Best Recipe For Cooked White Rice
This white rice recipe is easy to make. It uses 1 cup uncooked rice and ends up with 3 cups cooked rice. And it saves a lot of money compared to minute rice. There are two tips to make it either fluffy or sticky.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice long grain enriched or extra long grain
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Bring water in a pot to a boil. Turn off the burner, add the uncooked rice to the boiling water and stir it in thoroughly with a regular fork. Cover the pot and leave it on the turned-off burner. Let it sit for 25 minutes and, very important, leave it covered without checking it during this period.1 cup white rice, 2 cups water
- After 25 minutes, remove the lid and follow only 1 of the following options.FLUFFY Rice Option: Fluff it up with a regular fork in the pot. Ensure that all rice from the bottom has also been lifted upward and grains become separated from each other throughout the pot. You want to avoid any stirring action; it's a lifting action. Also, leave the pot's lid off for a few minutes to allow the extra moisture to escape. You can put the lid back on to stay warm after about 3 minutes.STICKY Rice Option: Do not stir the rice when it's done. Leave it as is. When ready to serve in a bowl or on a plate, use a large serving spoon and scoop it out as a single shape of a serving. An added step is to compress it against the pot's side as you scoop each serving out. Leave the lid on the pot after it's cooked, when not serving.
- It's now ready to use in a recipe, to serve, or to store in the fridge.
Notes
Each cup uncooked rice makes about 3 cups cooked rice.
The amount of water for uncooked white rice is commonly twice as much as the amount of rice, e.g., 1 cup of rice uses 2 cups of water. This is only true for white rice.
To make the rice extra light and fluffy, rinse the rice before cooking, just before adding it to the boiling water. If you're wanting sticky rice, skip this action and follow the recipe option for maintaining a sticky rice texture.
Although it might be tempting, you don't let the rice simmer or cook on low. Also, you don't uncover the rice and you don't stir the rice during the 25-minute sitting period.
Nutrition Facts
Best Recipe For Cooked White Rice
Amount per Serving
Calories
225
% Daily Value*
Fat
0.4
g
1
%
Saturated Fat
0.1
g
1
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1
g
Sodium
11
mg
0
%
Potassium
71
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
49
g
16
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
0.1
g
0
%
Protein
4
g
8
%
Calcium
22
mg
2
%
Iron
0.5
mg
3
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Reference
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