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12959366 No.12959366 [Reply] [Original]

wait wtf are you supposed to rinse rice before you
cook it? I've never done this. Do you do it? What the FUCK?

>> No.12959375

>>12959366
it's supposed to help if you don't want it to stick together. probably doesn't make a ton of difference though, just not overcooking it will matter more. and you're also washing away the vitamins/minerals it was enriched with.

>> No.12959388

I don’t do it. My grandmother used to, though, but then again that was back in the days when you used to have to spread it out from the bag and pick through it to take out all the browned and black grains.

>> No.12959393

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsENVMHH3KQ

>> No.12959394

>>12959366
For non-Asian rice, it's a costume that comes from the time when there wasn't much hygiene in processing plants. Nowadays it's completely unnecessary.

>> No.12959402

>>12959394
Yeah I always wear my rice costume when making rice. Im just old fashioned I guess.

>> No.12959404

>>12959375
>>12959388
>>12959394
Cringe and yikespilled

You're washing off all the excess starch because there is a shit ton of it on rice. That starch and the hot water when the rice is cooking will form a thick paste that coats all the rice. Very mushy. You wash it off for non sticky rice. This is an objective fact and therefore non debatable

>> No.12959421

>>12959393
did this guy have a stroke or something?

>> No.12959434

The fact that there are so many varied old-wife tale reasons for rinsing the rice makes me think it's placebo.

I personally thought it was because some companies coat the rice in talc (or similar) to keep it from sticking in the bag.

But then I am hearing it keeps the rice from sticking, or hydrates the rice, or 'removes surface starch', or this that and the other thing.

>> No.12959442

>>12959404
Except that’s wrong. Most rice nowadays is washed prior to packaging anyway.

>> No.12959445

>>12959434
You can literally take rice from your box/bag, put it in a bowl of water and swirl it around to see how cloudy the water gets because of excess starch. It's not magic, it's easily demonstrable. You. Are. So. Fucking. Dumb.

>> No.12959453

>>12959442
Maybe your uncle Ben's microwave turd rice. People who actually cook just buy a big sack of plain rice.

>> No.12959468

>>12959366
Here in Japan everybody washes their rice before they put it in the rice cooker. When I lived in the states, I never washed my rice and also never used a rice cooker. So it would seem to depend on the type of rice.

>> No.12959483

>>12959366
You should rinse to get out the bugs if you want a pure meal. Other than that rinsing just removes some starch so the rice isn't so mushy. I prefer to rinse, it has a much better texture that way.

>> No.12959801

>>12959404
Thank you for letting me know about this even though I think you're a fag for saying the word "yikes" like that.

>> No.12959841

>wash rice
>make enough for the whole week
>put it in refig
>spoils in a few days

>dont watch rice
>make enough for the whole week
>whole week has past and other the surface layer being a bit dry its still fresh

>> No.12959939

>>12959404
This

>> No.12959946

Let me guess white people don't wash rice. No wonder you are being ethnically replaced, fucking losers

>> No.12960225

>>12959442
They say that about veggies and bagged salads as well. I still wash them.

>> No.12960237

>>12959393
/thread

>> No.12960249

>>12959366
yes it makes it fluffier and not as sticky and starchy. But if you're lazy it doesn't matter that much. There could be small insects in the rice depending on where you live, but those would get boiled off anyway. Although, most people wouldn't care for boiled bugs even if harmless. I always wash my rice, but mostly for the texture.

>> No.12960400

>>12959801
Yeah well I think you're a fag just because you're you.

>> No.12960461
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if /ck/ were all little girls like /a/ they'd be wifey material so this shouldnt be a surprise

>> No.12960478

>>12959402
top jej

>> No.12960487

>>12959801
Is there even a non-fag way of saying "yikes"?

>> No.12960516

>>12959468
American rice is usually fortified with added nutrients. Rinsing before cooking would remove these.

>> No.12960524

>>12959453
You think that shit doesn't get washed before it gets into a bag?

Most rice doesn't come as-is, they are washed and mixed with a bunch of minerals and nutrients (especially for white rice) before they go in the bag. One google search of typical rice manufacturing practices would show you that.

>> No.12960533

>>12960516
This is pozzed
>>12960524
If all the starch were washed off then you wouldn't get super cloudy water when you put the rice in. Almost any bag of rice you get will do this. You are just plain wrong

>> No.12960540

>>12959404
>Very mushy
No, that's you overcooking it.

