Tips for cooking rice in microwave

shagufta <[email hidden]> wrote in news:shagufta.13a8138
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Purchase minute rice. Put equal parts of rice and water in a glass
casserole or dish (with lid). One cup of rice and one cup of water
feeds two people. Multiply recipe for additional servings. Stir and
cover. Microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes. Remove from microwave. Stir.
Replace cover. Let stand for 3-5 minutes before serving.

how to do it with real rice

using a coffee mug put 1 measure of long grain rice and 2 measures of
water in a microwave safe container. Nuke on hign 15 minutes, stir, it
there is water left in the bottom of the container nuke in 1 minute
intervals until the water is absorbed (make note of time nuked for the
next time you cook rice). As microwaves vary in power the overall cooking
time can range anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes approx for your personal
microwave, but will stay constant once determined.

Optional stuff...add some celery seed, salt and pepper. a pinch of
crushed red pepper and a pat of butter. Salt added before cooking to the
rice really improves it flavour.

Variation: replace 1 measure water with chicken, beef or veggies stock or
even use fruit juice. Stir in a good handfull of frozen peas or a drained
small can of corn (or add both) just before serving.

serves 4-6 as a side dish.

Advantages real rice tastes better and is less processed so it is bound
to have better nutritional values.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

hahabogus said:

shagufta <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:shagufta.13a8138 @foodbanter.com:

Quoted message said:

Purchase minute rice.

Eeeeeek!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

how to do it with real rice

using a coffee mug put 1 measure of long grain rice and 2 measures of
water in a microwave safe container. Nuke on hign 15 minutes, stir, it
there is water left in the bottom of the container nuke in 1 minute
intervals until the water is absorbed (make note of time nuked for the
next time you cook rice). As microwaves vary in power the overall
cooking time can range anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes approx for your
personal microwave, but will stay constant once determined.

(snip add-ins, broths, etc. since most of us know that)

Quoted message said:

Advantages real rice tastes better and is less processed so it is
bound to have better nutritional values.

I totally agree, Alan, although I measure the rice and water in a measuring
cup rather than a coffee mug. Brown rice will take a while longer.
However, since cooking long grain white rice takes about 15 minutes (20 max)
on the stove top, I don't see the advantage of using the microwave unless
all your burners are in use.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

hahabogus said:

shagufta <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:shagufta.13a8138 @foodbanter.com:

Quoted message said:

Purchase minute rice.

Eeeeeek!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

how to do it with real rice

using a coffee mug put 1 measure of long grain rice and 2 measures of
water in a microwave safe container. Nuke on hign 15 minutes, stir,
it there is water left in the bottom of the container nuke in 1
minute intervals until the water is absorbed (make note of time nuked
for the next time you cook rice). As microwaves vary in power the
overall cooking time can range anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes approx
for your personal microwave, but will stay constant once determined.

(snip add-ins, broths, etc. since most of us know that)

Quoted message said:

Advantages real rice tastes better and is less processed so it is
bound to have better nutritional values.

I totally agree, Alan, although I measure the rice and water in a
measuring cup rather than a coffee mug. Brown rice will take a while
longer. However, since cooking long grain white rice takes about 15
minutes (20 max) on the stove top, I don't see the advantage of using
the microwave unless all your burners are in use.

Jill

The advantage if any is that you need not pay any attention to it at all
once you get the timing right. I only used a coffee mug as that created
enough rice to feed four for dinner and is what I was familar with. 1 cup
wasn't enough and 2 cups was too much.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

hahabogus said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

how to do it with real rice

using a coffee mug put 1 measure of long grain rice and 2 measures
of water in a microwave safe container. Nuke on hign 15 minutes,
stir, it there is water left in the bottom of the container nuke in
1 minute intervals until the water is absorbed (make note of time
nuked for the next time you cook rice). As microwaves vary in power
the overall cooking time can range anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes
approx for your personal microwave, but will stay constant once
determined.

(snip add-ins, broths, etc. since most of us know that)

Quoted message said:

Advantages real rice tastes better and is less processed so it is
bound to have better nutritional values.

I totally agree, Alan, although I measure the rice and water in a
measuring cup rather than a coffee mug. Brown rice will take a while
longer. However, since cooking long grain white rice takes about 15
minutes (20 max) on the stove top, I don't see the advantage of using
the microwave unless all your burners are in use.

Jill

The advantage if any is that you need not pay any attention to it at
all once you get the timing right.

