Perfect Microwave Rice

I've struggeling to find a way to fix steamed rice other than the stove top or rice cooker since I've been here in Beijing. I stared at this one for the longest time trying to decide if I should try it. First done in the microwave (NEVER would have thought that) and then UNCOVERED!!! Oh man am I glad I decided to give it a try. The only thing I did differant was cut the amount in half, and then followed exact including the timing and it was perfect. Nice and fluffy and perfect. Thanks so much for posting and I can truthfully say this is my new way to make rice from now on.

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I halved the recipe and it came out great. I just reduced the time a bit--8 minutes + 10 minutes. It came out nice and fluffy, which was a victory for me, the queen of sticky rice! ;-) Thanks for sharing.

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Perfect, perfect, perfect! And I didn't have any long grain rice but it still turned out perfect. Everything I've tried that you have posted has been simply great! I cooked way too much rice, but I have found sumptious ways to use it. (I too, next time, will cook less, but it was so much fun!) Someone told me years ago that rice would not work in the microwave. Ha! I've been cooking rice forever and ever atop the stove & it's never turned out better than this did. Does it work for brown rice too, do you know?

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Shockingly, this makes perfect rice (I've used it twice now with Basmati rice). No covering or stirring -- wow!! This will be a welcome recipe for people who have no stove or rice cooker! Thanks for posting Ridgely. Did you figure this out yourself? Whoever did is a genius! :)

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Yeah yeah yeah~! Nothing else needs be said. (I used "4" as medium low and it worked great!)

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This is fantastic! I was looking for an easy method for cooking rice. Daughter is going to college and she won't have a rice cooker like mom:) What a great method. I was afraid it would leave the microwave a mess, but it didn't. Yay!
Much thanks.

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This should be called Magic Rice! I don't understand why, but it worked like a charm, and made wonderful sticky rice. The only complaint is that it actually made more rice than I needed, but I see that other reviewers have halved this successfully, so I will try that next.

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I love this recipe and have used it many times with perfect rice each time. Thanks so much for sharing this one!

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Ive used this many times since finding it and it really is great. I always manage to burn stovetop rice even though I follow directions and I'm a good cook otherwise! This is AMAZING

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It was too hot to make stovetop rice for dinner, so we gave this a try. Turned out great! Actually, my teenager cooked the rice. Easy instructions, great results w/out heating up the house. Thank you.

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Easy, perfect rice every time!

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I love this recipe! Makes great rice and I don't have to dirty another pot! :)

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This turned out delicious and perfect. I also halved the recipe since we were just two of us. I was really amazed that it turned out as perfect as it did. First time trying to make rice this way, I usually use my electric rice cooker. I had used chicken broth and not water and added about a Tbs. of parsley and I didn't feel the need for any salt. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing your recipe, will definitely be doing it this way again.

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Worked perfectly! I followed the recipe as written. We used half for dinner and I froze the other half. Made for Fall PAC 2009.

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Lovely! It DOES make perfect rice. Thanks for posting. I'll use this method often.

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Well, it works amazingly! The first time I made this recipe, I tried to halve it, which was not particularly successful. This time I followed directions, except that I added about 1/3 cup water before the second round of microwaving, and it worked fantastically. Incidentally, I used basmati rice (un-rinsed!), which worked very well in the place of the regular long grain rice.

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Yes, this really does work. I used some homemade turkey stock that I had in the freezer which made this rice very flavorful.

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I made your microwave rice recipe for my dinner tonight and was I impressed. I've always had good results with the "OLD" method but I thought, what the heck, I'll try it this way and I'm so glad I did. I made brown rice, just my preference, and it was perfect.I didn't have a problem with it boiling over, it was not clumped up, well, it was perfect.!! Of course I had way too much but I put it the freezer, so no problem. Thanks, Ridgely. It's a keeper. I'll never go back to my old way again.

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This is very similar to the method I use and have been using for several years now. The rice comes out nice and tender. Very easy and a nice choice when you don't have a rice cooker handy and frees up a burner on your stovetop.

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This was awesome! It turned out perfect. There was alot left over so next time I will only make 1/2. I will be making this often because it is so easy! Thanks!

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