3 hacks for cooking the best rice

November 28, 2017 1:43 AM

Follow these three tips and you’ll enjoy your rice more.

I can hear the trolls now.

“Why don’t you teach us how to boil water next?”

Or.

“Oh lookie here at Flannel McFlannelson with the noob skillz.”

Look, not everyone can study long and hard to become a self-proclaimed expert in all things food. Many people started out not knowing kitchen basics.

That’s why the Men's Health team made this video on how to cook rice. It’s foundational.

Follow these three tips and you’ll enjoy your rice more:

They may sound like a small step, but if you enjoy your rice more, you’ll enjoy your meals more. And if you enjoy your meals more, you’ll enjoy cooking more, and the wonderful spiral that is self-gratification is kick-started into limitless possibilities.

Oh, what’s that, Mr. Troll? This video doesn’t show me using a pan? Well guess what. All these techniques work in a pan, too. Yes, you can cook rice in a pan.

Use these techniques to make the shrimp paella, green tea-tuna sushi handrolls, and catfish burritos with pickled red onions and chipotle mayo in the new Men’s Health cookbook A Man, A Pan, A Plan.

It’s great for beginners who need a push to start cooking. It’s great for people who know their way around the kitchen, but could use a few new trusted recipes. It’s even good for trolls, troll, because I know you need to be fed, too.