Let’s Talk about Rice Baby!

Rice seems to be one of the main things people categorize as being “hard to cook”. Most women I talk to ask me about cooking rice above all other foods. Here is what I have learned over the years about rice:

Rice seems to sometimes have a mind of its own. When you think you are cooking it right, all of a sudden the rice proves you wrong by turning to mush. AHHHHH I hate this. Truth be told, in a way, rice does have a mind of its own. It is one of those foods which do not require much maintenance. Rice is very independent. What I mean by all of these statements which greatly involve my own personification of rice is, just leave it alone and let the rice cook itself.

All you have to do is…

1. BOIL the correct measured amount of water (instructions can be found on the bag)

2. Add the correct measured amount of rice to the BOILING water (instructions can be found on the bag)

3. Pour the rice while stirring it into the BOILING water.

4. Quickly Stir in salt and Butter (step 3 and 4 should only take about 20 seconds)

5. Turn the boiling water DOWN to the lowest burner possible before turning the burner off

6. Put the lid on the pot

7. Let the rice simmer/steam cook itself, in other words leave it alone :)

• No you do not have to keep taking the lid off the pot to check the rice.
This lets the steam out of the pot which will have a negative effect on the cooking process.

• No you do not have to keep stirring the rice.
When you keep stirring the rice your rice will grow stickier by the minute. This will eventually turn the rice into mush! However if you want the effect of a semi sticky rice you can stir the rice a little bit perhaps twice while it is cooking.

• No you do not have to turn the burner to high at any point the rice is in the pot.
This will not result in the rice cooking fast. Instead, it will result in the rice burning in the bottom of the pot... then you will have the smoke alarm going off and the entire house stinking. :) The only time your burner should be up high is when you are trying to bring the water to a boil before you add the rice.

This should help you conquer that “hard to cook” rice.

Very Truly Yours,

Britnee Timberlake