How to cook rice

[mnewsham]

OP, if you cook rice a lot, invest in a rice cooker. I think Newegg sell them for about $30 or less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...cooker&x=0&y=0

ZOJIRUSHI or GTFO.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

ZOJIRUSHI or GTFO.

/agree

Zojirushi is awesome and I love it and I've had it for over five years and it's awesome.

 

[Locut0s]

if you fuck this shit up... shoot yourself.

Accept even if you ace that it will taste like shit. True rice doesn't have a lot of flavor but it has SOME. And it has texture that is somewhat subtle. My limited experience with uncle shits is that it doesn't do either of these right at all.

 

[yhelothar]

I'm asian that eats rice all the time and I don't own a rice cooker. It's very easy to make rice if you get it down once. For me, I do 2:1 water:rice, have heat on full blast till it boils, give it a mix with a spoon to make sure there aren't any sticking to the bottom, then turn the heat down to a min and cook for 25mins.
Makes perfect rice every time that doesn't burn or stick to the pot.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

I'm asian that eats rice all the time and I don't own a rice cooker. It's very easy to make rice if you get it down once. For me, I do 2:1 water:rice, have heat on full blast till it boils, give it a mix with a spoon to make sure there aren't any sticking to the bottom, then turn the heat down to a min and cook for 25mins.
Makes perfect rice every time that doesn't burn or stick to the pot.

Baking works very well, even with hard-to-boil stuff like brown/wild.

 

[Moonbeam]

The way to keep rice grains from sticking to each other is to cook them one at a time.

There are about 80,000 kinds of rice, I believe.

The twice the water to rice works ok in you don't have a tight lid. Otherwise, the 7 to 4 should work good. Bring to a boil, turn down, 18 to 20 min on low and 5 off the burner left standing, fluff or serve to fluff. Read the directions on whether to rinse or not. The above is for real unprocessed rice. Sushi rice or sweet rice is sticky, delicious and easier to eat with chop sticks. Brown rice may take like 45 min to cook. Follow directions.

Lately I have been cooking sushi rice. I like the texture and the flavor is delicious. I usually throw a cap full of rice vinegar in.

 

[pontifex]

My god, what would all you rice cooker owners do if the power goes out? Starve I guess...

My stove doesn't work when the power is out.

unless you're boiling it in a pot over a fire, how else would you make it with the power being out?

 

[lxskllr]

My stove doesn't work when the power is out.

unless you're boiling it in a pot over a fire, how else would you make it with the power being out?

Interesting question. If I didn't have fire, or sun, I'd probably try to capture heat coming off a car.

 

[sandorski]

My stove doesn't work when the power is out.

unless you're boiling it in a pot over a fire, how else would you make it with the power being out?

Gas stove would work.

 

[zinfamous]

I would guess the proper cooking of rice during a power outage probably isn't a high priority.

if all you have to eat is a 50lb sack of rice from Costco...

 

[Dr. Zaus]

The way to keep rice grains from sticking to each other is to cook them one at a time.

There are about 80,000 kinds of rice, I believe.

The twice the water to rice works ok in you don't have a tight lid. Otherwise, the 7 to 4 should work good. Bring to a boil, turn down, 18 to 20 min on low and 5 off the burner left standing, fluff or serve to fluff. Read the directions on whether to rinse or not. The above is for real unprocessed rice. Sushi rice or sweet rice is sticky, delicious and easier to eat with chop sticks. Brown rice may take like 45 min to cook. Follow directions.

Lately I have been cooking sushi rice. I like the texture and the flavor is delicious. I usually throw a cap full of rice vinegar in.

Do you use a rice-wine vinegar?

 

[Moonbeam]

Do you use a rice-wine vinegar?

I use rice vinegar. It can be made from rice wine or rice. The real issue is that rice vinegar starts with rice that is fermented to make rice wine before you make vinegar so you start with rice or you start with rice wine somebody has made from rice. Ultimately then rice vinegar is made from rice wine. Rice wine is made by fermentation of rice by yeast to create rice wine and then a bacteria is used to change the wine into vinegar. The bacteria changes an alcohol into an acid.

 

[Svnla]

ZOJIRUSHI or GTFO.

What so special about that brand of rice cooker?

