@@eduardofcgo No Water is Wasted to Grow Rice... Rice Paddy Fields are irrigated from nearby Rivers or lakes, the water used makes all the plant life around the fields bloom too...
I was expecting you to say that starchy water do something good to the plants lol dude wtf How so many people liked your useless comment Just say don’t waste water then
Yeah I did the finger trick once and ended up with gloopy rice. Its not any more effort to measure the water anyway. I don't see what the big deal is. Disregard Asians - measure the water.
Every pot is a different size but that doesn’t matter. As long as the sides are relatively flat, the ratio of the depth of rice to the depth of water is the same b/c the rice displaces the water.
I concur. When i stoppped using that method, my cooked rice was less mushy. My fingers are shorter than my sisters', so this technique doesn't always work. He said it himself, he's cup measured then tested it with his finger. They'tr not equivalent for him. If finger measure works for you, do it. If knuckle measure works for you, do it. I think the knuckle measure is most inaccurate, peoples' hands vary greatly in thickness
I spent years trying to make decent sushi rice, it never ended up quite right. Tried this recipe and it turned out perfect on the FIRST TRY T-T Thank you. I'm mad this is the first time I see this channel!!!!! I watched a bunch of other videos and they're all great
This is not sushi rice :( I'm half Japanese and I make sushi rice all the time - you need rice vinegar + sugar for it to be sushi rice. This is just plain rice :(
You’ve obviously never been to Asia. The pot vs rice cooker method is pretty much the same. You rinse the rice roughly 3 times which saturates/cleans the rice then steam. In a pot you bring up to a boil and boil cracked lid until the foaming basically vanishes then close the lid turn to low for 30 minutes. The proper water level on washed rice is about 1 inch to 1 and a quarter inches above the rice. Cooking rice requires no hack. Been cooking rice over 30 years.
my foolproof way to cook rice without a ricecooker: 1 part rice, 1,5 parts water into a pot. bring it to a boil while stirring. place the lid and wait 15 seconds so ensure that the pot is filled with steam. put the pot on a oven glove and wrap everything in a large towel. put this package into your bed and cover with all your blankets. after 15 minutes the rice is perfectly cooked but you can leave it for up to an hour until the rest of your menu is ready. burning and sticking impossible, you have more room on your stove, perfect every time and your bed gets warm, cosy and smells like a sushi restaurant :D
Almost ditto how I was taught to prep and cook (Basmati) rice, EXCEPT,we wait for the water to boil before adding the drained rice and never ever stir whilst cooking 🍚🍙
This was great! Thank you! I've been so sick of having the water spill and making a mess. This was easy, quick, and most importantly my stove was very clean! Wonderful rice too!
Your channel is just the best! I follow a whole lot of cooking channels and for quite some time yours has been one of my favorites! I trust ur tips and techniques and have never been disappointed. I even bought the knife you always use in your videos and it changed my cutting skills!! I usually dont like rice cause it is just too mushy - Will try it this way for sure! Keep up the good work!
Mate, you trully changed my life hahhaa. All the hacks and tips you bring just made me better on the kitchen, My wife and I thank you :p (specially her, as she is my main food tester). greetings from Uruguay .
My mom has the entire set of those pots like you have. Going to try this. Over the years, I've gone in and out of making great rice and I dont know why but I always change it up. It would be nice to land on a technique and stick with it.
Water stream doesn't really ensure full contact, unless you hold a strainer with rice and wash it in a big bowl of water. By that time it's just the same but easier to strain.
0:00 Yeah me too. As a Puerto Rican if my dear momma hears there's a rice cooker in the vicinity of my home, she'll find me and beat me up with a chancla. And I'm a grown ass man a foot and a half taller than her.
How are american abuelas that dangerous? In Spain we don't get treated that bad hahaha worst thing that can happen is that she feeds you so much that you explode
I used this method for 1 cup of rice and it came out fine, but when I doubled the amount of rice (and water proportionately) and cooked for 10 minutes, the top of the rice was ok but the bottom of the rice came out horrible. So it seems this recipe only works for about a cup of rice. Is it possible to do 2 cups at a time? When doubling the amount, what should we do? Does the cooking amount change? What exactly has to happen for this to work with a larger quantity? Have you tried this?