>> No.12960573

>>12959366
I used to think washing rice was a meme and then one time I accidentally cooked a dirt clod and it made my rice muddy. It's like why it's important to sift through dry beans for pebbles and clods too. Remember this stuff is grown in the ground and even if there's a 1% chance a clod or pebble makes it through if you eat it often enough it'll fuck up one of your days eventually.

>> No.12960611

>>12960573
you’re not washing rice bc of dirt you’re washing it to remove excess starch. it takes like 30 seconds to do three rinses just do it

>> No.12960635

>>12959366

Of course not you idiot, you're supposed to buy Uncle Benis boil-in-bags and never eat any other kind of rice because all the other kinds are for chinese mud farmers.

>> No.12960641

>>12960611
Well I'm telling you you should wash it for both reasons otherwise you'll eat mud.

>> No.12960744

>>12960611
not him but ive had a mud clump in my rice before. But granted it was brown rice.

>> No.12960796

>>12959366
I wash it since I prefer uh more "al dente" rice. Just run cold water 2-3 times until clear. You can actually see a lot of starch runoff.

>> No.12960901

The real question is if you should agitate the rice after it's cooked. Does anyone else do that? I do it because I don't like how it solidifies into a blocky mass after it's cooled off.

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12960953

>>12959366
Don't listen to these noobs
You should give it a quick light toasting with a minimal amount of butter.
At this point you could also lightly fry some garlic or herbs in the butter before toasting the rice.

>> No.12960999

>>12959366
ALWAYS rinse your rice, unless you're trying to make something like a rice porridge or pudding. You can do it before you cook it, or even after you've let it boil, but before you set it to steam. If you like your rice sticky, rinse it less, but most "sticky" rices will be overly so if you don't rinse at some point.

>> No.12961020

>>12959402
love u anon

>> No.12961402

it's an american thing

>> No.12961422

>>12959394
so it's like circumcision

>> No.12961436

>>12960540
this, set a timer you dumb glocks

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>>12959402

rice costumes are coming back in to style in sushi restaurants

>> No.12963523

>>12959453
ungle benis :DDDD

>> No.12963543

This nigga really seething over people in the first world having clean rice and not having to wash it

>> No.12963547

>>12963543
You sound mad, did someone hurt you recently?

>> No.12963549

Rinse rice
4min in pressure cooker
Let pressure come down naturally
Wa la, perfect rice

>> No.12963554

>instant reply
yeah, he mad

>> No.12963673

>>12963554
You sound mad, did someone hurt you?

>> No.12963683

>>12959402
kek

this word always gives me problem

>> No.12963799

>>12959366
I've tried with and without washing and it doesn't really make any difference. The better way to cook rice is to use plenty of water and remove the rice from the heat before it has finished cooking and remove the water. Then let it rest a bit with a lock on and it will continue cooking a bit and become softer, without being sticky.

>> No.12964018

i add semen and a pinch of salt to the rice before cooking

>> No.12964555

>>12960487
Nope. Shits gay as fuck.

>> No.12964810

>>12959421
>t. Chef John

>> No.12964827

>>12959404
/thread

everyone who ignores this post is a faggot

>> No.12964847

>>12959404
If it's mushy you're probably overcooking it.

While washing the rice washes off the excess starch this is really a matter of preference and what type of rice you're cooking. Basmati grains, for example, shouldn't stick together and should be fluffy. Typically, basmati is washed under the water runs clear and is then soaked for ~30 min to prevent sticking.

>> No.12965057

Put the rice in a bowl and first add a lot of cold water, swish it up with your fingers and immediately drain it off the side, you don't want the rice absorbing this first or second rinse. Then wash it more thoroughly a few times until the water is clear enough to see the rice through several inches of water, then again for good measure. Add the appropriate amount of cooking water and let soak for 30 minutes. Really you should have a rice cooker, it always makes perfect rice, but if using a pot just put it on high heat until first simmer, then cover and reduce to as low as the burner can go. Gently cook rice until steam subsides and you can hear/feel vibrations through handle of a sizzling sound rather than actual bubbling. Turn off heat and remain covered for 10 minutes. Most importantly, DONT PEEK, even once, during the entire process, or it'll surely mess it up. This yields perfect fluffy rice that clumps just enough to facilitate chopstick usage everytime. When serving, either top with furikake & consume plain, or if serving with a side dish, plate side by side, never top with a saucy dish. The idea is to preserve the clump quality of the rice so it doesn't dissociate and produce a dish that needs to be consumed with a spoon or the like.

>> No.12965080

>>12959442
yes, and as the rice is transported the movement causes the heavy ass bag to grind into itself creating a film of starch over the entire bag you dumbass- wash it off.

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