What is wrong with my rice?

[Starchild]

So I forgot to take chicken out to defrost today. My bad. This leaves me with tuna, rice, and vegetables plus a lot of sweet chili sauce. So I decide to throw everything together. But the rice! Oh gods the rice!

It came out like a sludge. Not perfect fluffy grains of basmati goodness. oh no.

How do I cook perfect rice?

[Bereta_Eder]

first you take the rice.
then you take a pot with water and put it in the eye (of the kitchen of course)

then you wait for the water to boil which it won't do unless you turn on the eye.

when it boils throw some salt in it. a spoon
then throw the rice.

then watch tv or make phonecalls
then taste the rice form time to time

then it is ready.

if it comes in little bags it will be better.
maybe few knor cubes too

[ColdWizard]

Steam it in a rice cooker.

[Sandman]

I wouldn't add salt whilst cooking it, personally.

[Gen. Atkinson]

Rice packets usually come with cooking instructions these days, how old is your rice?

[boann]

sounds like too much water with the rice
or didn't cook long enough
did you stir it a lot while it was cooking....thats not good either... rice needs to be left alone while steaming.

and if your going to follow paiktis22 advice
be sure and put a lid on it...
rice can't cook without a lid to catch the steam

[Starchild]

It's a one kilo bag of Morrison's value basmati rice. It's probably older than Ghandi.

[Winston]

You take 1 measure of rice, 1.5 measures of cold water and a little salt. Put in a pot and place the lid on.

Wait for it to boil. When it does, lower the heat enough so that it just keeps boiling.

Boil for 12 minutes, then turn off the stove. Leave the rice to steam under lid for another 12 minutes.

Serve.

[Kontiki]

I'll second the rice cooker. Almost idiot proof if you have one with the appropriate measurement markers.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Never stir. Never, ever stir rice.

[Asher]

Re: What is wrong with my rice?

[Lancer]

I let my wife cook the rice. Erm, you need to marry a Filipina Starchild, perfect rice every time.

[Kidlicious]

You can't cook rice? Even I can cook rice.

[child of Thor]

Overcooking rice(or even letting it stand too long in its water/own heat) will give you that 'gunky' glue like texture.

So just cook it less and taste a grain now and then. When you bite the grain aim for a slight hardness in the centre(not too hard mind), with a soft(cooked exterior).

By the time you get ready to serve it/poor out the remaining water it should be just fine.
Still some people like glue like rice.

[Kontiki]

Re: Re: What is wrong with my rice?

Originally posted by Asher

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