Making Perfect Rice
Making perfect, fluffy, white rice is easy if you follow a few simple steps.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 35 mins
- 1 1/2 Cups Long Grain Rice
- 2 Cups Water
- 2 Tbsp Butter Optional
- 1/2 Tsp Salt Optional
Pour rice into a sauce pot and rinse with running water, swirling rice with your fingers. Fill, swirl and dump the pot three times, then drain it through a mesh strainer. Pour rice back into sauce pot and add the measured water. This rinsing is essential to eliminating the sticky rice syndrome.
Put the sauce pot on the stove burner and turn the heat to medium. For additional flavor, you can add 2 Tbsp unsalted butter and 1/2 tsp salt to the rice at this time. Let the water heat until it boils, then let the water boil away until the water level is just below the rice. Don't increase the heat, just let it go on medium. This usually takes about five minutes.Once the water level is just below the top of the rice, place a clean dish towel across the pot and put on the lid. Fold the towel back over the lid to keep it away from the burner, and let the rice cook for 15 minutes.When 15 minutes is up, remove the pot from the heat, leaving the lid and towel in place, and the rice sit off the heat for another ten minutes. When ten minutes is up, remove the lid, fluff the rice with a fork and serve.