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Stovetop Rice

Perfect fluffy rice without a rice cooker or anything fancy. Just a pot.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Hispanic
Calories: 406

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup white rice we prefer Jasmine rice
  • 1 ½ cup water
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ¼ tbsp salt or to taste

Equipment

  • 1 pot with lid

Method
 

  1. Rinse 1 cup white rice. We like to wash our rice until the water runs clear. This gets rid of the starches and makes the rice stickier.
  2. Chop 3 cloves garlic.
  3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in pan on medium heat. Once oil is hot add chopped garlic.
  4. Cook garlic for less than 1 minute making sure it doesn't burn.
  5. Add rice and mix it in with the garlic and oil.
  6. Add 1 ½ cup water, ¼ tbsp salt and cover.
  7. Once water is boiling - set to low heat and do not remove cover for 20 minutes.
  8. After 20 minutes remove from heat and serve.