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

[Leyawiin]

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

It is if you have a decent pan with tight lid, a good stove and know what the hell you're doing.

Too bad I didn't think to get the "Inb4 arrogant Asian explains it all" said.

 

[who?]

Why would I cook something that takes 20 minutes to cook 5 hours before I plan on eating? That makes no sense whatsoever.

Part of the joy of cooking a meal is timing everything so that it is all ready at the time we plan on eating it.

If you set it up at 5 but program it to start while you are out getting the takeout it can have the rice ready when you plan to get back.
A woman lost a lawsuit years ago because she put a pop tart in the toaster when she left to take her kid to school and when she got back her house was on fire.

 

[dbk]

Sticky rice ftw..had that chinese food fluffy shit

 

[Ns1]

It is if you have a decent pan with tight lid, a good stove and know what the hell you're doing.

You don't need to know anything other than "wash rice, fill water to line, press button" with a rice cooker. Therefore, it is not as easy or convenient to cook rice on the stove vs using a rice cooker.

And then there's all this nonsense about timing the rice. Asians everywhere (except sushi chefs) are laughing their asses off at that comment.

 

[Howard]

It is if you have a decent pan with tight lid, a good stove and know what the hell you're doing.

Too bad I didn't think to get the "Inb4 arrogant Asian explains it all" said.

Good thing nobody wastes money on those stupid "auto-matic" transmissions.

 

[Strk]

You don't need to know anything other than "wash rice, fill water to line, press button" with a rice cooker. Therefore, it is not as easy or convenient to cook rice on the stove vs using a rice cooker.

And then there's all this nonsense about timing the rice. Asians everywhere (except sushi chefs) are laughing their asses off at that comment.

Because measuring cups are hard?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

It is if you have a decent pan with tight lid, a good stove and know what the hell you're doing.

Too bad I didn't think to get the "Inb4 arrogant Asian explains it all" said.

Wait wait, the ASIANS are the ones that are arrogant? Versus the people who are saying that their pot method is somehow faster, easier, tastier, and more consistent than rice cookers which basically every family that ever eats rice on a regular basis has?

 

[Wyndru]

I'm another jasmine rice vote. It's pretty common, available at big grocery stores and cheap yet still a little better than minute rice.

It's still white rice though, basically lacking any nutrients.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Wait wait, the ASIANS are the ones that are arrogant? Versus the people who are saying that their pot method is somehow faster, easier, tastier, and more consistent than rice cookers which basically every family that ever eats rice on a regular basis has?

Nobody has said that.

 

[uclabachelor]

I really dig the dry, puffy/fluffy/airy white rice you get at Chinese/Japanese places. All white rice my wife cooks at home is usually watery and nowhere near that consistency. Does it require a rice cooker to make fluffy white rice?

Get the Zojirushi pressure rice cooker. Makes rice PERFECTLY everytime. I this cooker spoiled me so much I can't stand eating rice that is not cooked from this cooker.

 

[Carson Dyle]

:whiste: You should never stir rice while it is cooking. If you do this you are using too much heat.

This.

Simmer it very low.

Cook off _all_ the water. If you use a bit too much water and the rice comes to the consistency that you want before the water has evaporated, you can cook it the last couple of minutes without the lid.

The only thing that's a "pain", is that you just have to watch it the last few minutes so it doesn't burn. It's not an exact science, though - it won't burn if you leave it a minute too long. If that's too much for you, and you're such a worthless cook that you need a rice cooker to manage this task, you should stick to take-out.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I really dig the dry, puffy/fluffy/airy white rice you get at Chinese/Japanese places. All white rice my wife cooks at home is usually watery and nowhere near that consistency. Does it require a rice cooker to make fluffy white rice?

I really don't understand the need for a rice cooker. Been using a casserole for decades - ~1 finger mark of water, 10 mins uncovered, 10 mins covered ... DONE.

 

[Ns1]

Because measuring cups are hard?

If I miss the mark my rice cooker fixes my mistakes. Accuracy is overrated.

 

[JulesMaximus]

If I miss the mark my rice cooker fixes my mistakes. Accuracy is overrated.

Cooking anything is about accuracy and timing. If you can't master the simple task of cooking rice you suck at cooking.

 

[Moonbeam]

I cook my rice in a pot. I don't have room on my counter for an extra device. But I cook rice to eat it and don't really care at all about how it gets there. I also don't like to cook in non stick. I am a liberal and have an irrational fear of chemicals. Use non stick and you'll get cancer sure as shit. Maybe though you could throw some of the rice over your left shoulder and you'd be OK.

 

[DCal430]

An odd thing us most white people I know dont wash rice, but basically all Asian people I know do wash it.

 

[BoomerD]

An odd thing us most white people I know dont wash rice, but basically all Asian people I know do wash it.

I'm white...and I wash my rice...or at least, I give it a good rinse before it goes in the cooker.

 

[Moonbeam]

I'm white...and I wash my rice...or at least, I give it a good rinse before it goes in the cooker.

I rinse rice that says to wash it and don't if it says it doesn't need it. If I wash the brand of organic brown rice that I buy the water runs clear from the start.

 

[sdifox]

An odd thing us most white people I know dont wash rice, but basically all Asian people I know do wash it.

Rice washing is an old habit back when talc was used in the production process. Since that is no longer true, rise washing just makes rice even kess nutritious than it already is.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Rice washing is an old habit back when talc was used in the production process. Since that is no longer true, rise washing just makes rice even kess nutritious than it already is.

Not completely true. Washing rice removes surface starch which will reduce stikiness.

 

[sdifox]

Not completely true. Washing rice removes surface starch which will reduce stikiness.

That is more of a function of how much water you put in? The more water, fhe mushier the ri ce, the stickier it is.

 

[preslove]

ATOT, where everything, including rice cooking(!), has a group of snobs.

 

[Captante]

Interesting how many people who have never used a rice-cooker even once still feel the uncontrollable need to proclaim they know best! (lol)


ATOT is a wonderful place!

 

[nageov3t]

Interesting how many people who have never used a rice-cooker even once still feel the uncontrollable need to proclaim they know best! (lol)


ATOT is a wonderful place!

hah. idk, I had a rice cooker for many years... gave it up when I started eating more healthy and cutting out carbs (I still eat rice on occasion, but not so often that I can dedicated having a specialized appliance just for making rice)

rice cooker was way more convenient and tasted marginally better (or at least, more fool-proof), but rice cooked on the stove in a pot is a perfectly adequate substitute imo.

 

[Train]

Interesting how many people who have never used a rice-cooker even once still feel the uncontrollable need to proclaim they know best! (lol)


ATOT is a wonderful place!

I worked at a raw bar in college, rolled about a million sushi rolls. Used a rice cooker at least twice a day. It was great, set it and forget it, kept it warm, yada yada.

But for home? Not unless I have a kitchen about 3 times as big, and eat rice at least twice as often as I do now. Most single use appliances are incredibly wasteful in the home.