowl with a lid works well for me. I cook it about 17 minutes and then check it. If it needs a little more time (depending on the power of your microwave oven) I can add minutes then. Last time, I did 1 1/2 cups of rice, 3 cups of water, butter, herbs and spices for 17 + 3 minutes and it was just perfect.

It doesn't seem to work well for smaller amounts of rice, probably just need to reduce the cooking time accordingly, I guess.

-- Dena (ddew1962@earthlink.net), April 13, 2002.


Karen, my family will only eat rice cooked this way. People always ask how I get my rice so fluffy and separated into indiv. grains, I tell them to cook like you are cooking pasta.

-- Sandy(N.E.Fl) (REDNECKGIRL32@prodigy.net), April 13, 2002.

Karen--Is this with or without a lid on the pot?

-- vicki in NW OH (thga76@aol.com), April 13, 2002.

I cook my rice this way and it always turns out great...my tip to add is: leave the lid on the whole cooking time(15-20 minutes as Karen said)...don't check on it and don't peek in, don't let any of that nice hot air out, that's what helps get the rice nice and fluffy.

-- claudia in NY (cooleyville@aol.com), April 13, 2002.

Yeppers, lid on!

-- Karen (mountains_mama@hotmail.com), April 13, 2002.


This may sound odd but it always works - put your rice in a pot and put enough water over it until the water is up to the first joint in your finger when your finger is touching the rice below. Give it a stir - put it on to boil - once boiling turn the stove off and let it sit for about ten minutes - it will be perfect and there will be no need to drain.

-- gavin (gavin@hotmail.com), April 24, 2002.

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