Fluffy Rice Side Dish in a Multicooker
Fast, simple, fuss-free, and it always works! Fluffy rice as a side dish in a multicooker is a foolproof recipe for anyone who's never managed to cook rice without it clumping together. The multicooker does the trick — which, by the way, was originally designed precisely for cooking rice.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
How do you cook fluffy rice as a side dish in a multicooker? Gather your ingredients. I buy Chinese rice, but any other rice works just as well — long-grain or round.
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Step 2:
Rinse the rice under cold running water at least seven or eight times. The water should run completely clear. This simple step washes the starch out of the rice — the very thing that makes the grains clump together as they cook.
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Step 3:
Put the rice in the multicooker bowl, pour BOILING WATER over it, and add the salt and butter. Stir. It's important to use boiling water — that's another key to fluffy rice.
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Step 4:
Cook the rice on a suitable setting (mine is Multicook, 212°F / 100°C, 20 minutes). On different multicookers the setting name and cooking time may vary, so go by your model (check your appliance's manual). After the beep, open the lid, stir the rice, close the appliance again, and leave it on Keep Warm for half an hour. If there's no such setting, just keep the rice covered.
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Step 5:
Serve the rice with soy sauce as a dish on its own or as a side dish. Enjoy!
- Important! To make sure your rice dishes always turn out delicious, read the article on the fine points of choosing rice and the secrets of cooking it.
- Keep in mind that the cooking time and setting in the recipe are approximate. All multicookers work differently, and even identical models from the same manufacturer can have their quirks. Before you make a dish that's new to you in the multicooker, study the manual carefully, then start by making dishes you already know and only later move on to new ones, dialing in the setting and time for your own appliance.
- For cooking, it's best to use neutral-tasting filtered or bottled water. If you use tap water, keep in mind it can give the dish an unpleasant off-flavor.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Raw wild rice - 353 kcal/100g
- Raw brown rice - 360 kcal/100g
- Boiled brown rice - 119 kcal/100g
- Raw white fortified rice - 363 kcal/100g
- Boiled white fortified rice - 109 kcal/100g
- Raw parboiled long-grain white rice - 369 kcal/100g
- Boiled parboiled long-grain white rice - 106 kcal/100g
- Dry instant rice - 374 kcal/100g
- Ready-to-eat instant rice - 109 kcal/100g
- Rice - 344 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Unsalted table butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted peasant butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Salted peasant butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Clarified butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