I have been using the cheap one for the last few years and no complain so far.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

I use rice vinegar. It can be made from rice wine or rice. The real issue is that rice vinegar starts with rice that is fermented to make rice wine before you make vinegar so you start with rice or you start with rice wine somebody has made from rice. Ultimately then rice vinegar is made from rice wine. Rice wine is made by fermentation of rice by yeast to create rice wine and then a bacteria is used to change the wine into vinegar. The bacteria changes an alcohol into an acid.

for you:

 

[Moonbeam]

for you:

Nice

 

[William Gaatjes]

Use a rice cooker--it's idiot proof.

How do I know? Because I can cook perfect rice in it every time.

Yay. I am special. 😎
I have a rice cooker and burned my rice a few times in the beginning.
As it turns out, i forgot that i do not need to add x cups water for x cups rice but instead use x cups water + 2 additional cups of water for x cups rice.
Yes... I am special...

Time for a joke :

I know, this is just wrong... But i can almost hear the responses. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Locut0s]

Yay. I am special. 😎
I have a rice cooker and burned my rice a few times in the beginning.
As it turns out, i forgot that i do not need to add x cups water for x cups rice but x cups water + 2 additional cups of water for x cups rice.
Yes... I am special...

Time for a joke :

Highly disturbing pic snipped D:

I know, this is just wrong... But i can almost hear the responses. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Can someone help my parse this sentence/equation?

 

[William Gaatjes]

Can someone help my parse this sentence/equation?

You can also admit you like the picture... 🙂

 

[Locut0s]

Yay. I am special. 😎
I have a rice cooker and burned my rice a few times in the beginning.
As it turns out, i forgot that i do not need to add x cups water for x cups rice but x cups water + 2 additional cups of water for x cups rice.
Yes... I am special...

Time for a joke :

Highly disturbing pic snipped D:

I know, this is just wrong... But i can almost hear the responses. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Can someone help my parse this sentence/equation?

EDIT: OK I get it now after reading it several more times. 😛

You are making it FAR more difficult that it has to be. Seriously just use the 1 inch rule. Add enough water till the water level is 1 inch above the level of the rice. A good rule of "thumb" that my mother taught me is to use your pinky finger and dip it into the water till your pinky just touches the rice. If the water level reaches your first knuckle of your pinky you are good to go.

 

[Locut0s]

You can also admit you like the picture... 🙂

You mean lie?

I like this one though 😛

 

[abaez]

Just came in to say that Zojirushi rice cookers rock hard.

 

[piasabird]

Real rice sticks together. Might try a rice steamer or electric rice cooker. I thought all rice was suppose to stick together, with the exception of Processed rice like uncle bens. Maybe it is just the type of rice. Maybe I have just eaten too much Korean style Rice. I am use to buying rice in a giant 50 or 100 lb bag. When you are using chopsticks you want the rice to stick together.

My mom use to cook rice that did not stick then she would melt butter in it and sprinkle sugar on top. Cant Figure.

 

[Locut0s]

Real rice sticks together. Might try a rice steamer or electric rice cooker. I thought all rice was suppose to stick together, with the exception of Processed rice like uncle bens. Maybe it is just the type of rice. Maybe I have just eaten too much Korean style Rice. I am use to buying rice in a giant 50 or 100 lb bag. When you are using chopsticks you want the rice to stick together.

My mom use to cook rice that did not stick then she would melt butter in it and sprinkle sugar on top. Cant Figure.

There is no REAL rice. There are 2 basic varieties of rice you are thinking of here, what are called long and short grain varieties. Short grain varieties are the sticky ones you are familiar with, they are sticky due to being much more starchy. Long grain varieties are the non sticky type. Long grain rice is probably eaten more around the world than short grain, in terms of number of people. China and India (probably Vietnam and others too) eat long grain rice as parts of their staple. While it's really only Japan and Korea that use short grain rice as their main staple. Short grain IS also used in China, but for other types of dishes and not as their staple.

 

[sactoking]

I'm surprised so many people go with 2:1 ratios. Do you all mainly cook brown or "wild" rice? In my experience 2:1, whether with rice cooker or stovetop, would produce mush. Hell, even my bag of Calrose California short grain rice says to go 4:3 (2 cups water and 1.5 cups rice) and that is a bit mushy sometimes. Do you cook single-serving portions? I know that the ratio of water to rice decreases as the quantity of rice increases, so I guess 2:1 would work for 1 serving but for 6 or 8 servings you would probably be closer to 6:5.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

^distance from sea level will make a difference as will the humidity at which the rice was held^