'Fluffy' white rice (e.g. Chinese food places)

[JulesMaximus]

Lol All Asians use rice cookers. White people cook rice on a stove.

These motherfuckers would be dead if they were on Survivor. Meanwhile, I could cook rice over a campfire.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Sometimes, electric ranges are notorious at cooking crappy rice, their "simmer" is way to high causing the water to evaporate before it's properly absorbed. That being said I found a simple work-around, just pull the pot 1/2 way off the element while it's cooking, this is another reason cooking with gas will always be a lot easier than electric, because you can choose from a tiny amount of heat to full-bore whereas electric only let's you go so low (and that low is to hot for good rice..).

I've always had gas ranges so I'll definitely give you that.

 

[MongGrel]

You eat like one pound of rice a year. I wouldn't mess with rice cooker if I ate rice as infrequent as you. They make Uncle Ben rice for people like you.

This.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Not all rice cookers are created equal.

Step 1: buy rice that isn't the cheapest you can find
Step 2: use the "dry" function on your non-shitty rice cooker

Viola, perfect rice everytime

Inb4 white people proclaiming cooking rice on stove just as easy and consistent

/edit

Shit I see Jules got here already.

Step 1 is rinse rice throughout.......until water is clear.....you wouldn't want to know what's in it....sometimes

 

[notposting]

We don't have a rice cooker (not counting the used from the 80's thing my wife's mom got us as a gift lol) so we cook in a pan.

Of course, you should have good pans. Fully clad tri ply all the way, baby.

Also, if you haven't tried Basmati rice, give it a shot. It tastes like, well, rice, but the smell is just amazing. Nothing fancy, supermarket generic brand should be fine.

edit: seriously, though. Rice in a pan is hard for you people?! D:

 

[Vdubchaos]

Lol All Asians use rice cookers. White people cook rice on a stove.

White people don't eat enough rice to justify rice cooker....

 

[MongGrel]

So buy $30 one. http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-ARC-914SBD-Uncooked-Digital-Steamer/dp/B007WQ9YNO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406075284&sr=8-1&keywords=rice+cooker

If that's too expensive, there's one for $15. I'm pretty sure simple pots and pans cost around $15.

Cheap ones will work fine for you. You don't eat enough rice to buy the expensive ones. And it's not like you're going to notice the difference in rice quality as a casual eater.

Actually that link was broken but I all ready had one of these in my cart and think getting one as had a few other smaller things in there and want a veggie steamer too. That's the one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

White people don't eat enough rice to justify rice cooker....

I'm white but I love rice, used to live in Hawaii and had Hawaiian and Japanese in laws at one time.

Mochi Pounding

My Italian wife loves steamed veggies and shes letting me get one, I can make Bento plates again

Talked her into it, just easier having one around.

Now if I could find three day old Poi in FL, but that ain't happening

Well it could but I'm not gonna air mail it in heh.

 

[MongGrel]

Just on a side note, it always makes me snicker when I see Hawaiian stuff with pineapple in it, the originated in South America and were imported there.

No original Hawaiian food I know of has pineapple in it

Pineapple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple

Lomi salmon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomi-lomi_salmon

Laulau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Lau

Spam is a hit of course

Spam musubi

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Just on a side note, it always makes me snicker when I see Hawaiian stuff with pineapple in it, the originated in South America and were imported there.

No original Hawaiian food I know of has pineapple in it

Pineapple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple

Lomi salmon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomi-lomi_salmon

Laulau



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Lau

However, Hawaii is the first place in the US to farm pineapples on a large scale, hence the association.

 

[MongGrel]

Yes Dole did it long ago, I was just making the point they didn't originate there, and were why the Marines were in the Banana Wars at one time in South America at one time for similar things.

Gotta send those troops in all over the globe to preserve those bananas for the corporation, things worked that way back then and never have changed much

Banana Wars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_wars


Chiquita Banana The Original Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDOI24RRAE

Sorry I'll stop I'm heading off into P&N territory when I shouldn't be

Didn't mean to derail things, my mind goes into tangents sometimes, sorry.