I never have to pay attention to rice when I cook it on the stove top
(follow the directions on the bag or box). I've been cooking it that way
since I was 9 years old. Just don't lift the lid and fiddle with it; that's
the problem so many people have with cooking rice. They want to look at it,
or stir it, when they just need to leave it alone to do its thing 🙂

Quoted message said:

I only used a coffee mug as that
created enough rice to feed four for dinner and is what I was familar
with. 1 cup wasn't enough and 2 cups was too much.

Makes sense to me. But I suppose it also depends on how big your coffee mug
is! LOL

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I never pay attention.

that's the problem so many people have.

Makes sense to me. But I suppose it also depends on how big your mug
is! LOL

Jill

Huh?????

hahabogus said:

Quoted message said:

I totally agree, Alan, although I measure the rice and water in a
measuring cup rather than a coffee mug. Brown rice will take a while
longer. However, since cooking long grain white rice takes about 15
minutes (20 max) on the stove top, I don't see the advantage of using
the microwave unless all your burners are in use.

Jill

The advantage if any is that you need not pay any attention to it at all
once you get the timing right. I only used a coffee mug as that created
enough rice to feed four for dinner and is what I was familar with. 1 cup
wasn't enough and 2 cups was too much.

But the same is true of cooking it on the stove top. Add rice and water,
bring to a boil. Don't touch-stir-look or do anything except turn heat
to low and you will have perfect rice in 20 minutes. It requires no
monitoring except during the first minutes when it comes to a boil.

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

But the same is true of cooking it on the stove top. Add rice and water,
bring to a boil. Don't touch-stir-look or do anything except turn heat
to low and you will have perfect rice in 20 minutes. It requires no
monitoring except during the first minutes when it comes to a boil.

Why on earth do you care if someone cooks their rice in the MW?

--
Peter Aitken

Peter A said...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

But the same is true of cooking it on the stove top. Add rice and water,
bring to a boil. Don't touch-stir-look or do anything except turn heat
to low and you will have perfect rice in 20 minutes. It requires no
monitoring except during the first minutes when it comes to a boil.

Why on earth do you care if someone cooks their rice in the MW?

Right!

If I could cook better rice using a piano, I'D USE A PIANO!

Andy

hahabogus said:

shagufta <[email hidden]> wrote in news:shagufta.13a8138
@foodbanter.com:

Quoted message said:

Purchase minute rice. Put equal parts of rice and water in a glass
casserole or dish (with lid). One cup of rice and one cup of water
feeds two people. Multiply recipe for additional servings. Stir and
cover. Microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes. Remove from microwave. Stir.
Replace cover. Let stand for 3-5 minutes before serving.

how to do it with real rice

You answered a troll.

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® said:

You answered a troll.

Getting a lot of these BS posts (and even some ads) coming in to
all the food groups through foodbanter.com.

I'm surprised Giganews allows these web<->Usenet gateways.

-sw

In article <[email hidden]>,

hahabogus said:

how to do it with real rice

using a coffee mug put 1 measure of long grain rice and 2 measures of
water in a microwave safe container. Nuke on hign 15 minutes, stir, it
there is water left in the bottom of the container nuke in 1 minute
intervals until the water is absorbed (make note of time nuked for the
next time you cook rice). As microwaves vary in power the overall cooking
time can range anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes approx for your personal
microwave, but will stay constant once determined.

Optional stuff...add some celery seed, salt and pepper. a pinch of
crushed red pepper and a pat of butter. Salt added before cooking to the
rice really improves it flavour.

Variation: replace 1 measure water with chicken, beef or veggies stock or
even use fruit juice. Stir in a good handfull of frozen peas or a drained
small can of corn (or add both) just before serving.

serves 4-6 as a side dish.

Advantages real rice tastes better and is less processed so it is bound
to have better nutritional values.

To make it even more flavorful, replace the water with stock or broth.
--
Peace, Om

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"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Steve Rothstein

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

hahabogus said:

shagufta <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:shagufta.13a8138 @foodbanter.com:

Quoted message said:

Purchase minute rice.

Eeeeeek!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

how to do it with real rice

using a coffee mug put 1 measure of long grain rice and 2 measures of
water in a microwave safe container. Nuke on hign 15 minutes, stir, it
there is water left in the bottom of the container nuke in 1 minute
intervals until the water is absorbed (make note of time nuked for the
next time you cook rice). As microwaves vary in power the overall
cooking time can range anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes approx for your
personal microwave, but will stay constant once determined.

