how to cook crumbly long-grain rice for garnish in a saucepan

A simple and quick way to prepare a side dish for dinner! How to cook long—grain rice in a saucepan so that it does not stick together when cooking is an urgent problem for many novice housewives. With this recipe you will succeed! Rice will turn out "grain to grain"!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 0 % 0 g
Fats 33 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 67 % 2 g
14 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make long-grain rice to garnish in a saucepan? Prepare the products. I took a glass of steamed long-grain rice. Non-steamed rice is also suitable, keep in mind only that the cooking time in this case will decrease (follow the instructions on the package). Rinse the rice well. The water with which I poured rice for washing for the first time turned out to be very muddy.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Pour the rice into a colander and rinse it very thoroughly right under a stream of cold water. Wash the rice in several waters. Periodically drain the rice water into a bowl directly through a colander and check the water quality.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Eventually, after the last washing, almost transparent water should be obtained. This means that starch (the main enemy of crumbly rice) has practically been washed out of it. I got this kind of water.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Bring 1.5 liters of water to a boil in a saucepan. As soon as the water boils, add salt.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Then pour out the washed rice. Very carefully, so as not to damage the rice, stir the rice so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Boil about 1.5 - 2 liters of water in a kettle. You will need it at the end of cooking rice. Cook the rice for about 20 minutes. In parallel, try the rice for readiness, so as not to digest it. As soon as the rice has reached the desired degree of boiling, discard it in a colander and rinse again, but with boiling water. Let the water drain.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Send the rice back to the pan and add a piece of soft butter. Mix it up. You can also pour sunflower oil without smell. Delicious, crumbly rice is ready for garnish!

Please note that this recipe is suitable!only! for long-grain rice! If you take Kuban, round rice, then it will still turn into a neat rice ball. Go for it!

Important! To make rice dishes invariably delicious, read the article about the subtleties of choosing rice and the secrets of its preparation .

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Steamed rice - 123   kcal/100g

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