Did you add too much water and the rice turned to mush? Don’t worry, with this trick you will save your rice and even upgrade the recipe.
Who has never made one potato rice cast the first stone. This is more common than you might think, all it takes is a little carelessness when adding too much water and then it looks like you’ve ruined all your rice, as it ends up all soggy and sticky.
There are people who even like it, but not everyone. So, if you’re part of the team that doesn’t like papa rice, don’t worry. That’s because we’re going to teach you a trick that will change your life. Never again will you waste an entire pot of rice or eat bad rice.
So, we’ve already said that the trick is super easy and doesn’t need anything out of this world. You definitely have everything you need in your kitchen. So, let’s learn how to save papa rice.
And speaking of cooked rice, you can learn how to freeze and defrost rice in this other article here.
Trick to save rice porridge
Did the rice get soggy? Don’t worry, your papa rice can still be saved with this trick below:
1st Step
Did you notice that the rice got soggy? The first thing you should do is turn off the heat. This way you cut off the heat source and stop cooking.
So, after turning off the heat, make sure the water has not completely dried yet. If so, even better, you will drain all the water in order to make the rice as dry as possible.
2nd Step
Once this is done, you will take your rice out of the hot pan and place it in another, cold container. Therefore, stopping the heat completely will stop the cooking before it is too late.
Take a medium or large sieve and place the rice in it and wash it well with cold mineral water. While doing this, shake the rice to make it loosen. This way, the water will remove the starch from the rice (you can use rice water on your hair), which is what gives it the soggy consistency and the movements will loosen the stuck grains.
3rd Step
You will transfer your rice to a third pan, and now you will do the last step of the process. You probably won’t want to eat the rice cold, so it’s time to heat it up again.
To do this, heat another pan or frying pan well with a little olive oil and add the “washed” rice and stir with a wooden spoon. Finally, if you want to upgrade your rice porridge, you can add a few pieces of bacon, carrots or other crunchy ingredients to spice up your dish.
Anyway, this trick is really for when you make a mistake when preparing the rice. So, to prevent this from happening, check out 5 tips on how to make rice and never make mistakes or if you prefer, you can make rice in the microwave in just a few minutes.
Source: Tudo Gostoso
