Cooking Rice Proper

[Maggot]

My rice is always fluffy because I do it the way they did it in the navy and it was the best way to do it I think. First I put some rice in a baking dish - add a little oil and mix it all around to coat the rice - then add water 2 times the volume of rice - cover it and bake it till it's done and the water is absorbed.

Bake? In the oven?

 

[tarannau]

I can see that working. To be honest I was always inordinately proud of making perfect pot rice, but it was a faff because the gas hob always needed to be carefully tinkered below minimum level - on the edge of going off - or it would boil too hard. Once the rice reaches boiling an oven takes that 'balancing' issue out

Not for me now mind. I use a rice cooker on a ridiculously frequent basis - they're ace.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

PBP, next time I'm over for one of your delicious meals I shall demonstrate my perfect rice method.


I'm telling you urbanites, PBP makes a paella that could make the dead revive.

 

[gentlegreen]

4 litre pressure cooker on its way from Amazon - £19 inc (slow) delivery.

 

[purplex]

Get a rice cooker

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Get me over.

 

[gentlegreen]

To be honest, I doubt anyone else could stomach my rice.

I like it chewy. In the past I used to use a mixture of every kind of grain I could get my hands on :-

rice, millet, oats, wheat, rye, barley .... I'm sure I was up to 7 at one stage ...

 

[Maggot]

I don't wash rice unless it's really cheap stuff. If it's a reputable brand you really don't need to wash it and then this method gives you perfect results (long grain white rice). Boil a kettle and have a heavy bottomed pan with tight-fitting lid ready. Put a smidge of oil in the pan (and any spices eg turmeric) NEVER PUT SALT. Add two cups of rice and stir round till it's all really hot. Add three cups of boiling water (great sound effects and bubbling here) and whack lid on. Turn gas down to lowest possible. When water is absorbed (about 10 to 12 mins) take off the heat and fluff the rice up with a fork. Put lid back on and leave for at least 5 mins. PERFECT!

never use pre-cooked or pre-fluffed rice.

Just done this method and it is indeed perfect!

 

[dilute micro]

Bake? In the oven?

Yeah it works like a charm. You gotta cover it and have the water to rice ratio right and bake at a lower temp. You don't want it boiling like mad in the oven. It only takes a tiny bit of oil to work. That's just to coat the rice.

 

[Epona]

I like just plain long-grain white rice for most things, don't wash it beforehand (unless it is really grotty and has been on the floor or something!) as it will take starch out of it, I use a cup or mug to measure. If I use 1 cup of rice I pour 1 1/2 cups of hot stock (or hot water for plain rice) into the pan on top of it, bring back to the boil stirring gently with a fork to keep the grains seperate and stop them settling and sticking on the bottom of the pan. Then once it is just starting to bubble turn it down to below the 'low' hob setting, as low as the heat will go without it being off, put a tight fitting lid on, and leave it for 10 minutes or so - this should be when you can see dimples and holes in the top layer of the rice, check it is just cooked to the right texture (it should be if your water to rice ratio was correct!) at that point take it off the heat and leave, covered with the lid still, for a couple of minutes to absorb any remaining moisture. Then separate the grains by stirring through with a fork and serve.

EDIT: One of my favourites is tomato rice - the exact same as above but I also chuck 3 finely chopped tomatoes and some herbs into the pan and carry on exactly the same cooking instructions - works a treat!

 

[Detroit City]

Washing rice before u cook it. Why does it turn out mushy ? I want fluffy seperated rice.

for the last time i'm going to show y'all how to make perfect rice every bleedin' time in the microwave, i've posted this at least 5 times:

1. Buy a covered corningware dish as shown below (it has a loose seal to let out teh steam)
2. Add 1 part rice (basmati prefered, no need to pre-soak) and 2 parts water
3. Add some salt and butter (recommended)
4. Cover
5. Place in microwave
6. Micro on Hi for 13 to 17 minutes (depends upon amount of rice/water and power of Microwave but you'll figure it out after a few attempts)
7. Remove and let sit for few minutes covered
8. Remove cover and stir a bit but not too much otherwise you'll break teh rice
9. Chow down cause you have PERFECT RICE EVERY TIME

 

[Epona]

Fuck me, you call that cooking? I don't even own a bloody microwave!

And it looks to me, going by your timings, that it takes longer in the microwave than in a pan on the hob....

 

[Detroit City]

Fuck me, you call that cooking? I don't even own a bloody microwave!

And it looks to me, going by your timings, that it takes longer in the microwave than in a pan on the hob....

try it sometime ok? jesus fucking christ

 

[Epona]

try it sometime ok? jesus fucking christ

OK clever clogs, how am I going to try it when I don't own a microwave?

And why should I when it works out fine on the hob anyway?

 

[gentlegreen]

Microwaves are dead handy - I'm pretty sure I saw one for £20 in the sales.

 

[Epona]

Microwaves are dead handy - I'm pretty sure I saw one for £20 in the sales.

No, no, no - I lived for 8 months without an oven/grill/hob - my parents loaned me a microwave and the only hot food I ate came out of it. I became quite adept at using it, and quite inventive, but I never fucking want to see one again!

 

[pengaleng]

I really don't understand some of the problems people have with cooking rice.

 

[Detroit City]

OK clever clogs, how am I going to try it when I don't own a microwave?

buy one, you know what a store is, right??

I really don't understand some of the problems people have with cooking rice.

some people are total morons, rice it the easiest fucking thing to cook

 

[pengaleng]

some people are total morons

true that.

 

[Epona]

buy one, you know what a store is, right??

I don't need one or want one, I cook all the time, properly, it's not me having trouble cooking rice! I posted up a good method on this thread already for people who couldn't do it.

 

[Detroit City]

I don't need one or want one, I cook all the time, properly, it's not me having trouble cooking rice! I posted up a good method on this thread already for people who couldn't do it.

well my method is easier and fool-proof and it comes out exactly the same every time

 

[Epona]

well my method is easier and fool-proof and it comes out exactly the same every time

So does mine, but mine only takes 12 minutes whereas yours takes 13-17 minutes. And requires an appliance that not everyone has.

 

[pengaleng]

shut up 8mile.

 

[Detroit City]

shut up 8mile.

be quiet t_p

 

[pengaleng]

she dont want a microwave though, you are gettin nowhere, must admit, morons use microwaves to cook shit.

 

[Detroit City]

she dont want a microwave though, you are gettin nowhere, must admit, morons use microwaves to cook shit.

why don't you try it and then report back? microwaves are best for cooking stuff in liquid. that is common knowledge.

 

[Epona]

why don't you try it and then report back? microwaves are best for cooking stuff in liquid. that is common knowledge.

Yes of course, that's why all the best restaurants use them...

 

[pengaleng]

I've got one, I use it occasionally to heat stuff and dirty ready meals, nothing to cooking rice except bunging it on the hob in some water and keeping an eye on it for 10 mins tho. simples.

 

[Detroit City]

Yes of course, that's why all the best restaurants use them...

we are talking about cooking rice AT HOME not at a RESTAURANT. did you not figure that out from the original post?

show me were it stated cooking rice in a RESTAURANT please

 

[pengaleng]

we are talking about cooking rice AT HOME not at a RESTAURANT. did you not figure that out from the original post?

show me were it stated cooking rice in a RESTAURANT please

oh now yer just being petty.