How to Cook Rice (stove top)

I know rice can be tricky sometimes so I thought I would write an entry to make sure you get it right. The recipe below should take about 20 minutes and serve 6.

Ingredients
2 cups rice
3 cups water
1 tbs oil
½ tsp salt

Step 1: Pour rice, water, oil and salt into medium sized sauce pan. Do not stir ingredients together. Place lid on pot. It is essential that you use a pot that also has a tight-fitting lid. Once the lid is on, *DO NOT LIFT THE LID UNTIL THE RICE IS DONE*-this is an instance where you really need to “set it and forget it.” Don’t peek in, don’t stir the rice around, nothing, leave the rice alone!

Step 2: With the lid on, turn stove onto high.

Step 3: Wait for water to boil-you’ll know it’s boiling when you see bubbles or a bit of foam starting to rattle the lid. On my gas stove using 3 cups of water, it takes about 4 minutes. Electric stoves will take a bit longer.

Step 4: Once the water is boiling, turn heat to low (if using electric stove it's best to move the pot onto another burner that is set to low--the burner on high may take too long to cool off).

Step 5: About 10 minutes after you have turned the heat to low, turn the heat off.

Step 6: In about 6 more minutes, the rice is ready!

Total amount of time: 20 minutes.
Serves: 6.