re: Gonzales Jambalaya Recipe

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I have 6 qt dutch oven. I have varies the rice water ratio with no luck... I think I may be cooking it too long. I can't stand Crunchy rice!

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In a 6 quart you should be using a 2:1 ratio of water/stock to rice. Make sure the water is boiling before adding the rice. Once the rice is added bring back to a rolling boil and boil for 5 min or so. The rice will get noticably thicker and start gaining size. Cover and lower heat. Leave on med/low heat for five min then go down to low. Leave on low covered for 20 min. Cut fire off and lift top and roll rice and recover for 20 more min. That should do the trick.

Always use a good extra long grain rice. I use Mahatma. I find that better than the store name brands because sometimes those are a mix of long/med grain rice. Never and I mean never lift the lid during your first cover period. Thats a critical "pop" time fro the rice.

Good luck.