No-fail plain rice
Servings
4people
Cook Time
20minutes
Servings
4people
Cook Time
20minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Place the butter and the olive oil in a medium saucepan (one that has a lid) on medium heat and boil a kettle.
  2. When the butter is melted, add the rice.
  3. Fry the rice in the butter/oil mix until the rice goes opaque and feels a bit ‘gritty’ as you stir it.
  4. Add the boiling water (you are essentially scalding the rice). Season well with salt – stop adding when the water begins to taste salty (don’t worry, the rice won’t be) and mix well.
  5. Let it boil on medium to high heat (it should be fairly tumoultuous) with the lid open until the water starts to disappear from the surface of the rice and you can see little ‘craters’ all around.
  6. At this point cover completely with a lid and reduce the heat to the lowest setting on your hob. Let it steam for around 10 minutes.
  7. After that time open the lid to see if the rice is cooked, replacing the lid quickly in case it is not cooked – you don’t want the steam to escape. If it’s cooked, remove the lid and loosen the rice with a large fork. Make sure most of the steam escapes as you do this (you don’t want the rice to continue cooking). Stop when you have loosened all the grains and got rid of most of the steam and serve.