How To Make Perfect Rice Without Using a Rice Cooker (It's easy)

Making a fluffy batch of perfect rice is actually pretty straightforward and easy, just don't make the mistake of putting way too much water as we talked about in this rice tutorial.

Rice to Water Ratio with tin foil seal on pot:
1 cup of rice to 1 1/4 cups of water
2 cups of rice to 2 1/2 cups of water
3 cups of rice to 3 3/4 cups of water

Rice to Water Ratio without using tin foil seal on pot:
1 cup of rice to 1 1/3 cups of water
2 cups of rice to 2 2/3 cups of water
3 cups of rice to 4 cups of water

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[keithmccormack]

I went to culinary school then worked in the industry for a while where I'd say I mastered rice in the steamer and oven, but my stovetop rice at home was always stuck at 90-95% accuracy. Today you helped me consistently nail it. Thank you.

[nomical]

I use the exact same process. Perfect every time. Only difference - I’ll brown some butter on the bottom and heat the grains through. Love the flavour

[nplindgren]

Rice is such a simple dish and yet so many times it's over cooked, under cooked or just burned. Thanks for the tutorial!!

[jm]

I've had really good luck with an instant pot. Equal parts rice + water, 3 minutes high pressure cook for Basmati rice, ~10 minutes natural release. Some types of rice need to cook a bit longer but that 1:1 ratio still works. Comes out perfect every time. We got gifted an instant pot a while back and I use it more for cooking rice than anything else, plus you can cook a pretty gargantuan portion if you need to.

[drew]

You nailed this video 1000% well done sir! Great chef with a sense of humor thanks for all the amazing content

[SweetCandy]

Nice tutorial ! And this method
works great…and we don’t need another appliance. I use a stainless aluminum pot similar to the one in the video as it retains residual heat well. After the first 10 minutes I set my stove on its lowest setting and raise the pot up on a wire rack half an inch or so above the burner. Works every time.

[MoesSmokeStackGrill]

No rice cooker? Roger is going to flip out! 🔥🔥🔥

[cakesnipher]

Use the water you washed your rice in to water your plants. It is super good for them.
Also, you could add some sweetner of your choice to it for a tasty drink.

[iJustRich]

Another good way to cook it is instead of a tin foil seal, put a damp dish towel (that hasn’t been washed with detergent etc) over the pot then put the lid on, makes a perfect seal! I believe this trick is also used to make the perfect rice and peas/beens!

[RAGEAlanBun]

I watched a video that explained having a constant ratio for rice is actually the wrong way to go about it.

Rice generally absorbs water on a 1:1 basis, so 1 cup of water for 1 cup of rice, but the extra amount is needed because some of the water evaporates during the cooking process and generally it’s about 1/2 a cup that evaporates.

This is why people struggle when scaling up rice because if you’re cooking 4 cups of rice, you need 4 cups of water and 1/2 for evaporation. The 1/2 cup can depend on a number of factors like lid on/off or time. Also, consider that if you’re making 4 cups of rice you’re not going to have 4x the amount of water evaporate during the length of time it takes the rice to cook. It might not be exactly half a cup in every situation but it’s always worked for me and I’ve never overlooked or had mushy rice.

[angeloveloso]

That's a pretty neat trick! Usually I would make a makeshift steamer to cook rice but trying this is worth a shot!

[brannonwhite]

Sonny, I went EXACTLY by your instructions in this video and made THE BEST SUSHI RICE I HAVE EVER MADE!! I’ve screwed up SO MANY times before that I was beginning to wonder if I could cook (I can cook!😉). I washed the rice 4 times instead of 3, but I measured rice and water EXACTLY! Thanks for the tutorial!!

[rahcaz]

The only good YouTuber whose videos I will watch as soon as I see them. Always so informative yet hilarious.

[shanlife]

Finally someone who knows how to cook rice! Growing up we didn't have a rice cooker till a lot later on and my mum banged out a perfect pot of rice everyday without it and she also taught us how to as well!

Her words were "even if you don't have anything else in the house to eat you will always have rice(Asian household), so knowing how to cook rice will mean that you will not go hungry".

[SuzanneBaruch]

I always toast my rice in a tiny bit of olive oil or butter, and I never use plain water when I cook it I always use seasoned stock. Either one of these tips will make the rice more flavorful, but when you do both 💥 *Best rice ever.* (Why people take the time to perfectly season whatever they're putting on the rice, but then they ignore seasoning the rice is beyond me.) Season your rice, people!

[antman]

Sonny, you absolute stud! Followed your directions to a tee. Legit the best rice I've ever cooked! Turned out perfect. Even on my electric coil stove. Big thumbs up! 👍

[tipring]

Using an oven safe pot (w/lid) - bring 1 cup of rice and 2 cups slightly salted water up to a boil, stirring occasionally so it won't stick. Once achieved boiling, remove from stove top and put covered pot in a preheated 350 degree oven. Let cook 15 - 20 minutes. Turns out wonderfully. This is for Cal Rose, water may differ for other grains, but the cooking technique still works.

[tylerw.]

I was skeptical about the 10 minutes, I always cooked for 20-22 minutes. This worked perfectly for me with fluffy and separated grains. This is my new method!

[davidmorales]

Rice cookers are everything to people who love and make rice often buts great to see someone successful make rice in a pot and share that technique with everyone else

[TheOneAndOnlyJell_O]

THANK YOU for being the only cook on here to actually give us something useful like this! Too many people on here are feeding us nonsense like $5000 wagyu and crazy dry age experiments but I just want to know how to cook good food :)