When cooking rice in a rice pot,

[Flammable]

How do you know how much water to put in?

 

[Engraver]

However much it says on the box. I also add a little chicken bouillon.

 

[nonameo]

Twice as much as you have rice.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Engraver
However much it says on the box. I also add a little chicken bouillon.

For white long grain I always use a 1:1 ratio.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Flammable
How do you know how much water to put in?

Read the Label?

 

[Jhill]

use the "knuckle method"

 

[Chronoshock]

I use the tip of my index finger as a gauge. For short grain, about 2/4 - 3/4 of fingertip water above the level of the rice, and for long grain 3/4 - 1 fingertip. Obviously this varies by person, but its what I've used for years

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: Jhill
use the "knuckle method"

Smash the rice with your knuckles until they are wet with blood?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Depends on the rice.

Follow the instructions and adjust if needed.

 

[Jhill]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Jhill
use the "knuckle method"

Smash the rice with your knuckles until they are wet with blood?

no, it's actually how a lot of people measure the water

knuckle method

a better example with pics

 

[LS21]

1 knuckle over the rice level

 

[Sphexi]

Depends on how you want it cooked. For the style you get in a Chinese restaurant, go with 1:1 or 1.5:1 (water to rice), for something more like congee (pudding/soup) go with 4:1 at least, sometimes 5:1. I absolutely love congee, put in some shrimp, fish sauce, and you have a wonderful soup to go along with pretty much any kind of dinner.

 

[Syringer]

I go 2:1 usually.

When cooking for myself I would use a 2 1oz shot glasses of rice and 4 shots of water..

 

[Savarak]

my knuckle method means pointing straight down from the water to the top of the rice, and the water should be just as high as my first finger knuckle... the link jhill sent with pics is just plain weird to me... flat hand down on rice