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10988749 No.10988749 [Reply] [Original]

Besides retardation, why can't I cook rice properly? I've followed guides but I always get a bunch of froth that rises up over the rim.

>> No.10988752

>>10988749
Hot heat

>> No.10988753

>>10988749
Follow the instructions that came with your rice cooker.

>> No.10988755

It's not that easy. For example many guides tell you to turn off the heat after 10 minutes. Now my pots are so shitty and thin, that they hold zero heat and if I follow that advice, the rice just stops cooking and remains hard.

Soo basicaly you just have to experiment with yourt setup.

>> No.10988760
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10988760

>>10988753
this nigga knows

>> No.10988762

1) Rinse yo fuckin' rice. Wash off excess starch which tends to cause more 'foaming'.
2) Lower to fuckin' heat. You're not trying to roast the rice to death. Bring to a boil and simmer, or better yet just use boiling water and cook on a lot heat.
3) WATCH YO FUCKIN' POT. Even with 1 and 2, boiling rice can still go from fine to a fucking volcano if you don't keep an eye on it.
4) Buy a rice steamer and do it in the microwave.

>> No.10988764

>>10988749
stop using a cheap rice cooker and get a jap made one. and obviously follow the directions.

>> No.10988772

>>10988749
>froth that rises up
Rinse your rice, foolio

>> No.10988774

>>10988749
It's become popular to shit on this suggestion around these parts, but if you want perfect hassle-free rice then just get a rice cooker and wash your rice. Otherwise get to testing different cook times and methods like >>10988755 suggested because rice variety, type of range, type of cookware, and elevation can all mess with the final product.

>> No.10988776
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10988776

>>10988753
>>10988760
I'M NOT BUYING A RICE COOKER

>> No.10988781

>>10988776
>too retarded to cook rice properly
>too stubborn to get a rice cooker
Every time I start to feel sorry for NEETs I remember they're all like this faggot.

>> No.10988786

>>10988776
Then rise the rice first, ideally more than once if it's long-grain. Add it to the pot, then pour in boiling water. Don't add a shitload, if the water gets low then you can top it up, but only a little at a time, you don't want it sodden. Watch the pot and adjust the heat accordingly.

I figured this shit out when I was fucking 11, mate.

>> No.10988797

put rice in cooking device, rinse rice, add water up to your second knuckle when placed on the rice, heat and enjoy rice

>> No.10988799

>>10988781
I want to learn to cook it properly is all.

>> No.10988810

Get a (proper, locking lid) rice cooker or pressure cooker. Rice doesn't cook completely or properly in an open pot, even the Asians didn't really start eating it until they developed ceramic pressure cookers.

If you're going to insist, use a bigger pot and lower heat. Like pasta, filling that shit 3/4 full and cranking it is asking for a mess. But it'll still taste worse and be less nutritious than if cooked under pressure.

>> No.10988817

>>10988749
bring to a simmer with rice in cold water
simmer with bubbles for 1-2 minutes
lower to medium heat for 4-7 minutes minutes
lower to lowest heat from your smallest pit for 8-10 minutes.
remove lid and place a folded dish towel over your pan until rice is cooled down to desired temperature.

>> No.10988820
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10988820

How do people fuck up cooking rice in a pot? I can't understand it. I've literally never fucked it up following directions on the back of any packaging of rice.

>> No.10988822

>>10988817
also note that you should only add enough water so that after cooking there is no water left.

>> No.10988826

Everyone does it differently. I do 1cup rice 2cups water. Add rice when water is boiling. Stir a bit then lower temp to low to simmer for 20 mins.

>> No.10988876

Okay fellas I'm going to go try and cook this properly now. Wish me luck.

>> No.10988893

>>10988755
This is right. One thing I've found is that using more water and cooking more gently for longer is more forgiving. Right now I use 270g rice, 330ml water, bring to boil over medium heat, simmer gently for 12 minutes, then leave for 15 minutes.

>> No.10988915

>>10988820
Same, I just cook it like pasta, taste regularly to pinpoint when it's cooked but not soggy yet, strain it, a bit of butter, done. I either ignore the froth that OP mentions, or rinse it away a bit while I'm straining.

>> No.10988930

>>10988749
I don't understand. What's wrong with just throwing it into hot water and tasting it from time to time?

>> No.10988955

>>10988930
Are you daft? OP said his pot was boiling over, thus clearly anon was not washing his rice properly (if at all).

Fucking Mancunian cunts. Daft, all of them.

>> No.10988981

>>10988820
You always fuck it up, you're just too dumb or uncivilized to notice.

