Today's article will be especially useful to those people who have difficulty cooking crisp rice in a pan or in a pan. It often happens that you want to have a crumbly side dish for a patty or fish casserole.
Getting to the implementation of the plan, we already imagine how the result is a great dish, but in reality our expectations are far from the current reality: the rice is slippery and sticky. Of course, such a consistency of a cooked product is great for preparing some dishes. However, we need tasty rice, and besides, we want the side dish to have a loose and beautiful structure.
About Croup
During cooking, give preference to rice cereal, which has long grains. Typically, such rice is used in pilaf. But today it will act as a solo element in the garnish.
Round varieties are not very suitable for the implementation of our plan for a beautiful dish.
So that the recipe for friable rice in the pan does not bring unpleasant surprises during the process of translating it into reality, it is also necessary to devote a little more time to washing the cereals before starting cooking. Frying is another important step towards achieving our goal. But first things first.
Simple but tasty garnished rice
Let's start with an easier cooking option. This dish has nothing else in it except rice, unless salt and vegetable oil will need to be added during cooking.
Product Composition:
- a glass of rice - 200 grams;
- water (hot) - 2 glasses;
- salt - a teaspoon;
- lean oil, without aroma - 4 tablespoons.
How to cook
- First, thoroughly rinse the cereal to clear water, thus washing off not only dust and various husks, but also rice flour, which envelops each grain. Leave the washed rice without water in a bowl for about 15 minutes. During this time, it absorbs the remaining liquid. This point is very important if you need loose rice.
- We heat the pan (necessarily with a thick bottom) on the stove. Pour vegetable oil. Once the butter is hot, pour the whole rice. Stirring, warm the rice grains for at least three minutes. At first the rice will whiten completely, but then you will notice how it becomes more transparent and golden. This is a sign: you need to salt the cereal.
- Pour prepared water into a bowl with rice grains. Do not forget that in the end we need friable rice in a pan, so the water must be hot. At medium temperature, bring the liquid to a boil and then reduce the heat to a minimum. Cover with a lid.
- In such conditions, the cereal will be 20-30 minutes. The exact time depends on the rice variety and some other nuances. Watch the readiness of the dish. It is advisable not to mix the contents of the pan. If it has a non-stick coating - perfect! If your frying pan belongs to the category of ordinary ones, then sometimes immerse the scapula deep into the rice mass in order to check if the rice has burned.
- When the liquid component of the dish is fully boiled and the grains are almost ready, we wait another 15 minutes, tightly covering the pan with a lid. At this time, you can begin to prepare for dinner. Another 15 minutes passed, and now the crumbly rice in the pan is completely ready.
Rice with vegetables
For those to whom the previous recipe seemed uninteresting, we offer another way to cook delicious rice for a side dish. The composition includes carrots and onions, as well as some spices. The dish is bright and satisfying.
The list of ingredients:
- rice - 1 cup;
- carrots - 1-2 pieces;
- onion medium diameter - 1 piece;
- salt to taste;
- garlic - 2 prongs;
- vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons;
- seasoning for pilaf;
- hot water - 2 glasses.
Cooking technology
And now more about how to cook rice in a pan so that it is both crisp and beautiful, and most importantly - tasty.
We thoroughly rinse the groats. Peel and chop onions and carrots. Peel and crush the garlic through a press. Fry vegetables in a skillet in vegetable oil until tender.
We put the vegetables in a separate bowl and start cooking rice. Fry it until transparent over moderate heat. Add seasonings for pilaf. We wait for the barely noticeable golden hue of the cereal and immediately introduce the vegetables. Salt and mix the ingredients. Fill with hot water. Reduce the stove to a minimum. We expect, without covering, seven minutes. No need to interfere with the dish. Water should itself evaporate in the process. When this happens, cover the dishes with a lid for five minutes. We turn off the burner and, without opening it, wait 10 minutes. During this time, the rice will be steamed and will reach the desired condition. The dish is ready!