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Is rinsing rice really necessary?
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:54 pm
I feel like the people telling me to rinse my rice are the same ones saying not to eat the poo poo strip. I haven’t rinsed my rice in 3 years and nothing has happened to me.
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Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:57 pm to OysterPoBoy
I always rinse it when I make rice on the stovetop, but never when I make Jambalaya. I know the big fancy rice cookers recommend rinsing.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 5:58 pm to OysterPoBoy
I think it supposed to help it from becoming gummy maybe? But so does cooking it right. I do the second one.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 6:03 pm to OysterPoBoy
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I feel like the people telling me to rinse my rice are the same ones saying not to eat the poo poo strip.
rice has a poo poo strip?
rinsing rice is a good thing to do but far from mandatory, its much like purging crawfish, its not mandatory but it makes it taste better when you do
if you wash the rice then look at the water after its very cloudy and that is like a starchy flour
to each his own is my motto, i dont devein shrimp either unless it large shrimp with large veins full of shite you can see
Posted on 8/25/22 at 6:04 pm to OysterPoBoy
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This friction between the dry grains of rice creates starch dust that coats the grains. If the grains aren't washed before cooking, this residual starch will gelatinize in the hot cooking water and make the cooked grains of rice stick to each other.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 8:39 pm to OysterPoBoy
If you want your rice to be separated, learn how to cook jambalaya correctly or use parboiled.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 9:18 pm to OysterPoBoy
It depends on what I'm cooking. If it's steamed white rice to go with an asian-inspired dish or for risotto, then yeah for sure. Rice and gravy, jambalaya, Mexican rice, or wednesday night dinner type stuff, nah.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 9:21 pm to TigerCael
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risotto, then yeah for sure.
Risotto rice shouldn't be rinsed. You need to toast it in oil aside from the fact not rinsing adds more starch (which you want in a risotto).
Posted on 8/25/22 at 10:33 pm to OysterPoBoy
Depends on what you're using the rice for. Unrinsed rice tends to stick together better while rinsed rice tends to behave more like individual grains.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 10:37 pm to OysterPoBoy
never done it in my life
Posted on 8/25/22 at 10:44 pm to Carson123987
We only cook Jasmine rice, and we don't like it sticky/gummy. When we rinse it, the water turns milky as the starch washes off. After a couple washes, we put it in the rice cooker/steamer. Washing is not necessary, but we like the more fluffy, less sticky rice that results. Just a preference.
Posted on 8/25/22 at 11:38 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Is rinsing rice really necessary?
No
Posted on 8/25/22 at 11:47 pm to OysterPoBoy
I’ve never rinsed rice. Read about it here, but never have.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:24 am to Carson123987
Same here and can honestly say I’ve never seen it done.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:26 am to OysterPoBoy
Depends how much you want it to stick. That’s all IMO.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:26 am to OysterPoBoy
I do it if I'm making rice in a rice cooker or on the stove. If it's something like jambalaya, I don't
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:35 am to SixthAndBarone
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SixthAndBarone
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:45 am to Panny Crickets
I wasn't being sarcastic, I was 100% serious.
The OP asked if it was necessary to rinse rice.
I replied by saying if you cook it right, you don't need to rinse. The right amount of water, heat, and time and the rice grains will separate, without rinsing.
Or, you can use parboiled rice which will give you separated grains, without rinsing.
Why do you always feel the need to put me down every time I post? I answer a question or give my opinion and you automatically dismiss it. Why are you the way that you are? All I did was give my answer, sorry you didn't like it.
The OP asked if it was necessary to rinse rice.
I replied by saying if you cook it right, you don't need to rinse. The right amount of water, heat, and time and the rice grains will separate, without rinsing.
Or, you can use parboiled rice which will give you separated grains, without rinsing.
Why do you always feel the need to put me down every time I post? I answer a question or give my opinion and you automatically dismiss it. Why are you the way that you are? All I did was give my answer, sorry you didn't like it.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:55 am to SixthAndBarone
I only rinse about 1/2 the time, I'm never tried making it the exact same in 2 different pots to tell a difference.
But I will say, if you rinse rice you get A LOT off of the rice. The water takes a lot longer then you'd expect to get clean. So, it certainly does something.
But I will say, if you rinse rice you get A LOT off of the rice. The water takes a lot longer then you'd expect to get clean. So, it certainly does something.
Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:58 am to OysterPoBoy
I never rinse and my rice doesn't seem to having sticking issues.
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