leg_press

How do you cook your rice, I've tried boiling it in water, and I dunno what I'm doing wrong but when it cools it ends up like a big lump, and I just can't east it

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JLB001

Rice cooker! Unless it is brown rice, then we get the boil in a bag kind.

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atherjen

if its long grain brown or wild rice then cook it in a pot on med heat(follow amount directions) and let it slowly simmer away and DONT stir, keep the cover on. when done, fluff and eat

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JLB001

jenjen...will you come be my chef? I eat the same stuff all the time.

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nikegurl

i'd die without my rice cooker...it sounds so easy to make rice - but i'd always mess mine up. (jen can chef for me too. )

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JLB001

i usually burn it on the stove.

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Akateros

Brown rice works just as well in a rice cooker. So does any kind of whole grain, for that matter, if you like your barley or rye. To shorten the cooking time (brown rice will cook in about the same time as white rice) soak the whole grain in cold water overnight, and drain before cooking. (Use slightly less water.)

To cook rice without a rice cooker, I've found the best method is to bring the recommended amount of water to a boil in a heavy pot with a tight-fitting lid. Pour in the rice. Turn down the heat, cover tightly, and do not remove the lid until the cooking time is up.

The caveat is that it needs to be the "right" pot. Some pots cook rice perfectly; some pots burn it, and they may be the same type of pots from the same company. But the heaviness of the pot and particularly the tight-fittedness of the lid are essential.

atherjen

heck? rice cookers? LAZYY
I dont think Ive even seen one of those before.
pot works fine for me!

ummmmm how much pay is in this chef deal for me? hah

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calalily1972

I'm with you Jen, I just boil mine. Of course if I get regular brown rice I find it lumpy. That's why I prefer basamatti. It doesn't get as sticky IMO and it tastes wayyyyy better

JLB001

Umm...hmm...Might have to actually wait til Craig finishes school before we get a chef like Oprah has. But we might be in Florida and not Texas by then.

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nikegurl

i'm all for just boiling - cept mine turns into a single gigantic lump. i'm not much of a cook - but i keep trying.

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once was fat

You can get a 2 cup rice cooker at walmart for like 10bucks. Its the best thing ever. Plug in pour your water cover and flip the switch. It turns off automatically when the rice is done so you always have perfect rice and you will never ever again have burnt or lumpy rice.

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aggies1ut

LMAO off at rice cookers. No self-respecting Asian uses a rice cooker....Gee, must be why my bro has one.

nikegurl

i hear ya aggies. even my mom (who's Italian) would be mortified if she knew i bought a rice cooker...and needed it to make decent rice.

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DrChiro

i like to cook my rice on a flat top grill

the only way to make sure it comes out perfectly is to cook each grain of rice individually until it is just the right texture...i seperate out 132 grains of rice and cook each grain for 3.7 minutes at 174.3 degrees...try it...its great!

i'm still working on cooking a cup of rice from last month....anybody want some when it's done?

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aggies1ut

My grandma actually bought my bro the rice cooker too. I've always used the stove.

nikegurl

there's a comedien who makes the joke about having a special recipe for rice. he cooks it one grain at a time....could be he ripped of drchiro's cookbook.

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donescobar2000

Wow. That would take forever!

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leg_press

When it's done do you pass it through a coliander?

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JLB001

Why would you do that Leg Press? Just fluff it and eat it.

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nikegurl

i rinse it before cooking - not after.

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Spency234

What do you mean by fluffing it??

CourtQueen

Most grains you cook with just enough water that the water at the end is all gone through absorption by the grain and evaporation of.....

If you don't put in enough water (or broth) then your grain won't be thoroughly cooked and hence hard. If you put in too much then you wouldn't be able to fluff and would have to drain out the extra.

Rice cookers are a BEAUTIFUL thing (damn, that sounds too much like Martha, just shoot me now)

JLB001

take a fork and kinda toss it around in the bowl.

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Premo55

Eh, I just bring it to a boil, then cook on a simmer (lowest heat setting) for 35-40 minutes...I'm not picky about my rice really, it's always clumpy and there always tends to be a bit of moisture left, but I don't care, really, I just eat it, haha, flavour and texture have really been relegated to the background as far as I'm concerned.

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Cardinal

Rice cookers are almost idiot proof (almost). I have dumped in triple the amount of water on brown rice and it came out perfectly fine (just slightly too moist).

I once soaked it so long it fermented and smelled nasty. That didn't work out so well. I suppose you could put too little water but I haven't made that error yet.

You can heat a small amount of oil and throw in some seasonings to a skillet beforehand also. Heat some EVOO then drop in some cumin seeds and maybe a little onion/pepper. Then throw in the soaked/moist and uncooked rice. Get it to absorb the flavor.

Then proceed to cook as normal in a rice cooker. That works fine. But then again, you would be taking advice from someone that has let rice ferment, so proceed with caution..

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aztecwolf

in a rice cooker, i just wash my rice before i put it in and add 1 cup of rice to 3 cups of water, comes out perfect everytime(that is for short grain brown rice)

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maniclion

What are you talking about? Every family in Hawaii, which by the way is mostly Asian, has a 10 cup rice cooker. Here it's more important than a microwave. Our "plate lunches" are at least 4 cups of sticky white rice. Having a pot of rice on when a friend comes over is like having a pot of coffee ready on the Mainland cause you know your friend is gonna want to grind while they are visiting. I cook up a big batch of brown rice mixed with wild rice then I'm hooked up for a few day's and my family can make their white rice.

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aztecwolf

i wanna get me one of those giant rice cookers but since i only cook for myself i think it would be a little bit overboard, i currently have a 3 cup rice cooker

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jadakris31

all i do is boil water.. put a TINY bit of cant believe its not butter and a TINY bit of salt ... dump in the white rice... and let simmer baby