Rice

I have to make rice for 50 people tomorrow. When I worked in restaurants back in the 70's-80's I always used long grain rice. Since then I've discovered many different types of rice. I will cook th...

I have a giant bag of jasmine reice I bought a few months ago and it now has these tiny little gray bugs in it. Some are dead and others are alive and when I rinse my rice they float to the surfac...

by Charles Yu 4 months ago

In an effort to use up a whole bunch of left over boiled rice, I decided to put together a potpourri of 'what-ever' ingredients I managed to dig up from the fridge and tried making a fried rice out...

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

When Covid-19 ended dine-in services, Michelin one-star Jū-ni was quick to regroup to offer take-away chirashi bowls, $39, beginning March 19. Last month after picking up yakitori at its sister res...

I think plastic storage has made some rice go rancid. Here are two. I had Basmati rice in a similar type of container that I had recycled for storage and opened it and it smelled rancid. I had c...

by tim irvine 7 months ago

I have been reading more and more about issues with arsenic in rice due to the way it is farmed. There are various recommended cooking approaches to reduce concentrations. Has anyone else read or...

How do you make your fried rice ? I’m a fan. I make fried rice 1-2 times a month. It’s a mainstay for me now. I start out by cooking the rice in the early afternoon. Then let it rest. In t...

by Melanie Wong 9 months ago

Intrigued by this coverage of Lee's One Fortune Farm, Hmong refugee farmers in Western North Carolina growing rice varieties native to the highlands of Laos. They sell at the local farmers market. ...

by Charles Yu 9 months ago

To combat the chilly weather, I decided to make myself one of my favorite savory, hearty, comfort food. Based on the ingredients used, I think I am to go trump any commercial version out there! Ha!...

I have just bought one of these beautiful steam pots, but the recipe book that came with it is entirely written in Chinese. Generally speaking, I don't think I will have a problem finding recipes ...

by LulusMom 12 months ago

Welcome to our DOTM reporting thread for October 2020. Our dish this month is arancini. These delightful treats got their name because they were the size of a small round orange, or arancino in Ita...

Aside from making rolls or other typical items like nigiri, what else can I make with my sushi rice? I have a bag of Tamanishiki super premium short grain rice, and it mostly just sits there in m...

I'm having trouble getting fried rice to not stick. Last time I cooked friend rice (45 minutes ago), I was just doing something super simple: left over rice and stir fry from two nights ago. ...

Let me hear your preferred pot to cook your rice in? I’m experimenting with different type of rice and cooking in different types of pots, pans and also a rice cooker at the moment. Sometime...

My thread of conversation is Thai Broken Rice. I want to know what is the way to prepare and cook this variety of rice to achieve the best results. I have read on some forum it has to be treated in...

So I am having the great existential crisis on what versatile dutch oven size to get. I am debating on 4 qt vs 5.5 qt Staub round cocettes. I need room to make 3-4 servings of stew and curry type d...

I want to experiment with cooking lentils and rice together. My problem is that the cooking instructions for lentils alone and rice alone both vary widely. Green lentils seem to have different ...

I don't have a rice cooker. I have Japanese short grained rice. Every recipe I've seen uses 1 cup of rice and 1 cup of water. If I try this with 2 cups of rice and 2 cups of water, the rice comes ...

Hello all! I am in Istanbul and bought a cheap kind of rice I found on the shelves here, called "Kirik Pirinc", which translates as "broken rice" (according to google translate). It kind of look l...