Learn how to cook rice on a stove top perfectly every time.
Prep Time3 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: How to cook rice, Rice
Servings: 4
Ingredients
1cuprice, e.g. Basmati
1cupwater
1tbspolive oil
1/2tspsalt
Instructions
Rinse rice until water runs mostly clear.
Add rice to a small saucepan.
Add water, olive oil and salt to the rice and bring to boil.
As soon as water starts to boil, cover, reduce heat to lowest setting (level 1 for me) and cook for 15 minutes.
Remove from stove and fluff with a fork. You can let it rest for a bit, but it is not required.
Notes
- You don't have to have a measuring cup. Use any cup/glass you have, just make sure to have the same amount of water as you do of rice.- Since all stoves are different, you might need to test which level to cook at the first time you cook.- If you are cooking on a glass top or ceramic stove, don't bring the rice to boil on the highest heat. Bring it to boil on medium-high. In my experience, if you bring the rice to boil at the highest heat, the stove doesn't cool down fast enough when you reduce the heat, and the rice at the bottom becomes hard.