If you’ve mastered a handful of challenging recipes but still haven’t figured out how to cook rice without burning it, don’t be embarrassed because you’re not alone. One way to solve this issue is to get a rice cooker, but if that’s not an investment you’re prepared for, these tips should help too.
Practice Makes Perfect
Here’s the truth: you can Google the right ratios for rice to water as much as you want, but there are still so many factors that might make them inaccurate. From the brand of rice you use, to your stove, to your pot, to the weather, so many things can change how much water you need to include per cup of rice.
So the best way to dial in the correct proportions is to go through trial and error. As long as you stick to the same brand of rice, burner, and pot in the future, you’ll eventually figure out the right ratio.
Trust the Simmer
One of the reasons people’s rice tends to burn might sound obvious: their temperature is simply too high. The reason for this is that they worry that if they turn the heat down too low after the rice boils, it won’t cook right. But trust us when we say that it will. So go ahead and turn your burner down so your rice cooks at a true simmer.
