Do You Rinse Your Rice?

Never.

I don’t think it’s necessary today.

I always rinse until clear. It rinses the outer starch off and makes it less sticky.

only when I make arroz con pollo
otherwise no

I don’t eat enough rice to worry about the vitamins I’m washing away with the starch plus they are added after the rice is milled anyway as mandated by the government. I don’t like my rice sticky and rinsing eliminates that.

Now having said that I’m referring to long grain typically used for rice and gravy, gumbos etc...

Risotto never, as most other short grain rice I might cook for various reasons.

My mother always boiled it like pasta and drained in a colander and I followed that for years. But now I just add water one finger digit above the rice, bring to a boil, reduce to lowest it will go, cover and wait 20 minutes. Works every time. I’ll add a tablespoon of butter too.

I watched BugAC’s cousin dump a 5 lb bag of rice in a shrimp pot, water an inch above and cook. Came out perfect and I’ve never seen anyone cook that much in my life. He didn’t rinse but it was an impressive feat. That was the second pot because his gar ball stew is incredible and the first pot went fast.

It makes the rice more fuffy and less sticky.

But, that said, I don;t eat much rice. Pics I post with beans or gumbo a lot of times have no rice.

I’ve never rinsed rice.

Yeah

But you have to ask yourself if the way you are rinsing it makes any sense

Putting it in a colander and running some water over it isn't doing anything

You have to rinse with your hands in a bowl of water several times for it to be effective

My mom always raised her rice too and the she added a touch of vinegar to the water before she put the lid on the pot