I was thinking....hmmm how do they make rice krispies...they are so good and tasty i wonder if i could make them MYSELF out of rice!!! DO ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER ARE?!?!?!?!?
2006-07-17 15:42:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Rice Krispies are an example of a puffed grain cereal, and the three puffed grains that you commonly see in the cereal aisle are rice, wheat and corn. There are also a lot of puffed dough cereals -- in the United States, you see Trix, Kix, Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs and so on. Puffing is very common in the breakfast cereal industry!
In the case of a Rice Krispy, you pop the rice similar to the way you pop popcorn. If you have read about how popcorn works, you know that you need three things to make popcorn: Moisture inside the kernel, starch inside the kernel and a hard shell to contain the pressure. Normal rice is missing the moisture, but if you condition it with steam to get enough moisture inside the kernel, you can either oven-pop rice or oil-pop it. It's not as dramatic a transformation as popcorn, but it pops using the same mechanism. Rice Krispies are oven-popped, which gives them the right texture to "snap! crackle! pop!" when milk is added.
Another common puffing method for rice (as in Quaker Puffed Rice), corn (as in Sugar Pops) or wheat (as in Sugar Smacks) is called gun puffing. You cook/condition the grain to get the moisture right and pressurize it to something like 200 PSI. Then you release the pressure instantly. The pressure stored inside the kernel puffs the kernel when the pressure is released. If you have ever heard a cereal ad that talks about "shooting the cereal out of a gun," this is what they are talking about! Puffing the rice makes it spongy instead of crispy.
In the case of puffed dough, you can create tiny dough balls and then hot-air pop them. If you heat a dough ball fast enough, the moisture in the dough flash boils and puffs the ball. A cereal like Cap'n Crunch is extruded, cooked, cut, pressurized, puffed and dried in a continuous process -- which is why you can see that the ends of each piece look like they've been squeezed.
2006-07-17 19:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by If u were wondering, It's me 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Chocolate Rice Krispies
1 (11 1/2 ounce) package milk
chocolate chips
2 tablespoons shortening
2 cups Rice Krispies
vegetable cooking spray
Directions:
1. In heavy 2-quart saucepan, melt chocolate and shortening over low heat, stirring constantly.
2. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in Rice Krispies.
4. Spread warm mixture in 9x9x2" pan coated with cooking spray.
5. Chill until firm.
6. To serve, cut into 2x1" bars.
7. Makes approximately 32.
2006-07-17 23:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by Slick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is rice that is baked at a hot temperature. I'm not sure you can do it, but you could try a baking rice on a flat cooking sheet at a high temp see what happens.
2006-07-17 22:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they bake cooked rice at a super-high heat.
2006-07-17 22:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea but I am eating a rice crispy bar right now....lol and it is good
2006-07-17 22:46:04 · answer #5 · answered by unhappyinin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
butter, marshmallows, and the rice crispy cereal...
some heat and mixing..
but it really is a big mess!!!
2006-07-17 22:46:17 · answer #6 · answered by xoxxxox_xoxxxox 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is easier to stick with the box.
2006-07-17 23:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by cheeky chic 379 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need marshmellows and butter!
2006-07-17 22:46:52 · answer #8 · answered by LadyK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