Um.. the level of water will depend on the diameter of your pot... lmao. And a rice cooker is only $35. About the cost of a $40 lb. bag of rice. Overall a very good informative video though 👍
You guys are using the finger trick wrong. Try this instead, after mixing the rice & water: 1. Dip index finger into rice 2. Use thumb to measure how deep 3. Pull up index to the surface of rice 4. Check if thumb marking is same as water level, adjust accordingly. That's how you get the right ratio
Why is that in the USA make such a big deal of making rice? I make rice every single day, on the stove, sometimes twice a day, and it's always perfect. Can someone explain your pain, please?
The rice cooker companies have convinced people that cooking rice is string theory. It's as basic as heck just put a lid and leave it alone until it's done. Hasn't failed me yet in all my years of cooking.
Most people in the USA don't make rice every single day, sometimes twice a day. They make it once a month, sometimes twice a month. It's harder to perfect something that you don't make very often. Be that as it may, electric rice cookers were first developed and marketed in Japan, where people have been making rice every single day, sometimes more than twice a day, using nothing more than a pot and water, for centuries. 95% of Japanese households have an electric rice cooker, despite knowing how to cook rice and water in a pot for centuries. Only 15% of USA households possess a rice cooker.
Looks good! I could tell you know how to cook rice by all the similar-like grandma/mama techniques you used (especially the rinsing and the advanced soaking) . Though I'd get smacked by my mama or grandmother if I pour in cold water to cook the rice. Though, its interesting that you do that. As an Arab, I've learnt how cook rice from my mama and grandma. Their rule (its also a general Arab rule) is to pour in boiling water/or stock if we're making biryani or other rice dish. We tend to start with sunflower oil in the pot and pour in the socked rice and stir for less than a minute. Then we add in the boiling water/or stock and cook on high heat for few minutes then lower the heat down to the lowest setting, cover and cook for about 15 minutes. We give it about 5-10 minutes (depends on the quantity) resting time with the lid on. 😁
Suprisingly? Because you are cooking it in a huge ass catering sized pot lol!!!! Nah but actually it is unlikely to work for most people. I bet though half america has the same goddamn pot and that’s why it sometimes works.
OK, dude... the finger thing, nonsense. That exclusively depends on the amount of rice, water and the size of the pot. Common sense and math go a long way in the kitchen. Still, thanks for the effort, the rest of the tips seem great!
I'm still having troubles. I followed step for step and my rice was mushy on the outside and still not done (raw) on the inside. :( I even let the rice sit in water for 30 minutes. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong 😢
Half finger trick is the correct way, it should be half way between the first line and tip of your finger. My Asian sushi chef taught me this, It will work 100% of the time
Good video, except you should never scrub or rub the rice when rinsing it. Just move it around with your fingers. And after cooking you should add rice vinegar, salt, and sugar.
Tried this method over at my mom’s house and it worked. But just tried it again at my place…twice, and the short grain white rice is not fully cooked. Doing all the steps exactly the same, and cannot figure out why it’s not working now.
Rinse rice in a bowl until water is clear and strain it everytime. Let the rice rest for 15 min in a pot with equal part rice and water ( no finger tip it's the best method) Bring to boil quickly and cover with the lid and 8 min low heat. 15 min rest with the lid on and then scoop out the rice in a large bowl. For the sushi rice just add 20% of rice vinegar ( rice vinegar, sugar, salt and kombu) in proportion of the rice not cooked.
This absorption method looks good. My mom gave me a rice pressure cooker so I'm making yummy chewy rice easily with it but I'm sure any pressure cooker works great.
any idea when the Hate Less cook more apparel will be back in stock. you keep hyping it in vid but the only thing available for months has been the tote
You wash the rice one time for sushi grade rice? I am no chef but I am fat and love carbs, and you need to wash your rice as many times and you can until the water runs clear.
What are the best resources for improving your cooking knowledge? A video on how to become a better home chef would be great, such as where we can read, maybe forums, books etc?
This is perfect! I just bought a bag of sushi rice so I could make myself sushi for lunch (I’m a high school student) but I didn’t know where to start!
Hello Stephen, just received two of the HLCM shopping bags, love them! BTW, do you have a mac and cheese recipe? If so, can you send me the link? I've been making several of your recipes and everything is so delish. Thank you, Michelle
soak for one hour or overnight strain and bring a a light boil take off the heat add towel and use a plate back on the heat cook 10 min take off the heat and let it rest
You have such nice hands.. and thank you for cutting your nails so nicely and having them clean.. there's so many cooking videos with men having long dirty fingernails and its just gross.. You're cute
