Chinese Take-out Rice

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 7 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup long grain rice
• 1 3/4 cups cold water

Recipe

• 1 pour the rice into a mesh strainer and run cold water through the rice while stirring it around with your hand. this washes the excess starch from the rice.
• 2 when the water runs clear, combine the rice and water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. boil for 2 minutes, then cover and reduce the heat to low.
• 3 cook the rice for 18 minutes, remove it from the heat, and let it rest with the cover on for 5 minutes.
• 4 serve immediately.
• 5 tip: to reheat rice, place it in a metal colander or mesh strainer set over 1 inch boiling water in a large pot. cover the pot and steam the rice for 5 minutes.
• 6 do not refrigerate cooked rice unless you plan on using it for fried rice, rice pudding, etc. refrigerated rice becomes hard and never regains it's fluffy texture after being chilled.
• 7 cooked rice can be kept at room temperature for up to 2 hours.