How to Cook Rice Rice can be cooked on stove, in

microwave or oven Rice other than white (brown, wild)

takes twice the amount of time to cook Regardless of which method, always

add 1 tsp. salt to water per 1 cup rice

How to Cook Rice• METHOD 1: Pasta method– Place 1 cup rice and 1 tsp salt in rapidly

boiling water (refer to pasta notes)– Boil uncovered, check after 12 minutes– When tender, drain in colander, return to

pan, stir in additional ingredients– No more scorched rice/pan!

How to Cook Rice Method 2 Traditional(the old fashioned way)

Bring twice the amount of water (for example: 1 cup rice, 2 cups water) to a simmer (covered, high heat).

Add 1 cup rice, 1 tsp. salt, stir, cover. Simmer (watch out for boiling over!) until all

water is absorbed about 18-20 minutes. Fluff with fork, stir in additional ingredients. This method is great for using milk for a sweet

rice

Rice Experiment Kitchens Green, Yellow, Black will make

Method 2 Kitchens Blue, Red, White will make

Method 1 Each Kitchen will bring 2 T of rice in a

soup bowl to ingredient cart. Label a piece of paper towel with

Kitchen # and type of rice, place this under bowl on a tray.

Let’s eat! With remaining rice, add:

2 T butter 2 T brown sugar OR 2 T Parmesan cheese.

Enjoy!

Rice Analysis Answer these questions during lab:

Time to cook Scorched pot? Boiled over? Pot watching? Amount of water? Pot vs. sauce pan? Covered vs. uncovered? Kernels separate or sticky?