Rinsing the rice before cooking helps prevent sticking.
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Rice doesn’t always cook perfectly, sometimes it can be beaten, overcooked, or burn on the bottom. For these cases you can try to rescue him to continue with your initial prescription plan or also use the rice to prepare other recipes and thus avoid throwing it away, decreasing food waste.
1. Burnt rice
When the rice is burned at the bottom of the pan, it is possible to save the rice from the top. Cover the pot or pan with cold water (on the outside) so that the burnt rice stops cooking and prevent the flavor and aroma from permeating the rest of the rice. Take out the good rice and the rest will have to be discarded, the burnt rice cannot be improved.
If your rice is not too burnt and just a little toasted and browned, you can use it for crunchy entrees and snacks, such as Nurungji from Korean cuisine.
2. Soft rice
If the rice is too beaten it is better to prepare another batch. But if you are not in the extreme, you can add rice to soups, make fried rice, veggie burgers or rice pudding.
For the rice pudding, you just need to pour in a little milk, vanilla and sugar.
3. Sticky rice
If you didn’t rinse your rice before cooking itToo much starch can cause your rice to stick. If your rice has turned out sticky you can try to remove excess starch by rinsing it off with cold water. To dry, spread out on a tray and bake at 350 ° F for about 10 minutes.You can also use the rice to make rice pudding or pudding. You can also prepare risotto, add a little chicken or vegetable broth and Parmesan cheese; You can also incorporate other ingredients such as mushrooms, shrimp or chicken.
4. Rice soaked
Sometimes your rice has already been cooked but there is still a lot of water. To keep cooking it would be a mistake. Drain the excess water with a strainer and use the rice in the recipes that you had planned.
What to do if your rice has been hard? When your rice is dry or hard, but the water has evaporated, it is probably because not enough liquid was added. Add half a cup of water and let it continue to cook, but it is important to continue cooking over low heat.
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