re: Rice Recipes

Two to one dude. Short of boiling water, it's about as basic as it gets.


Bring two cups of water to a boil in a pot. Season with salt to desired taste, or not. You can also add a cap full of vinegar if you like. Once it boils, add one cup of rice and let it come back to a boil. Reduce temp to low, cook 20 minutes, and serve. It's the same every single time. This also works the same with making jambalaya turn out perfect. It's very simple.. TWO to ONE, not matter if it's water or stock.

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FL is just strange all the way around.

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i don't know about strange, but it's definitely a hodge podge of different cultures and ethnicities. in the small country town where i stay, (within just a 3 mile radius of my house) there's everything from italian, mediterranean (turkish i believe?), chinese, thai, korean, greek, bbq, etc etc. then there's the countless latin restaurants everywhere which are my favorite (cuban, dominican, mexican, peruvian, etc). just depends where you're at...

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To the idea of using fresh herbs. Best flavor you can get in rice.

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any healthy herbs you would recommend? i think it's awesome you have a phd in food science

Got a recipe for what my mother called "Rice Pilaf." Have no idea if it really is pilaf

Start two cups of rice in the cooker.

In seperate heavy-iron pot, fry a strip of bacon til crispy (you may find you want to use 2). remove bacon and set aside.

add 1/2 chopped onion, 1/2 chopped bellpepper, chopped carrot (if you want), minced garlic. cook down in bacon grease.

after about 8-10 mins. add a chicken bouillon cube and about 1/2 to 1 cup of water to make a little gravy. (I like a little hot sauce here). cook until the rice cooker dings (med heat, may need to add water if uncovered so doesnt burn).

once rice is done, turn off pot with vegetables and immediately add about two cups of frozen green peas and the cooked rice and stir. (I like to add a little cracked black pepper here as well). cover and let all this team for about 5 mins. Good to go.

This is a rough recipe. Ive experimented with different vegetables also (squash, zucchini), but so far the ones above are the best. The only two you really need are the onions and peas. Salt should be ok due to the bouillon, but i always add a good pinch of salt to the rice cooker.

Let me know what yall think. What would you add?