 

[sdifox]

They don't serve jasmine rice at Chinese/Japanese restaurants.

I have been to Chinese restaurants that serve jasmin scented rice.

 

[twinrider1]

Just buy a rice cooker. Every single chinese place uses one...

Yea, but then I'll want a wok with a 7 billion btu burner to go with it.

 

[MongGrel]

Yea, but then I'll want a wok with a 7 billion btu burner to go with it.

:biggrin:

 

[Howard]

i swear to god

 

[kt]

i swear to god

I am with you on this.. JC.

 

[JMapleton]

I buy the jasmine rice from Thailand. I found the key to making it not as sticky is not to stir it very much. The more I stir it, the stickier it becomes. I cook it low to medium and just let the water evaporate.

I'm thinking about buying one of those baller Zojirushi rice cookers. Like the Rolls Royce of rice cookers.

 

[Captante]

(1) A quality rice-cooker is something you won't appreciate until you have one. I have a Zojirushi NS-PC10 and its great.

http://www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-NS-P...6104943&sr=1-9


(2) One step many seem to miss is rinsing & soaking the rice prior to cooking which while not required makes for better rice. I have this Japanese rice-washing bowl although any fine strainer will do.

http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Rice-...ds=rice+rinser


(3) Regardless of authenticity I like Jasmine rice so that's what I use. Usually buy 5lb bags Goya brand not the cheapest but far from expensive or fancy.


(4) I'm a white guy

Didn't the last rice cooker thread get 200+ replies?

If only there were a way to combine a rice-cooker and a tipping thread ... :whiste:

 

[who?]

For the really fluffy rice bring the water to a boil by itself first. Then throw the rice into the boiling water so the kernels explode open and stir vigorously with a fork to break up the clumps. Then bring it all back to a boil, reduce the heat and cover for 20 minutes. Voila, really fluffy exploded rice.

 

[BoomerD]

Actually that link was broken but I all ready had one of these in my cart and think getting one as had a few other smaller things in there and want a veggie steamer too. That's the one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER



I'm white but I love rice, used to live in Hawaii and had Hawaiian and Japanese in laws at one time.

Mochi Pounding

My Italian wife loves steamed veggies and shes letting me get one, I can make Bento plates again

Talked her into it, just easier having one around.

Now if I could find three day old Poi in FL, but that ain't happening

Well it could but I'm not gonna air mail it in heh.

We're white too...well, mostly...some teepee creeper in my ancestry, but that's beside the point.

We got this one at Costco about 18 months ago:

http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-ARC-2000...ma+rice+cooker

IIRC, $26. Costco now has a very similar model...but in stainless steel for $29.

Are there better rice cookers? I'm sure...but for us, as often as we eat rice,1-2x/month) I couldn't justify the price...but dammit, if I'm gonna eat rice, I want GOOD rice.

 

[shortylickens]

Similar to my women, I like it sticky and tight.

 

[lupi]

Oh god, the btu wok comment, lol.

 

[sourceninja]

My wife and I always use a small pan. 1 cup of rice is enough for most meals. Takes 20 minutes and is pretty damn fool proof.

If I had to cook larger amounts of rice or more than 1-2 times a week I'd buy a rice cooker.

 

[Train]

I just don't have the counter space for a rice cooker.

usually start the rice before I start cooking whatever I am going to put with it, chicken, beef, stir fry, whatever. It simmers on the back burner while I do my thing up front. After the meat and veggies are done, drain any excess water on rice and serve.

cleaning a simple non-stick sauce pan is easier than cleaning a rice cooker.

 

[Apathetic]

jasmine rice ftw. a rice cooker also helps.

Another Jasmine rice fan here, but I cook it on the stove.

Dave

 

[JulesMaximus]

If someone wants to buy me an expensive Zhogoshiriu rice cooker I'll be glad to do a side by side comparison to the stove top method I use.

I'll post back with an honest evaluation.