Steamed Rice Basics

Method3 steps · about 35 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Place the 3 cups uncooked jasmine rice in a large bowl and cover with separate rinsing water. Gently squeeze and agitate the grains, then discard the water. Repeat twice more and drain the rice.

   Uses 3 cups uncooked jasmine rice · Water, enough to rinse the rice three times

   
2. 2

   Step 2: Put the drained rice in the rice cooker’s inner pot and add the separate 3 1/4 cups cooking water, measured with the same cup used for the rice. This is the author’s 1:1 ratio plus 1/4 cup for tender rice. Alternatively, follow your cooker’s jasmine-rice instructions using its matching rice cup and fill marks. Wipe the outside bottom of the pot dry, place it in the cooker, close the lid and run the jasmine-rice program until it finishes.

   Uses Rinsed drained jasmine rice · 3 1/4 cups water

   
3. 3

   Step 3: When the rice-cooker cycle finishes, leave the rice covered for another 2 minutes. Open and fluff for about 1 minute, lifting gently from the sides and bottom with a rice paddle or chopsticks. Avoid metal utensils on a nonstick pot.

   Let cooked rice settle before fluffing · 2 minUses Finished rice-cooker jasmine rice