How to Make Fluffy Rice
This photo tutorial will show you how to make fluffy rice. You’ll see making fluffy, delicious rice is easier than you think.
Rice is a very important part of my diet. I have eaten rice since I was a little kid since rice is a very important part of the Brazilian cuisine. Down there, they eat rice at least one time a day, especially at lunchtime. Many people also like to eat it for dinner too. So, you can imagine how much I love rice. My husband doesn’t like rice as much as I do (he isn’t Brazilian, he is French-Canadian) but I still try to make rice at least one time a week. The other days we eat couscous salad or quinoa.
Rice is great because very versatile. You can make lots of different recipes with it such as tabbouleh rice, all kinds of salad, one-meal skillet, casseroles, and even puddings. This Rice with Mushrooms and Asparagus is a favourite. This gluten-free grain tastes very good if you know how to cook correctly. Otherwise, it can mushy and soggy. But for a different type of rice, you will cook it with different amounts of water. I made this list below to help you.
Rice cooking list
- Long-grain white rice—1 cup rice to 2 cups water
- Jasmine rice—1 cup rice to 2 cups water
- Black rice—1 cup rice to 2 cups water
- Red rice—1 cup rice to 1 3/4 cups water
- Brown rice —1 cup rice to 2 1/2 cups water
- Wild rice—1 cup rice to 4 cups water
As for the liquid, you can use broth or water, but for the sake of simplicity, I prefer cooking my rice in water. I really hope this post is helpful for you guys.
Want to change things up? Try cauliflower rice! Spicy Chicken with Cauliflower Rice and Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower Rice Recipe are some of my favourites.
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How to make fluffy rice
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup water or broth
- 1 tbsp extra virgin Olive oil
- 1 clove garlic - minced
- 1 cup well-rinsed - uncooked rice
- Salt and ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a pan, bring 1 ¾ cup of water to a boil.
- In another pan, combine olive oil, garlic, and rice. Stir for 30 seconds.
- Pour the boiled water into the rice mixture.
- Add salt and saffron powder.
- Reduce heat to medium/low. Cover and simmer until tender and all the liquids are absorbed (about 15-20 minutes).
- After cooking, just let the rice rest for a total of five minutes.
- Remove the cover, fluff and separate the grains with a fork.
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This is such a good tutorial. I always try to rush rice and it never comes out as fluffy as I want it!
This is a great tutorial, as I never have much luck with rice. I do really like eating it though.
Mmmm.. that rice looks so yummy. I detest plain white rice, but this looks so flavorful! Love the addition of the garlic and how simple this recipe is. Pinning!
Great tutorial! Rice is actually a tricky thing to make sometimes, surprisingly! Love the addition of the olive oil. I really need to try that little trick.
Yay, rice!!! I’m one of those people that eat rice twice a day. Nothing beats Brazilian rice and beans. 🙂 We make it different in the South, though!! Adding onions, a little more garlic and vegetable oil instead of olive oil to keep it white.
Rice is super versatile! Not a week goes by that it doesn’t find its way into my meal plan. I like toasting rice with olive oil and garlic like you’ve done, but I’ve never preheated my water except for making risotto. Aside from that, I find that the type and even brand of rice changes how much liquid and time are needed for it to cook properly. One brown rice will take 20 minutes while another brown rice takes more time and more water. Do you have any advice for regulating it all? I’m hoping there is a secret in the rinsing or something!
I added a rice cooking list on the post, Natalie. I hope you may help you.
Thanks a lot for your comment 😉
Brilliant recipe tutorial, Olivia! Rice is one of my favourite dinners, so versatile!
These are some great tips, Olivia! I’m definitely going to follow this the next time I make rice. Yours looks like perfection!
It is SO hard for me to make perfectly fluffy rice. Next time I will definitely be referring back to this tutorial! Love how simple and classic it is!
We always have rice in our house too. This is such a fantastic tutorial Olivia 🙂 Love all the tips, your rice looks so fluffy and perfect 🙂
We have rice almost every day… love how fluffy it looks … This is a great tutorial, Olivia… 🙂
Rice is something I’ve always stuggled to cook, it is usually too mushy or too hard, but I think I’m finally figuring how to master it these days! This is a great tutorial and I will come back to it next time I cook some rice! One of the reasons I switched to eating so much quinoa was because it was much easier to cook, but I do love to eat rice every once in a while 🙂
Awesome lesson! I have been in struggle town with my rice in recent times, it just always seems to come out glugy, even if I make it as I was trained to during my chef apprenticeship days. Ill have a crack using your recipe. Thanks heaps!
I fail at making fluffy rice on a regular basis…so I am loving this tutorial! Definitely need it.