>> No.10989000

Just get a rice cooker. I can get perfect rice from a pot, but it's not worth the hassle when it's so easy with a rice cooker.

>> No.10989023

I had to chuck the old rice cooker after black mold began to develop and had never cooked rice on a stove until about 2 weeks ago. Only took a few makings to narrow down what to do right.

Rice cookers use a 1:1 rice and water.
Stove tops (in my case) use a 2:1 ratio.

Cooking the rice in boiling water for 5 minutes prior to turning the temperature down to low seems to help it cook slightly faster. 25 minutes later it's done and ready to be fluffed; rice cooker quality every time.

>> No.10989036

>>10989023
The ratio of water to rice has nothing to do with which cooking method you chose, rather it is determined by which kind of rice you have. Long grain does not take the same ratio as short grain.

You are an idiot.

>> No.10989047

Can someone define 'simmer' and what would generally be simmering on an electric stove?

>> No.10989148
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10989148

>>10989047
Do you know how to use a search engine?

>> No.10989149

>>10989036

I can cite 100 online resources which state the contrary--making you the idiot--but no, wait, let me believe you. You're some rando faggot posting on an animu image board. Surely, you must be correct.

>> No.10989191

Are rice cookers the most useless kitchen appliance ever invented? They're fucking huge and cook rice no better than a normal pot. Why do people buy them?

>> No.10989199

Cooking rice is ez but frying rice is literally a science on it's own.

>> No.10989208

>>10989036
dumbass faget
you are wrong about everything

>> No.10989212

>>10988749
Try baking it. That's my favorite method.

>> No.10989268

>>10988776
What kind of asshole even eats rice more than a couple times a year anyway
No one needs a faggy rice cooker

>> No.10989282

>>10989047
It's when you get too excited and have to simmer down a little

>> No.10989325

>>10988955
I dont wash my rice and never had problems, soft fluffy rice everytime

>> No.10989345
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10989345

OP here. I did it, boys! Well not all the way: I still had some overfroth but it came out much much better than it's been before. I need to strain the water better I think.

>> No.10989688

>>10988749
I'm gonna guess you have a coil stove top. Get that bad boy almost boiling and then turn down your heat to achieve the simmer. Coil stove tops hold their heat for a long time so once it's boiling if you turn down your heat it's too late and the coil won't cool off fast enough and burn your rice. Perhaps just try the whole process at a lower temp and cook it longer to see if it comes out any better. If you have a gas stove you're hopeless

>> No.10989696

>>10989268
I use my rice cooker to steam veggies

>> No.10989867

>>10988755
That's pretty much the only thing necessary to cook rice on the stove is to have a decent heavy-bottomed pot. Ethnic stores will often have rice pots for cheap.

>> No.10989891

Use a bigger pot or bake it in the oven.

>> No.10990484

>>10989148
It doesn't make sense to me.

>> No.10990579

>>10988749
Are you washing your rice before cooking? You should be washing them until you only see a little bit of white "broth" coming out while washing.

>> No.10990592

put 1 cup rice with 1 3/4 to 2 cup water in pot
bring to a boil
turn off to low heat (1 and a half or something), cook for 15 minutes, then turn off heat and let it rest another 5

>> No.10990620

Threads like these make me realize I'm not as worthless as I sometimes feel.

>> No.10990639

>>10990579
How much soap am I supposed to use when washing?

>> No.10990643

>>10990639
Like 200ml

>> No.10990644

>>10990639
Just with water.

>> No.10990659

>>10990644
oh gee
really?

>> No.10990685

I'm no expert but this is the best method I've found that works best for me.

>Wash rice the best you can, basically until the water is just slightly clear
>Use a 1:1 ratio of water to rice
>Add rice to water in pot
>Turn heat up until water comes to a boil
>Leave it until the water at the top has steamed off, about 10ish minutes. You can stir it if you want.
>When most of the water is down, turn the heat real low and cover, let simmer for about 8 minutes. Most importantly DO NOT STIR at this point, just leave it.

I mostly just use jasmine rice so I dunno how it works for other types. Take it as a you will.

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10990693

>>10990659
try being sincere for once in your miserable life.

>> No.10990694

>cooking board
>STILL fucks up rice, the simplest shit

>> No.10990697

>>10990693
oh, gee. really?

>> No.10990701

>>10990694
man I once burned a pot of water, don't underestimate human stupidity.

>> No.10990711

>>10988981
>uncivilised
Fuck up hand-wiper

>> No.10990714

>>10989191
Meems or because you eat a shit tonne of rice per day and don't have 3 hours to cook it all

>> No.10990748

>>10990714
This. Insanely useful to throw in water and rice and slap the lid down. I can come back and hit steam and eat rice for supper too.