(snip add-ins, broths, etc. since most of us know that)

Quoted message said:

Advantages real rice tastes better and is less processed so it is
bound to have better nutritional values.

I totally agree, Alan, although I measure the rice and water in a measuring
cup rather than a coffee mug. Brown rice will take a while longer.
However, since cooking long grain white rice takes about 15 minutes (20 max)
on the stove top, I don't see the advantage of using the microwave unless
all your burners are in use.

Jill

I pressure cook it.

Brown rice takes 15 minutes. I was using 20 minutes but it tended to
"pop" the rice. I remove the trivet to get to the extra liquid in the
bottom of the PC, stir it well, then put the lid back on and let it sit
for a bit longer to absorb the extra broth/stock before serving.

I do a "Quick cool" under running tap water to get the lid off when the
15 minute timer goes off.

This also works for red or black rice. I tend to mix the three a lot.
Interesting flavors and textures.
--
Peace, Om

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"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Steve Rothstein

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Sammy said:

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I never pay attention.

that's the problem so many people have.

Makes sense to me. But I suppose it also depends on how big your mug
is! LOL

Jill

Huh?????

I don't know about you, but we have some very big coffee mugs. ;-)
--
Peace, Om

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"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Steve Rothstein

Peter A said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

But the same is true of cooking it on the stove top. Add rice and
water, bring to a boil. Don't touch-stir-look or do anything except
turn heat to low and you will have perfect rice in 20 minutes. It
requires no monitoring except during the first minutes when it comes
to a boil.

Why on earth do you care if someone cooks their rice in the MW?

It's not that we *care* one way or the other. Alan knows I don't care which
way he cooks his rice; it's up to him. Just seems odd to me when the exact
same thing can be accomplished on the stove top. It's not like you're
saving washing up a container. The cooking time is the same. Of course,
cooking rice in a MW could be very convenient for someone in college if they
have only a MW in their dorm room, or for people on the road who have only a
MW in the hotel room rather than a full kitchen.

Besides, he was merely offering an alternative to that god awful Minute Rice
suggestion from the OP, who is obviously a troll. I hear trolls are very
easy to cook in the microwave 🙂

Jill

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

Besides, he was merely offering an alternative to that god awful Minute Rice
suggestion from the OP, who is obviously a troll. I hear trolls are very
easy to cook in the microwave 🙂

Jill

Yeah, but they make a mess when they explode...
--
Peace, Om

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Sqwertz said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

You answered a troll.

Getting a lot of these BS posts (and even some ads) coming in to
all the food groups through foodbanter.com.

I'm surprised Giganews allows these web<->Usenet gateways.

Those things suck. The users are even more clueless than the typical
Google Groups user.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

On 23 Sep 2007 23:02:13 GMT, "Default User" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sqwertz said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

You answered a troll.

Getting a lot of these BS posts (and even some ads) coming in to
all the food groups through foodbanter.com.

I'm surprised Giganews allows these web<->Usenet gateways.

Those things suck. The users are even more clueless than the typical
Google Groups user.

Foodbanter.com? It's an easy interface with usenet. You don't need
to fiddle with a newsclient/news server and it's not google groups.
Too bad it's not being used as it was intended.
--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

sf said:

On 23 Sep 2007 23:02:13 GMT, "Default User" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sqwertz said:

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:33:17 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> You answered a troll.

Getting a lot of these BS posts (and even some ads) coming in to
all the food groups through foodbanter.com.

I'm surprised Giganews allows these web<->Usenet gateways.

Those things suck. The users are even more clueless than the typical
Google Groups user.

Foodbanter.com? It's an easy interface with usenet. You don't need
to fiddle with a newsclient/news server and it's not google groups.
Too bad it's not being used as it was intended.

It's being used exactly as intended. It masquerades a usenet group as a
web forum, so people treat it like one.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User said:

sf said:

Default User said:

Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:33:17 -0700, Bobo Bonobo. wrote:
>
> > You answered a troll.
>
> Getting a lot of these BS posts (and even some ads) coming in to
> all the food groups through foodbanter.com.
>
> I'm surprised Giganews allows these web<->Usenet gateways.

Those things suck. The users are even more clueless than the
typical Google Groups user.

Foodbanter.com? It's an easy interface with usenet. You don't need
to fiddle with a newsclient/news server and it's not google groups.
Too bad it's not being used as it was intended.

It's being used exactly as intended. It masquerades a usenet group as
a web forum,

No. Foodbanter explicitly says the newsgroups ARE NOT THEIRS, are a
different thing, etc.

so people treat it like one.

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