Questions tagged [rice]
Questions on rice. Please be specific; different rice cooks differently.
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How to keep rice in sushi-like dishes from drying out overnight?
So my kids like to take 'sushi' (that is, variations without raw fish) and sushi-like dishes (onigiri/onigiraza, musubi etc) to school for lunch. However in the mornings I don't have time to fully ...
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The best method to seperate rice grain from glutinous rice grain?
I am trying to make alkaline water rice dumplings in large batches (about 50 kilos)
I bought my glutinous rice grains directly from the producers and thus there are some rice grains mixed into the ...
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Does the ratio of rice:water change if rinsed first?
In Tim Anderson's Japaneasy he instructs to cook 300g of rice in 390g of water (1:1.3).
He also says to rinse the rice first. When I rinsed the rice and weighted it again after letting water drain, it ...
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Does washing rice in a non-stick pot erode the non-stick coating over time?
I usually wash my rice in the pot that comes with my rice cooker (Tiger JBV-10CU) which is non-stick. I've heard that rice can be abrasive to the non-stick coating if you move it around in the pot as ...
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Is there science-based information on long-term white rice storage?
I have some special white rice I picked up while traveling, and am conserving for the right dish because I can't buy it where I live. However, that got me wondering how long rice actually keeps. when ...
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Can I cook brown rice in broth?
Can I make brown rice substituting chicken broth for water? How much of the chicken flavor transfers to the rice?
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What is sortexed rice?
Here is a link to rice I want to buy. It is quoted as being polished and sortexed. I was wondering exactly that meant? Sortexed is not a word I heard before.
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Brown rice in an old rice cooker?
A comment on the question about brown rice making a mess in old rice cookers has me wondering:
Is there a proper way to cook brown rice in a mechanical (one button) rice cooker, or do you need a ‘...
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Why does baking cooked rice not overcook it?
Many recipes like stuffed peppers call for baking already fully cooked rice for upwards of an hour at ~375 F. I’m surprised the grains come out intact and texturally not that different than before ...
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Which type and grain size of rice (flour) is best for which use case?
What type of rice and which grain-size as flour is best for which use case?
I have got a grain mill and am going to do lots of gluten-free recipes with rice flour. From cake, via pudding, to mochi (...
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Could overfrying and/or undersimmering the Spanish rice have caused it to develop a cardboard-like taste and a pungent odour?
Growing up, my mother always made me one of my favourite treats, which was arroz Guizado, or Spanish fried rice. It was the only kind I had ever tasted up until I was around eleven or twelve. When I ...
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Food safety when making Koji rice / kojikin
I want to understand the process by which koji rice is not effected by Bacillus Cereus et.al.
The basic instructions for fermenting your own koji rice is:
Steam rice
Let it cool to around 35℃
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Can the dumming step of biryani be skipped by pressure cooking biryani rice and chicken separately and mixing them after cooling?
Although I figured out the right amount of water and salt for making biryani, at times, it still gets messed up if the amount of water in the cooked chicken is too high or if the rice cooking duration ...
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Cooking rice in bulk and adding to stew for weekday meals [duplicate]
I usually cook a stew of some kind on a Sunday, put it in a container in the fridge, I then eat it for an evening meal during the rest of the week up to Friday or Saturday. Each weekday evening I cook ...
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I want to cook brown and white rice together
I want to cook brown rice and jasmine rice in the same pot, or normal white rice whatever works better with brown rice. Is it possible to do so without having mushy white rice. I love brown rice i ...
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Making rice in a thermos flask
Would mixing white rice grains with boiling water and pouring the mix into a thermos flask and letting it stay there for an hour work (to make edible rice)?
p.s I don't have a thermos flask to try and ...
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Can I use air fryer to dry out rice in preparation to be fried in a wok?
This is one of those questions that's hard to find any results for on google because there are so many more popular similar but not at all the same questions/answers that it impossible to find the ...
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Does an adult male require two kilos of rice per day to reach daily calories requirement? [duplicate]
I just looked up adult male calorie requirements. It's 2,500 kcal per day.
There's 1,250 kcal per kilo of basmati rice.
Does that mean I need to eat the calorie equivalent of two kilo bags of rice ...
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Risotto too grainy
I've been toying with my risotto recipe but I still can't make rice nice and smooth. Here is what I use;
Cup Arborio rice (from Whole Foods)
Kettle and Fire Chicken Broth 32oz
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How can I cook parboiled rice in absorption method?
How many cups of water (not liters) should I add to 1 cup of parboiled rice in case of the absorption method of cooking?
How many minutes should I cook?
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What is the minimum length of time and temperature one can safely cook white Basmati rice for?
The particular Basmati rice I normally use (Aldi own brand), cooks perfectly with seperate, non-sticky grains using the following method. In a large pan of cold water (3 or 4 times the volume of rice),...
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Is there any gourmet rice cooking method where you don’t rinse the rice?
I’m curious if there’s any culinary tradition that chooses not to rinse rice because of a desired outcome.
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How to cook rice outside commercially?
Is there a better alternative to a propane rice cooker for cooking rice outside e.g farmers market, street food environment?
I have found very little options for actual machines in the united states, ...
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Why is pasta added to Turkish rice (sehriyeli pilav)?
In a follow-up on another question (What are these spaghetti-like strings in the rice I got from a Turkish shop?), I would like to know WHY pasta is typically added to Turkish rice dishes (like ...
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How to avoid "Keep Warm" mode on rice-cooker
I have a "Hamilton Beach Multi-Cooker" rice cooker / steamer / etc. 840304400 is the model number.
We only cook rice for sushi, rice bowls, onigiri, etc. 9 times out of 10, we want to work ...
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Quantity of rice per diameter of paella pan?
