[anniecooks]

Hello everyone,

so I need some serious help. I cook practically everyday, I enjoy it but for some reason I still haven't properly mastered rice. I am not sure what I am doing wrong and constantly blame it on the lid or the rice but it's truly just my fault. I make white rice a lot as well as rice with beans.

Here's what I do:

I bought Long grain rice

I pour 3 cups of rice and 6 cups of water (trying to do the whole, 2 cups for every 1 cup rule)

I then add salt and oil

I bring it to boil uncovered and once I notice it starts boiling I place the lid tightly

I then bring the heat down to number 3 which is like low to medium heat

I leave it with the lid for 25 mins or until I notice the water has completely dried up

Once the water has dried up I stir the rice from bottom to top and place the lid again lower the heat a little more and leave it covered

for 5 to 10 mins.. or just leave it on real low until it's time to serve

And yet my rice is turning out tooo mushy or too hard! Some say don't stir, but my mom stirs her rice and it turns out fine..

Oh and this is way too much water for me the instructions stated 2 cups of water for every 1 cup .. yet rice turns out mushy. Then I've tried less water and it turns out too hard. I wish I had a specific rule, or measurement for long grain rice.

I am trying to achieve soft yet loose rice the type where all the grains fall apart once it's done

please help, my mother in law is coming to stay over with us soon and I don't want to still be practicing how to make rice /img/vbsmilies/smilies/blushing.gif

 

[anniecooks]

I usually cook rice the same way my mom and mother in law cook it, we're Hispanic I've noticed that they usually stir the rice once the water has dried up. I am willing to try new methods I just want to learn how to make perfect plain white fluffy loose rice /img/vbsmilies/smilies/redface.gif

 

[anniecooks]

Thanks! I was actually thinking that it has to be the water! So, if I do 3 cups of white rice will 3 1/2 cups of water do? This is for long grain rice

 

[anniecooks]

4.5 sounds decent to me as well!

I was very skeptical when adding 6 cups of water as the instructions on the back said 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice,even if it's long grain .. So,I am going to make some rice soon and hope to try it out so just to be on the safe side will this do:

3 cups of rice then add 4.5 cups of water, salt, oil

bring it to boil

lower the heat once it's boiling and cover it

leave it alone for 15 mins mins, stir it and reduce heat once again 

let stand for 5 mins before serve

sounds good? 

 

[anniecooks]

Thanks everyone!

I am def going to try the 1 1.5 ratio for now on, will this be the same for short grain rice as well? Or will short grain rice the ratio just be 1 cup of water for every cup of rice? 

 

[anniecooks]

Ok so 

3 cups of rice, 4.5 cups of water, add salt

bring to boil, cover to low simmer for 15 mins then take off heat for another 15 mins and fluff it out with a fork

About to try this method in a few mins!! Thank you all, hope it turns out great

 

[anniecooks]

Lol! My family eats a lot of rice /img/vbsmilies/smilies/redface.gif I also usually save some for the next day for lunch. But I am going to try this method now one a single cup just to see how it turns out and then do it as usual for dinner with more cups of rice.

Yes!! that is verry true, I have a small nice pot that cooks rice so much nicer then the other big pot I have I tell this to my husband all the time and he thinks I am making excuses for my mushy rice lol (which I was in a way..but it does cook nicer)