There are a lot of ways to mess up rice cooking. Follow this recipe to avoid that faux-pas and cook perfect, fluffy rice, now and forever. This method works for short, medium and long grained white rice. Rinsing the rice before cooking is key as it was he away the starchiness that make for clumpy, sticky rice – don’t be tempted to speed things up by missing out this key step.
Perfect Rice Every-Time
Difficulty: EasyServings
4
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
40
minutesFollow this recipe to avoid that faux-pas and cook perfect, fluffy rice, now and forever.
Ingredients
1 cup white rice. NOT the parboiled or quick-cooking kind
1/2 tsp kosher or sea salt
Directions
- Rinse the rice in cold water in a fine-mesh sieve until the water runs clear. Be patient here, this could take a couple of minutes.
- Combine the rinsed rice, salt and 1 1/4 cups of water in a medium saucepan. Stir to combine
- Bring to the boil, then cover with a lid or a tightly-wrapped foil topper. Reduce heat to as low as it will go. Cook without disturbing for 18 minutes – do not lift the lid!
- Remove from the heat and leave to stand for 15-20 minutes, with the lid still on. Uncover and fluff the rice with a fork.
