How to Cook Rice
If you have always wanted to learn how to cook rice on the stovetop - no rice cooker needed - this post is for you! Perfectly cooked rice every time!
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup rice
- pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Place water in a medium size pan and bring to a boil.
- Add a pinch of salt and the rice to the boiling water.
- The water will slow down, but will soon return to a full boil. Once boiling again, reduce temperature to keep a low boil and cover the pan with a lid.
- Cook rice, covered, for 15 minutes on low boil.
- After 15 minutes, remove rice from heat source and keep lid on for 5 minutes.
- In 5 minutes, remove lid, fluff rice with a fork, and serve.
Notes
- If using short grain or sticky rice, rinse the rice 2-3 times with cold water before cooking.
- Always use a 2:1 ratio of water to rice, no matter how much rice is cooked. 2 cups water for every 1 cup rice.
- Each cup of rice will yield approximately 4 servings after cooked.
- For cooking brown rice, I add an additional 1/4 cup of water per cup of rice and cook for 40 minutes.