How To: Make Rice on the Stove

Due to my family being from the Pacific Islands, I grew up eating rice. Tons and tons of it to be exact. My mother wasn’t into the rice cooker phenomena and always made ours on the stovetop.

She always made her rice plain, with just water and no added ingredients. However, the difference between my mother’s way of cooking and mine is that I like to spice things up a bit! Ok…a lot. I like to spice things up a lot. I chose to add chicken broth into the mix, along with salt and butter.

This is the way our family makes rice and will continue to make it this way from now until well…forever. I suppose you can use a rice cooker to make it this way, however, I really enjoy the simplicity of using just a normal pot on a normal stove.

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First, you are going to take 2 cups of rice and wash them inside a sifter. This is just to make sure there aren’t any fragments, pieces, or other dirt/debris that can be associated with prepackaging. We use Jasmine rice. However, you can use whatever brand of rice you prefer. Place the wet rice in a bowl and set aside.

Place your 2 cups of chicken stock and 2 cups of water into a pot and bring them to a boil on the stove. Make sure the pot you choose is big enough to hold 4 cups of rice.

Stir, stir, stir until well combined…then place a lid on that baby and turn your heat down to low-medium.