What up with Rice?
And can someone please tell me what the hell goes on with rice every time I cook it?
Look at all this stuff stuck to the bottom. The only rice I can ever make right is Minute Rice.
What’s the frickin’ deal with brown rice, anyway?
UPDATE: I found these tips for rice at http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=576555.
Problem: The rice is still very chewy or hard in the middle after the allotted time.
Solution: Add just enough water to create a little steam, 1/4 cup or less. Put the lid on and cook the rice on very low heat for another 5 minutes.
Problem: The rice is cooked but too wet.
Solution: Uncover the pot and cook over low heat to evaporate the water. Or gently turn the rice out onto a baking sheet and dry it in a low oven.
Problem: The grains are split and the rice is mushy.
Solution: Use the rice for congee or rice pudding and start over if you have the time. If not, give them congee instead.
Problem: The bottom layer of rice has burned.
Solution: Run cold water over the outside of the pot’s bottom to keep the burnt flavour from permeating the rest of the rice (don’t add water to the rice itself).Tip out as much rice as you can salvage.
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Well not to be too ‘know it all’, but it goes like that when the heat is too hot. Solwly cook the rice….:)