Science: The Secrets of Cooking Rice — The Cause of Recipe Failure is Not What You Might Think
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Despite what many cookbooks suggest, rice-to-water ratios can’t simply be scaled up proportionally. Cook’s Illustrated member’s recipe for Rice and Pasta Pilaf: …
I live at elevation 6000 feet, and the boiling point of water is 203, not 212. This has required me to experiment for extensively to get good rice. I gave up on conventional stove top cooking…hard center with mushy outside. I used a rice cooker with a 1:2.5 ratio with fairly good results. I finally settled on an electric pressure cooker. Wash the rice, and cook on the rice setting with the 1:1 ratio. At last, good rice! High altitude cooking is a complex challenge.
Very interesting indeed , thanks
I have this book somewhere, I don't know where it went.
Thank you!
Hmmm. I do 2:1 water to rice no mater what the type, but I always cook it in a rice cooker that must manage the evaporation and cooking time very well because it always seems to turn out great. Guess I should pay closer attention to the prescribed ratios anyway.
The secret is the finger technique.
Old rice and new rice is also makes difference old rice required more water than the new rice That is why we Indians prefer old rice for perfection Aaurved science also teaches us to make perfect rice Iliked your video and a fan of American test cooking shows
So it sounds like use the 1:1 ratio of water for being ABSORBED by the rice as it cooks, and add extra water based on how much evaporates when using THAT PAN.???
Use the FINGER.
I have always said: if you can't cook rice properly, you can't cook.
So, mom was right, water above rice with about 1 inch over, or cover the water to the middle between knuckle and wrist above the rice.
OK, you guys need to bring back this series! This is amazing.
No wonder my rice always comes out watery in the instant pot!
For years I thought I was a failed cook because I couldn't get past the basics of making rice. This was a complicated demo but it explains it from the inside out. I plan on starting over with a pressure or rice cooker for uniform results & build my cooking skills from there. There's hope for me yet!
This is so cool and I love it! Thanks!!!
All the Italians I know (including in northern Italy where rice production and eating rice is a big deal) cook rice like pasta. It goes into a big pot of boiling water and it’s timed. once it arrives the right degree of tenderness it goes through a strainer just like pasta. Always yummy.
Thank you for this! Also you're very very cute!
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I came up with a good alternative to rice, because, let's face it, we only have potatoes and rice. So, let's try orzo pasta. I tried it and I liked it. I even tried cooking it like rice, which is ; 2 cups of water to 1 cup of orzo (to cook rice, it's 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice) and that worked great.
Thank you for the explanation. This is the best.
Take away: Buy a rice cooker.
Too much white bread. Can you show some diversity please?
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Thank you so much. I always use whole grain rice & have had the hardest time figuring out the ratios & correct time. Love ATK!
I just use one finger to make a perfect rice…. I the rice is new to me, like those colored rice… I lessen the level a bit coz I can coz it's easier to add water than removing it,lol
Explanation too complicated! My mom taught me so no science formula at all just put rice in a pot rinse until water is clear, put water in and measure it on your middle finger first knuckle, put on the lid let it boil and when the water starts to bubble lower the hit and let it steam until all the water is absorbed we do like a little scorch at the bottom so sometimes we intentionally put rice on fire longer and it goes by all the rice varieties. I also have no idea how much time will it take to cook it perfectly I go by instincts.
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Asian: why you so complicate things when all you need is just measure using your finger?
Them: measures everything…
Filipinos: Middle Finger
We asians just use our fingers 😂