Tips : Perfect steamed rice without using fancy Japanese rice cooker. After several requests, it's time to go back to the basics and talk about how to cook the perfect rice without a rice cooker. There are some tips and tricks. How to Make a Perfect Pot of Rice Without a Rice Cooker.
Rice cooker is the most frequently used equipment in a common Chinese kitchen.
It is easy, efficient and capable for qualified steamed rice.
This post is to introduce how to make steamed rice without a rice cooker, using either a casting iron pot or non-stick pot on stove.
You can have Tips : Perfect steamed rice without using fancy Japanese rice cooker using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Tips : Perfect steamed rice without using fancy Japanese rice cooker
- It's 2 cups of rice.
- It's 2 cups of cold water.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of vinegar.
- You need 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
Hardware - a rice cooker a measuring cup. Software - short grain white rice water. It's Japanese, which will become important in later steps, but basically it is a metal bowl that fits inside of a squat bread-maker-looking device, with a few buttons on the front. Do you use a rice cooker to make rice or do you cook rice the traditional way in a pot?
Tips : Perfect steamed rice without using fancy Japanese rice cooker step by step
- Rinse the rice until the water is clear. (Normally takes 3 times).
- Add oil, salt, vinegar in cold water. Normally the rice /water ratio is 1:1. It depends on the type of rice. White rice like sushi rice or jasmine rice are 1:1; brown rice, red rice or wild rice should be 1:2 (1 cup of rice with 2 cups of water).
- Boil the rice by strong heat with cover on. Keep stirring every 2.3 mins to prevent rice from sticking in the bottom. You could see the water gradually drain out and some air holes being generated.(Normally after 7-8 mins).
- Turn down the heat when you start seeing those air holes. Keep the cover on the whole time and watch the water boiling in the air holes. Turn the heat off when you stop seeing water coming out from the air holes..
- Keep the cover on and let it sit for 20 mins. The steam will heat up the center of the rice hence it’s important to keep the cover on the whole time during the cooking process. Mix the rice evenly after 20 mins. Voilà ❤️.
Preparation Rinse rice in several changes of cold water until water is clear, then drain well in a large fine-mesh sieve. Steamed rice is a staple and is considered the primary source of food in Japan. If using the rice cooker, place the rice in the cooker and add water. Perfect, springy, glowy and delicious rice without a rice-cooker. The way I have been taught how to cook rice NOT using a rice cooker here in Japan is slightly different.