In an effort to limit leftovers, I recently bought a 26cm steel paella pan to supplement my 40cm pan. Because such things do not always scale linearly, I looked for a guide on how much rice to use in ...
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What is the best practice to making good fried rice without sticking to the pan?
I just made fried rice earlier in a stainless steel frying pan to test the extent as to how much it will stick. I coated the pan with oil and initially placed garlic, then once the garlic was brown ...
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Pressure Cooker bottom and whistle got burned while cooking "Lasooni Dal Tadka", what could have gone wrong?
I was cooking Lasooni Dal Tadka (an Indian Lentil curry) following this Hebbar's Kitchen Recipe.
I followed everything as stated but only changed the water quantity based on what I usually follow ...
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Rice finger rule for figuring water quantity
I've seen some videos where people recommend the "finger rule" (as opposed to measuring) when figuring out how much water to put in a pot to boil rice. However, the explanations are pretty ...
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How much extra water and time is needed when cooking rice with a tomato-based liquid/semi-liquid too?
I have a number of rice dishes that use tomato-based liquids (tomato soup or tomato sauce) or semi-liquids (tomato paste) as part of the cooking process.
I use the amount of water called for on the ...
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Dealing with excess liquid in a rice dish
I was making hoppin' john and realized I added too much chicken stock relative to the rest of my ingredients -- 8 cups instead of 6. When I reached the point where I would otherwise take the pot off ...
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How many calories are in a cup of rice?
Typical googling tells me a cup of white rice has ~200 calories, but the bags of white rice I purchase tell me a quarter cup of dry rice has 150 calories (Jasmine, in this case, but others have been ...
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Season fried rice with soy and teryiaki sauce the first time you cook it?
I'm about to put some rice in the pressure cooker, then I will put in the fridge over night then fry in a wok and season with soy and teryiaki sauce.
I'm wondering how would it be different if I put ...
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Does the inside of a lid used to cook rice or steam vegetables have anything besides water on it?
After cooking rice or steaming vegetables the inside of the lid used to cover the pot has water droplets on it - is it just water or do elements of the food make the lid "dirty" and require ...
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How can I improve this rice recipe
I have an older instant pot pressure cooker (ip-lux50 v3) and I've tried making rice according to various recipes I've found on the internet and none of them have turned out well
This is one recipe I'...
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Making a gelatin-based and non-sticky "salmon"
I am trying to make sweet sushis that look like standard (savory) ones.
Most of them I can make easily (using black-coloured pancakes as nori sheets, grapefruit as salmon, kiwis as avocado, and s.o.).
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Can uncooked rice be stored in the freezer or refrigerator?
I just bought some Carolina Plantation Gold rice in a sack. It says to store it in the freezer or the refrigerator. Can this be right?
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Why should rice be cooked uncovered?
The recipe on rice packs I buy says rice should be boiled uncovered. Why is that? I tend to cover it while cooking as it lets me use much less power. Do I miss something taste-wise?
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What are these spaghetti-like strings in the rice I got from a Turkish shop?
I bought some rice from Turkish shop and as you can see in the picture it came with this spaghetti like strings with it, I’m not referring to the green stuff.
Do you know what it is and would it have ...
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Why is vinegar not applied to rice used for onigiri like rice for sushi?
So sushi and onigiri (rice balls) are similar to a naive eye to me wherein there's some shaped rice.
Sushi usually gets some vinegar for taste and to help it stick to my understanding.
Yet onigiri ...
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Can “quick cook” brown rice be cooked in an Instant Pot?
I have a package of “quick cook brown rice, and I am hoping I can cook it with my 2 quart Instant Pot. Will this work? How long should I cook it, what pressure level should I use, and what release ...
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How do I know a beaten egg has “set” while cooking stovetop rice pudding?
The pudding is good, nice and creamy. My concern is feeding people uncooked egg as the time to stir in egg mixture is more a texture while stirring than a time to be sure the egg is cooked into the ...
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Which non-rice grains cook up most like sticky rice?
I enjoy sticky or sushi rice but have pretty much stopped eating rice (including wild rice) because of concerns with arsenic.
Which grain, when cooked, tend to be the most "sticky" like ...
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What sort of Rice do Chinese Restaurants use [duplicate]
What sort of Rice do Chinese Restaurants use?
I use good quality Thai Rice at home in my rice cooker, I have tried all sorts of brands of rice and I have tried mixing different rice together, but, I ...
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Stove-steamed rice gets burnt on bottom
I've followed one of those countless videos on YouTube about steam-cooking rice on stove, particularly this one: How to Cook Rice Perfectly Every Time | Stovetop Method | Easy Asian Cooking
But three ...
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Sushi rolls keep getting thin
I'm learning how to make sushi and the last problem I always get now is that my rolls end up getting too thin. I follow the guides I found on the internet to split the seaweed in half and put the ...
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How to get flavours to infuse into rice
When I try cooking some asian rice dishes, Nasi Lemak, or Hainanese Chicken rice, I always add the "active ingredient" straight into the water used for boiling the rice (Coconut milk and ...
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How to prepare rice in rice cooker so it won't become sticky or clumpy, like Indian takeout in the US?
When I get Indian takeout (US), the white rice is not at all sticky or clumpy. Even over the next few days it can be essentially poured out of the container as individual grains. This is unlike the ...
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Which kinds of rice can replace Uzbek devsira?
I found a recipe for a Fergana-style plov (English version), one of the main versions of Uzbek plov. The description asks for devsira, a type of Uzbek rice. Not having that I wonder which other types ...
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What is the best way to cook pasta made from quinoa,amaranth, and brown rice?
I am not sure if this is on topic but was wondering if there is some "trick" to cooking this pasta. That is my question in a nutshell.
The package direction say to boil for 10 min. which I ...
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