Cooking fluffy rice in a frying pan

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Today's article will be especially useful for those people who have difficulty cooking friable rice in a pan or in a saucepan. It often happens that you want to have exactly a crumbly side dish for a cutlet or fish casserole.

Starting to fulfill our plan, we already imagine how the result is a great dish, but in reality our expectations are far from the current reality: the rice is slippery and sticky. Of course, this consistency of the boiled product is perfect for cooking some dishes. However, we need tasty rice, and besides, we want the side dish to have a loose and beautiful structure.

About grits

During cooking, give preference to rice groats with long grains. Usually such rice is used as part of pilaf. But today, he will act as a solo element in the garnish.

Round varieties are not very suitable for our plan for a beautiful dish.

To ensure that the recipe for friable rice in a pan does not bring unpleasant surprises during the process of making it a reality, it is also necessary to devote a little more time to washing the cereal before cooking. Roasting is another important step towards achieving our goal. But first things first.

Simple but tasty side dish rice

Let's start with an easier cooking option. This dish contains nothing more than rice, except that s alt and vegetable oil will need to be added during the cooking process.

Ingredients:

• a glass of rice - 200 grams;
• water (hot) - 2 cups;
• s alt - teaspoon;
• lean oil, unflavored - 4 tablespoons.

How will we cook

• First, thoroughly rinse the cereal to clear water, thus washing away not only dust and various husks, but also rice flour, which envelops each grain. We leave the washed rice without water in a bowl for 15 minutes. During this time, it will absorb the remaining liquid. This point is very important if you want fluffy rice.
• Heat up a frying pan (necessarily with a thick bottom) on the stove. Pour vegetable oil. Once the oil is hot, add all the rice. Stirring, heat the rice grains for at least three minutes. At first, the rice will turn completely white, but then you will notice how it becomes more transparent and golden. This is a sign: you need to s alt the grits.
• Pour prepared water into a bowl with rice grains. Do not forget that we need crumbly as a resultrice in a pan, so the water must be hot. At medium temperature, bring the liquid to a boil and immediately reduce the heat to a minimum. Cover with a lid.
• In such conditions, the cereal will be 20-30 minutes. The exact time depends on the type of rice and some other nuances. Keep track of the readiness of the dish. It is advisable not to mix the contents of the pan. If it has a non-stick coating - perfect! If your frying pan belongs to the category of ordinary ones, then sometimes immerse the spatula deep into the rice mass in order to check if the rice is burnt.
• When the liquid component of the dish is completely boiled away and the grains are almost ready, wait another 15 minutes, covering the pan tightly with a lid. At this time, you can start preparing for dinner. Another 15 minutes have passed and the fluffy rice in the pan is now fully cooked.

Rice with vegetables

For those who found the previous recipe uninteresting, we offer another way to cook delicious rice for a side dish. The composition includes carrots and onions, as well as some spices. The dish turns out bright and satisfying.

List of ingredients:

• rice - 1 cup;
• carrots - 1-2 pieces;
• bulb of medium diameter - 1 piece;
• s alt - to taste;
• garlic - 2 prongs;
• vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons;
• seasoning for pilaf;
• hot water - 2 cups.

Cooking technology

And now more about how to cook rice in a pan,so that it is both crumbly and beautiful, and most importantly - delicious.

Rinse the groats thoroughly. Peel and chop onions and carrots. Peel the garlic and push it through a press. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil in a pan until tender.

Put vegetables in a separate bowl and start cooking rice. Fry it until transparent over moderate heat. Add seasonings for pilaf. We are waiting for a barely noticeable golden hue of cereals and immediately introduce vegetables. S alt and mix the ingredients. Fill with hot water. Reduce the plate to the minimum. We wait, without covering with a lid, seven minutes. No need to stir the dish. The water should evaporate on its own during the process. When this happens, cover the dishes with a lid for five minutes. Turn off the burner and, without opening, wait 10 minutes. During this time, the rice will steam and reach the desired condition. The dish is ready!