When you make rice....?

Question

do you make it with oil, margarine/butter, or nothing?? If you use oil, what kind is it??

Answer 1

When I am steaming rice I don't add oil, or anything but sea salt or stock. oils prevent the rice from absorbing liquid and just makes it take longer to cook. Add oils or butter at the end if you add it at all

Answer 2

Making rice is not as hard as it seems for best results I stay away from the instant rice and use long grain raw rice depending on what the rice is used for to make rice as a side dish add one cup of long grain rice to a sauce pan and add 2 cups of water the rule for raw rice is double the water for the amount of rice and you will so if you just want a half cup raw rice then add 1 cup water to it and l never go wrong add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and turn heat on high till it starts to boil then put lid on and reduce heat to simmer and cook ten minutes or all water is absorbed and rice is tender if you want sushi style white rice then put rice in a pan and you scrub the rice in your fingers till the rice water is really milky drain and repeat a few times and your rice will have a sticky texture

Answer 3

no, you don't use oil to cook rice. Just put 1 part rice, 2 parts water in a pan and boil, cover and lower to simmer for 15 mins.(don't take the cover off, it will be fine.) A couple of things you can do is saute the rice to golden brown in butter or oil before cooking it to make a different texture and flavor, or fry it in some oil after cooking it. i think that's how they make fried rice. You can also cook the rice in broth or juice to flavor it.

Answer 4

nope...
there is no add other ingridients..
for traditional way:
clean them, place to the bowl, add some water(until 1/3 your fingger from the surface of the rice, bring them boil for 1 min. close the bowl, let them cold, and steam them for 1 hour,,your rice will be very good teksture...

if you want have more good smell add some pandan leave or other herb when you steam them...

if you want to get some taste,,add some chiken fat, coconut milk or other taste you want...

hainan chinese rice:

2 cm ginger
1 pandan leave
3 pcs garlic
50-100 gr chiken fat
500 gr rice

saute ginger, pandan garlic and chiken fat until cook well...put into rice and use that way bellow...

Answer 5

I always put just a pat of butter into the water before I add the rice. I'm not sure why, but that's what both my grandma AND my husbands grandma did. If it's good enough for them.....

Answer 6

If it's instant white rice, I use margarine. If it's basmati rice I saute it in olive oil with garlic before adding the broth.

Answer 7

I just use water. David will drop in a chicken bouillon cube when the rice is served w/chicken. Margaring sounds like a good idea, I might try that one.

Answer 8

Lol When you Make or boil rice you use water ....no oil or butter until it's done ..when ur rice is done boiling u can put butter in it... as much as desired!!

Answer 9

I love blending 1/2 c. cilantro, 1/2 onion, 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon butter or olive oil, 3 c. rice and 31/2 c. chicken or vegetable broth....it's so good!

Answer 10

Well i have a rice cooker but it cooks everything from vegies to meat. but when i make it i put some butter and a little bit of salt.