How to cook perfect steam rice
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Steam rice or white rice has played a very important role in Chinese cuisine. Just like French fries, it is the main meal for Chinese people especially in the south part of China. How do you cook the perfect steam rice? Is your steam rice too hard or too soft and soggy? I have seen so many people cook the steam rice in the wrong way. Usually, what they will do is to boil the water first, put the rice in, boil both of them again, dump the water and then scoop the rice. This is so wrong. Therefore, before we get into all kinds of different tasty Chinese food recipes, first thing first, let’s go back to the basic and check out how to make the perfect and restaurant grade steam rice.
The easiest way to cook the steam rice is to do it with a rice cooker. But it does not stop there. There are several techniques to make it perfect. So, here is what you need: rice cooker, rice, water and maybe some vinegar.
The first step is to rinse the rice completely with a big amount of water. Stir the rice with water quickly, rub the rice with your palm with a little bit pressure and immediately discard the water afterwards. Repeat this process for no more than three times. If you do it for more than three times, there is a chance of lost of nutrition in it.
Now, the rice has been cleaned. It is the time to add water again for cooking. You need to pay attention to the amount of the water added since it will determine the softness of rice. You do not want to add too much to make it soggy or too little to make it too hard. The correct rice-to-water ratio is 1:1.2. So if you have two cups of rice, it is about right to add three cups of water. After adding the water, please do not start cooking it immediately. You need wait for half an hour to allow the water being absorbed. After sitting the rice for at least 30 mins, you can now plug in the rice cooker and start cooking.
