primitives discuss cooking red rice

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11574478

Oh my.

Now, that's something I never heard of, "red rice."

Curmudgeoness (5,650 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

Help with cooking red rice?

A friend who always tried to get me to eat healthy bought me a huge bag of red rice for Christmas. I have decided to try it, and there are no directions for cooking on the package. Not that I would have been able to read them if they were there since it looks to be written in Chinese, but there is nothing there.

So, I did a search for this and found everything from 15 to 50 minutes cooking time. I am assuming that I will use twice as much water as I do rice. But time?????

Also, since I have this HUGE bag, if you have any recipes to try, I would appreciate help with that.....but first, I have to get this red rice cooked.

Agh.

CottonBear (16,336 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. One cup rice for each two cups water for 50 minutes.

I just purchased some red rice. The 2:1 recipe seems to be a good one. Boil water & add rice, turn down to medium low (one to one and one half setting above low) and cook for 50 minutes.

edit: I use a pan/pot with a glass lid so I can check H2O level. When the water is absorbed, and 50 minutes is timed, then I fluff the rice with a fork, replace the lid and leave the rice in the pot (off the heat) until the rest of the dinner is served. I do try to time everything so that the rice is just done when the steamed veggies are ready to be served.

Curmudgeoness (5,650 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. After so much research, I was just lost.

Some say cook just like white rice for 20 minutes. Some say it cooks faster than other rices (what does that even mean since brown rice takes a long time to cook and white rice, not so much?!?). Other places said 50 minutes.

So I did the 2:1 ratio, cooked it for 20 minutes and tested it---it was not done. So continued for another 20 minutes (40 minutes total), left it sit for another five minutes, and it was delicious. Red rice has lots of flavor to it.

I was trying to time the rice with the rest of the dinner, but that didn't seem possible today---so I prepared a one pot recipe so when the rice was done, the meal was done. I now can try just red rice with sauteed v*****s next time knowing that it will take about 45 minutes to prepare!

CottonBear (16,336 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

7. I just discovered red rice too. I bought Lundberg Wehani aromatic red rice.

I'm going to try the 40 minutes of cooking and 5 minutes of sitting method the next time I cook it. I find that every variety of rice needs to be cooked differently. Also, the stove and the pot that are used make a big difference too. I have a favorite rice pot and I always use it. Letting the rice sit for 5 to 10 minutes is a great way to avoid burning or overcooking.

And now this, from the defrocked warped primitive, she with the face like Hindenberg's:

Warpy (62,018 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. If it's a whole grain rice, boil for 20 minutes and then steam for 30 minutes

A double boiler is great for stuff like this, making sure the bottom layer doesn't burn if the water is all taken up 5 minutes before the cooking time is up.

Curmudgeoness (5,650 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

4. I have never steamed rice before.

Can you give me more information on doing this? I guess I am lucky, because I never have a problem with my rice doesn't burn and leaving the rice sit in the pan for a few minutes helps to get any stuck rice off the bottom. But that is with jasmine rice, which has been my weakness for the past few years---and that is a white rice that takes 20 minutes to cook. So a new kind of rice is a dilemma for me.

I think I have the idea for what you are saying---use a double boiler with water in the bottom pan and the rice up over that pan. Do I use the same amount of water in the rice (2:1 ratio)? Do I actually boil the rice covered for the first 20 minutes, or do I just bring it to a boil and then turn heat down? Do I just do a simmer with the double boiler for the final 30 minutes or do I have it at a rapid boil the whole time?

Ugh, I have white rice cooking down pat, and they have to introduce something new to me! And no instructions! I guess that anyone who buys a big bag of Chinese rice already knows how to cook it.

On edit, how do I know if this is a long grain rice? It looks long to me. It looks just like the white rice we have always had here that is long grain, except that it is red.

And again, Mrs. Hindenberg speaks:

Warpy (62,018 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

5. You boil the rice directly over the flame, then transfer the pot to the top of the double boiler

If it's more than twice as long as it is wide, it's a long grain rice, higher in protein and doesn't reheat as well as a starchy short grain rice.

Some people prize the slightly burnt layer of brown rice on the bottom of the pan. I never did, hence the double boiler.

With white rice, I boil it for ten minutes and then let it sit off heat and steam for 10 minutes, fluff with a fork, and let sit another 5 minutes while I'm plating the rest of my food.

Hmmmm.

No reference to raw wool fleece here.

Major Nikon (1,882 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

8. It's whole grain rice, but it cooks like regular rice

If it's like the red rice I get at the oriental market, I've found you can cook it just like regular long grain white rice.

Twice the volume of water to rice. Add a bit of salt, bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes and let rest for 10 minutes.

