I have a small rice dilema. I cook my rice the night before and its great all cooked an soft and looking like rice should. Then i let it cool and pop it in 2 tubs and shove it in the fridge overnight. The next day its all crispy! What is a boy to do to keep it nice?
I use basmati rice as i just cant eat brown rice it gives me terrible stomach probs. Basmati is medium gi and i eat it with chicken so this is my rice of choice.
Help!

as its starchy theres not much you can do, as far as I know?

I do know that you can put it in water (hot) for a few minutes and then strain, drain and eat it.

Unless anyone else has any tricks?

crispy? wtf are you doing to it? lol I used basmati rice and mine is fine the next day. I dont let mine cool down before it goes in fridge though, I think then the steam may be keeping it moist?

A guy i know who was in the army said that if you urinate on it it softens back up,wouldnt recommend it though,yellow rice not good.

I have no idea what im doing wrong! It really nice freshly cooked but went crispy the next day. Nrage i will try your idea and put in a tad more water when for the next day

You gotta let it cool down before it goes in the fridge,improper cooling and storage of rice is (according to muscle&fitness)the second biggest cause of food poisoning after chicken(salmonella).Dunno if this is true though mate.

oh well maybe i will add some more water before i let it coll so it doesnt go crispy

I leave mine out for a good couple of hours before going in the fridge and it's fine next day.

Have you tried wholegrain as opposed to brown?

Much better to eat and actually has more fibre.

Alex wrote:I leave mine out for a good couple of hours before going in the fridge and it's fine next day.

Have you tried wholegrain as opposed to brown?

Much better to eat and actually has more fibre.

now that stuff is nasty! bloody good for you..but nasty!

using micro wave basmati today which is pretty good but id rather do it properly. I will experiment at the weekend!

kp1512 wrote:

Alex wrote:I leave mine out for a good couple of hours before going in the fridge and it's fine next day.

Have you tried wholegrain as opposed to brown?

Much better to eat and actually has more fibre.

now that stuff is nasty! bloody good for you..but nasty!

Tastes better than brown. Is my main carb source.

SCOTT GALTON wrote:using micro wave basmati today which is pretty good but id rather do it properly. I will experiment at the weekend!

Scott, buy a microwave rice cooker.

Is how I cook my rice rather than using a pan and boiling.

SCOTT GALTON wrote:using micro wave basmati today which is pretty good but id rather do it properly. I will experiment at the weekend!

Your obviously just a naff cook! lol

Good one Alex i will be getting one of those. I have always struggled with rice. I can make a good roast dinner and loads of other stuff but i always do rice wrong!

SCOTT GALTON wrote:Good one Alex i will be getting one of those. I have always struggled with rice. I can make a good roast dinner and loads of other stuff but i always do rice wrong!

So easy mate. Pour boiling water and rice in the thing and zap it for 10-15mins.

Alex wrote:

SCOTT GALTON wrote:Good one Alex i will be getting one of those. I have always struggled with rice. I can make a good roast dinner and loads of other stuff but i always do rice wrong!

So easy mate. Pour boiling water and rice in the thing and zap it for 10-15mins.

any links to a rice thingymabob for the microwave alex. never seen one before.

i hardly ever bother with rice becuase of the mess the stuff makes and its a pain in the arse to boil. takes ages

dont forget the steamer as well....totally awesome bit of kit

Let Auntie Delia help http://www.deliaonline.com/cookery-scho ... ,1,AR.html

Get rid of the ecess starch by rinsing it through with boiling water after cooking, then put it into sealed container whilst it's still steaming with tiny amount of dripping water, this will keep it moist. let it cool naturally then place in fridge to avoid food poisoning. (|as Jake said, just behind chicken in the risky stakes! that and potatoes is the only thing I have to worry about when it comes to food poisoning!)

do you then micro the rice when you need to eat it? or just eat cold?