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How to Cook Rice Without a Rice Cooker 鍋を使うご飯の炊き方
How to make delicious plain Japanese rice without a rice cooker and tips on how to avoid soggy rice and other disasters!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups of Japanese rice
- 2 cups of water
Instructions
- 1
Measure out 2 cups of rice and pour into a large pot.
- 2
Thoroughly wash and drain the rice several times until the water is clearer (at least 3).
- 3
After washing the rice a last time, drain out the remaining water.
- 4
Pour 2 cups of water into the drained rice.
- 5
Bring the pot to boil on high heat then once boiled turn the heat down to low.
- 6
Leave the rice to cook on low heat for 12 minutes.
- 7
Turn the heat off and leave the rice for 10 minutes.
- 8
After 10 minutes, stir the rice to make sure it doesn't dry out in the shape of the pot. Then serve!