How to Cook Rice {Perfect Every Time!}
Servings: 4

1 cup white rice
1 ½ cups water, I use filtered water
1 teaspoon butter or olive oil

Place the rice in a fine mesh strainer and rinse well under cool running water. Drain and set aside.

Pour the water into a medium saucepan or pot. Add the butter or olive oil. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

As soon as the water starts to boil, stir in the rice.

Immediately cover the pot and reduce the heat to very low (you want the heat to be as low as it can go). Cook for 15 minutes, without lifting the lid on the pot. The pot should be at a very low simmer while the rice cooks.

Remove the pot from the heat and without lifting the lid, let the rice rest for 10 minutes. Then fluff with a fork, spoon or spatula, and serve.


Notes
This recipe works for almost every type of white rice, including long grain white rice, such as basmati or jasmine, medium grain white rice and short grain white rice.

This recipe makes about 3 cups of cooked rice. Recipe can be doubled; double all ingredients and keep the cook time the same. Be sure to use a pot that is large enough so it won’t bubble over.