Perfect fluffy rice
If you find making a perfect pot of white rice a challenge, you’re not alone. Fluffy and tender rice is something that can elude even seasoned chefs. Chef Clodagh McKenna takes us through the process step-by-step, and shares a few of her top tips!
SERVES
3
TO
4
Ingredients
Fluffy Rice
- 1 cup rice of choice
- Unsalted butter or olive oil (optional)
- 2 cups water
- Kosher salt (optional)
Directions
- Rinse the rice in a sieve in cold water for about 30 seconds. This gets rid of all the extra starch that builds up, which can make it sticky.
- The ratio is important here. You want two cups of water for every one cup of rice you're making.
- Turn your stovetop on medium heat.
- Pop your rice into the pan. Add your butter or olive oil. This coats the rice and stops it from sticking together and gives it a glaze. Toast up the rice a little bit to help form it.
- Allow the butter to melt down, this should take a minute or two. TIP: Never stir your rice. Stirring can actually make it stick altogether. So if you need to move the rice around, shake up the pan.
- After the butter or oil has melted, add in two cups of water. If you want to speed up the process, you can use boiling water, but it's not necessary.
- Let it come up to a boil. Place the lid on and turn the heat down to the lowest heat possible. Leave for ten minutes.
- Season with kosher salt, serve and enjoy!
