How To Cook Thai Red Rice. Put dry rice into a bowl and fill with tap water. Then, rinse rice and discard the soaking water. In a pot, heat oil over high heat and add rice.
Cover with a lid and bring to a boil.
Thai red rice (O. sativa), also known as red cargo rice, is a long-grain variety with dark red bran and sweet, nutty flavor.
When combining red rice with other varieties of rice, keep in mind that the cook times may be different.
You can have How To Cook Thai Red Rice using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of How To Cook Thai Red Rice
- It's of thai red rice.
- You need of water (please don't use the soaking water!).
- You need of salt (or to taste).
- It's of oil.
Cook white rice and red rice separately before you mix them together. Extra Notes on Cooking Red Rice. If you want to know how to cook perfect rice on the stove top, check out this video How to cook perfect Thai jasmine rice without a rice cooker. How it's really made in Thailand.
How To Cook Thai Red Rice step by step
- Put dry rice into a bowl and fill with tap water. Let soak for an hour.
- Then, rinse rice and discard the soaking water.
- In a pot, heat oil over high heat and add rice. Fry for a minute.
- Then add 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil (covered partially with a lid).
- Then add salt, cover and cook until rice is soft (it should take up to 45 minutes but mine took only 28) and all liquid is absorbed. If liquid is absorbed but rice isn't cooked, feel free to add more water.
- Take off heat but keep covered for 10 minutes.
- I serve my rice with this :) Enjoy! https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/339479-easy-leek-and-bacon-red-rice.
Also, cooked red rice is not as tender as milled jasmine rice that I was used to. So, I started out with just a handful of red rice mixed with jasmine rice. Thai red rice is often times called "red cargo rice". It's best to soak it for a bit before cooking, some may say cook it a little longer than white rice as it takes longer to cook cause of the hull. When cooked, this type of rice has a nutty smell (unlike Jasmine rice which has a somewhat floral smell).