If there's one thing everyone should learn, it's how to cook a perfect pot of rice. There are countless ways to cook rice—using a rice cooker, steamer basket, microwave, oven, or even boiling it in a ...

Long-grain white rice is not as difficult to cook on the stove as it may seem. Be sure to rinse excess starch off the rice first and remember the 2:1 water to rice ratio. After your rice is boiled, ...

Adding a bay leaf to rice gives it a subtle pine-like fragrance and herbal flavor. This method works with any rice-cooking technique, including stovetop or rice cooker. Bay leaf rice complements a ...

Cooking rice on the stove seems simple. I mean, all you need is water, a pot, a fork, and a little heat, right? Rice is famously finicky, though, and even experienced cooks have botched a batch or two ...

I cooked jasmine rice in an Instant Pot, on the stovetop, in the microwave, and in the oven. Rice I made with a stove and a pressure cooker turned out great, but it got gummy in the microwave. The ...