I like it because you get the added flavor, nutrients, and fiber as whole grain rice, but it's as easy to cook as processed rice.

HopeHoops (25,497 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

9. FIFTY MINUTES? **** that noise. Any rice works with a simple cooking rule.

I've cooked all kinds of rice (not counting Uncle Ben's Perverted stuff).

The basic rule is simple. Two parts rice, three parts water - parts, here - whatever you measure the rice with, do it with the water too. Cover it and bring it to a boil. Stir once and place the lid on and get the flame/burner down to the lowest possible setting. Set a timer for fifteen minutes and GO AWAY! It won't disappear on you. When the timer goes off, stir it again and put the lid back on. With everything but sweet or sushi rice, set the timer for 10 minutes. With sweet/sushi rice, set it for 5 minutes. When the timer goes off, stir it quickly and put the lid on. You can let it sit for an hour and it won't get cold, but at least give it ten minutes to steam. It works every time.

If you boil rice in too much water for an hour, you're making playdough, not rice.

[Chris_]

A friend who always tried to get me to eat healthy bought me a huge bag of red rice for Christmas

DUmmies are so kind and thoughtful.

[Rugnuts]

i wonder if you can have shrimp fried red rice

[shadeaux]

Red food coloring in the white rice water and you've got snazzy red rice.

Why the hell do they always eat strange food ?  It's making them stupid.

[GOBUCKS]

i wonder if you can have shrimp fried red rice

I'm pretty sure you can have shrimp-fried anything.

It's nearly impossible to make anything bad with shrimp, bacon, or melted cheese.

[Rugnuts]

A bacon and cheese mousse topped with jumbo shrimp???

[docstew]

A bacon and cheese mousse topped with jumbo shrimp???

sounds delicious

[IassaFTots]

sounds delicious

With a beer!

[delilahmused]

A bacon and cheese mousse topped with jumbo shrimp???

Add bratwurst and you almost have a gumbo.

Cindie

[Karin]

I noticed that one guy uses one pot for rice and only rice.  It's a strange phenomenon amongst the primitives that Frank picked up on a long time ago.

An odd Chrsitmas gift, a big bag of rice.  Seems....utilitarian.  Like giving someone a concrete block. 

[franksolich]

I noticed that one guy uses one pot for rice and only rice.  It's a strange phenomenon amongst the primitives that Frank picked up on a long time ago.

Yeah.

It's the way the primitives think; that something can have only one use.

They can't envision something having multiple uses.  Only one use.

And so the cooking and baking primitives have one 1-quart pot for boiling corn, one 1-quart pot for boiling peas, one 1-quart pot for boiling noodles, one 1-quart pot for boiling beans, and so on.  Or one knife to cut fish, a second knife to cut beef, a third knife to cut poultry, a fourth knife to cut pork, and so on.  Or one cast-iron pan to make pancakes, another cast-iron pan to make scrambled eggs, yet another cast-iron pan to make eggs sunny side up, still yet another cast-iron pan to make hash browns, and so on.

I first noticed this some years ago when the cooking and baking primitives were whining about a lack of cupboard space, and detailed the contents of theirs.  One potato-masher to mash potatoes.  One potato-masher to mash eggs.  One potato-masher to mash beets.

You get the idea.  Primitives can't fathom the notion that a utensil can have more than one use.

And these are the smartest people on the internet?

[Wineslob]

I'm pretty sure you can have shrimp-fried anything.

It's nearly impossible to make anything bad with shrimp, bacon, or melted cheese.

All three in one dish.     

[GOBUCKS]

An odd Chrsitmas gift, a big bag of rice.  Seems....utilitarian.  Like giving someone a concrete block.

I'd be happy to get a sack of frozen chickens instead of another tie.

[Karin]

Oh, a sack of frozen chickens would be great.  Think of the possibilities.  But a sack of rice, seems so, so UNICEF. 

[GCBill]

I'm pretty sure you can have shrimp-fried anything.

It's nearly impossible to make anything bad with shrimp, bacon, or melted cheese.

OK...I know what I am having for dinner tonight. I've got two lbs of thick sliced bacon and a half pound of shredded cheddar. Just got to get some shrimp, or maybe some scallops, and fry some Ramen noodles... Oh yeah! 

Eat your heart out, DUmmie vegans! You need to get some protein SOMEWHERE!

[Rebel]

Give me a damn bag of rice for Christmas, I'll powder milk your lawn right before a rainy day. 

[Karin]

What happens?  I've done some pranks in my misspent youth, but never did that. 

[Rebel]

What happens?  I've done some pranks in my misspent youth, but never did that. 

It gets wet and spoils after time.

[diesel driver]

It gets wet and spoils after time.

"OOOOOO, That smell!  Can't you smell that smell?"