We love plain old long-grain white rice…the most versatile side dish ever. But we hate it when cooked rice sticks to the pot bottom! We do three things to make sure that never happens.
Most people make rice by measuring out the rice and the water, putting them into a pot and bringing it all to a boil.
Before cooking rice, we first rinse it using a fine-mesh strainer under cool running water. Then we add the rice to a pot of simmering water, bring it to a second boil and then stir before lowering the heat. After the rice is finished cooking, we let it sit (covered) for at least five minutes (up to a half-hour). No stuck rice! Anything that rests is always more cooperative.
More help in the kitchen…
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