Steamed White Rice in a Rice Cooker
About the Recipe
When cooking rice in a rice cooker, the liquid-to-rice ratio is different than cooking it in a pot on the stove.
The rice cooker makes use of a 3/4 measuring cup. When you see the markings on the inside of the pot, each mark represents 3/4 of a cup. So if you need to make 4 cups of rice and are using the marker on the pot, you need to add 4 x 3/4C of rice and fill the water to the 4 mark on the pot.
This will give you the proper amount of water to cook the rice. So, this translates into a rice ratio of 3/4 of the mark on the pot. If you are making 4 cups of rice by the marker, then you will need 3 cups of raw dry rice, which is 3/4 of 4. I you want to make 8 cups of rice by the marker, you will need 6 cups of rw dry rice, which is 3/4 of 8.
Variations
To make rice on the stove top, simply double the amount of water compared to the amount of rice in volume. In other words, if you use 2 cups of rice, use 4 cups of water. Also, the ratio of salt is 1 teaspoon per cup of uncooked rice.
Bring water to a boil, add the salt and rice. Cover the pot and reduce heat to low. Steam for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let steam for 5 minutes. Remove the cover and fluff the rice with a fork.
Equipment Needed
You will need a rice cooker, and fortunately, they are not that expensive. Once you start using a rice cooker, you will never go back to stove-top rice again.
But if you insist on stove top cooking and a rice cooker is not in your budget right now, I understand and a stainless steel pot is your best option.
- 3 cups White Rice (Long Grain)
- 3 teaspoons Salt (Morton Coarse Kosher Salt)
- 6 cups Water (If Stove Top)
- 4 cups Water (If in Rice Cooker)
- Rice Cooker Instructions
Measure long-grain white rice into a mixing bowl.
Under running cold water stir the rice with your hand while the bowl fills with water. Stir continuously in one direction. The water will be very milky.
Pour off this water and repeat this process two additional times. The last time, drain all the water.
Fill the pot to the appropriate mark for the amount of rice you are cooking.
Add the salt to the rice cooker and select the setting for white rice.
When the timer goes off, open the rice cooker and fluff the rice with a fork. If serving as an ingredient in a dish such as soup or fried rice, spread it out onto a sheet pan so it will cool faster and stop cooking. Then add the cooled rice to your dish.
- Stove Top Instructions
Measure long-grain white rice into a mixing bowl.
Under running cold water stir the rice with your hand while the bowl fills with water. Stir continuously in one direction. The water will be very milky.
Pour off this water and repeat this process two additional times. The last time, drain all the water.
Measure water that is twice the volume as the rice. 2/1 ratio = 2 Cups Water to 1 Cup Rice.
Bring water to a boil, add the salt and rice.
Cover the pot and reduce heat to low.
Steam for 20 minutes.
Remove from heat and let steam for 5 minutes.
Remove the cover and fluss rice with a fork.
