How to cook brown rice

Everyone should know how to cook rice. Most cuisines of the world are cooking rice in one way or another — from sushi to arroz con pollo, rice puddings to paella, and dolmas to dirty rice and jambalaya.

We're also drinking our fair share of rice — in sake, horchata, rice milk, and even beer. All told, we humans get more than 20 percent of our calories from this small but mighty grain.

There are many varieties of rice: white rice, brown rice, short-grain rice, long-grain rice; and different ways to cook rice: stovetop, rice cooker, multi-cooker (Instant Pot), microwave, and oven-baked.

How to cook white rice on stove

Here's an overview of the many different varieties of rice you can buy, along with tips for how to cook different kinds of rice so it turns out perfectly every time.

Know Your Rice

There are three basic kinds of rice: short-grain, long-grain, and medium-grain.

Among them you'll find hundreds of different varieties.

• Short-grain rice is rounded and plump, with a high starch content that makes the grains stick together when cooked, especially if the rice has been
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