There are reasons for cooked rice that tastes good.
We often hear problems with cooking rice in spite of the same water quantity and time for immersion into water as usual, including unevenness in the quality, becoming soggy, forming lumps and being sticky.
There are many reasons for imperfectly cooked rice, including the quality of rice, washing rice, immersion into water, the quantity of water, and the quantity of rice appropriate for the size of a rice cooker; that is, the key factors are rice, water and heat. Adjusting these factors with balance is required for cooking good rice.
For cooking good rice, you should pay attention to the three factors as follows:
For cooking good rice, it is important to adjust rice, water and heat.
Please refer to the specific explanations about the conditions of them on the following pages.
We hope those pages will help the food service industry succeed in cooking rice perfectly.
About Rice
Difference between new rice and old one, differences caused by the properties and conditions of rice, etc.
- About Rice
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Cooked rice differs depending on the difference between new rice and old one and/or those caused by the properties and conditions of rice in spite of being cooked under similar conditions. Please see the explanations on the conditions and key points for cooking rice perfectly.
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About Water
Points to be kept in mind in adjusting the quantity of water and the time for immersing rice into water
- Adjustment of Water Quantity and Time for Immersing Rice into Water
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Please see the explanations about the conditions necessary for cooking good rice whose grains are fluffy with no hard core, in terms of the effects of differences in the quantity of water and the time for immersing rice into water, as well as how to adjust them.
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About Fire
Differences caused by rice cookers, such as ones for commercial use, gas ones and electric ones, and continuous automatic rice cooking, etc.
- Rice Cookers for Commercial Use
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- Continuous Automatic Rice Cooking
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Problems after Cooking Rice
Even if rice is cooked perfectly, the nice taste may be lost depending on the conditions after that. The major causes are "deterioration (aging)" and "growth of bacteria".