Sucks living in canada, we're owned by the chinks now, and all the rice here is garbage chinese-tier rice that tastes like fucking plastic.

>> No.10990766

>>10990748
why is it that all asians other than chinks do awesome rice?
What is it about having a giant empire that makes your food quality drop so dramatically?
Look at England, USA, essentially any recent imperial entity except the japs.

>> No.10990772

>>10989191
Why should I make rice on my stovetop when I can throw everything into a rice cooker, press a button, and walk away/do something else. I can even do it a few hours ahead of time then program it to finish cooking right at dinner time.

>> No.10990780

>>10990766
If there's one thing I can attest to, nothing good comes out of China. Nothing. Worst part is, the Made in China 2025 project wants to have china become the "global leader" in drug production and shipment, and what do you get when you combine cheap, shitty chink knockoffs and life-saving medicine?

a really bad time.

>> No.10990783

>>10990772
>put rice on the stove and watch it
>takes less than twenty minutes
You aren't that busy mate.

>> No.10990789

>>10990783
dream on, retard

>> No.10990791

>>10990789
You can't even cook you fucking A*erican

>> No.10990793

>>10990783
Or maybe instead of sitting there and staring at a pot for 20 minutes I can do prep work for the rest of my meal. Or just sit my ass back at my computer and shitpost on 4chan.

>> No.10990796

>>10990783
Why do you want your life to be more complicated than it has to be?

Do you mill your own wheat for flour too?

>> No.10990802

>>10990793
>staring at a pot
Don't take everything literally you nonce, you can get your other shit ready while watching your rice.

>> No.10990855

>>10990772
Because having skills is worthwhile. Find yourself without a rice cooker, or your power goes out, you can still make a pot of rice.

>> No.10990860

>>10990855
Why do you assume owning a rice cooker makes someone incapable of cooking rice without one? I'm still going to use my rice cooker.

>> No.10990863

>>10990860
Because this thread is literally about someone who can't make a pot of rice, you fucking feeb.

>> No.10990864

>>10990863
That doesn't excuse you for being unable to follow a reply chain.

>> No.10990881

2 cups of water
1 cup of rice

Wash the rice if you want
Put everything in your pot
Heat until it starts bubbling a bit
Put it on low for 20 mins
Check on the rice every whenever
Done

>> No.10991280

>>10988749
Skim the froth off and add it to your decaff latte macchiato

>> No.10991298

>>10988749
your pot is too small, and your heat is too high.

>> No.10991318

i always end up with overly moist watery rice and then it's impossible to scrape off the rice that sticks to the pot

>> No.10991433

You just need to find the right ratio of rice/water for the particular brand you always buy.
I buy Basmati rice and the best ration is at 1.7ish.
I wash the rice, let it come up to boil and then set it to low (2/10), close the lid and wait for about 15 minutes.

>> No.10991733

>>10988749
Ya gotta tame the heat boi

>> No.10992088

>>10988797
What is volume?

>> No.10992099
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10992099

>>10988820
>I've literally never fucked it up following directions on the back of any packaging of rice.

same here

>> No.10992178

Here's my fool-proof method:
>put 2 cups jasmine rice, 1 tbsp butter or oil, and 1 tsp salt in a medium pot over medium-low heat
>toast/fry until grains are creamy white and smell nutty
You can skip the toasting step if you're in a hurry, but it does add flavor.
>add 2.75 cups water and 1 tsp garlic powder to pot
At this point I'd like to say that people who recommend a 1:2 ratio of rice:liquid are insane. That much liquid makes the rice super mushy if you cook until all the liquid is absorbed. Maybe it works for some varieties of rice, but not for any I've tried. Anyway,
>bring to a light boil, uncovered, then cover and drop the heat to its lowest setting
>simmer ~15 minutes or until almost all of the liquid is absorbed
>kill the heat and allow the rice to sit, covered, for 10 minutes
>fluff with a fork and serve
I haven't fucked up a pot of rice in years with this method, and it's scalable for any amount of rice.

>> No.10993322

>>10988776
i always confuse this guy with Conan O'Brien

>> No.10993803

Fuck rice cookers. Buy a glass Pyrex pot so you can see your rice cooking.

Put 2 cups of water in pot and turn stove to med heat with lid on

Rinse your rice until water is clear
Once water is boiling add rice, a tablespoon of butter and pinch of salt
Turn stove down to low
Keep an eye on pot, once water level is about 1/2 inch turn off the stove and let rice sit for 10 mins.
Do not remove lid until ready to season and eat


Perfect rice everytime