Took me 3 hours to figure out why my rice cooker was making mushy rice

Everyone says rinse your rice, but nobody mentions you have to actually drain it completely before cooking. I was leaving too much water in the strainer and it threw off the ratio every time. Anybody else have a simple cooking step that took way too long to catch?

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wendy39122d ago

Gosh that's a good point! I read somewhere that most people mess up rice because they're not accounting for the water clinging to the grains after rinsing. It's like the internet just says "rinse it" without explaining the draining part. I fell for the same trap for years - thought I was being careful but my rice always came out gluey. Now I shake the strainer a good few times or even let it sit for a minute in the sink. That extra bit of water you can't see really adds up over a whole cup of rice.

the_simon22d ago

Do you weigh your rice dry versus after rinsing to dial in the water ratio exactly?

jake63817d ago

Wait so are you weighing it before rinsing then adding water based on that weight, or rinsing first, draining, weighing again, and then figuring out the ratio from there? I feel like the water clinging to the grains would mess up the math either way.