HOW TO COOK WILD RICE SUCCESSFULLY

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This is off the web from a chef's forum... but we totally agree on this method

as it turns out great this way.

 

" I have had to learn how to cook wild rice for a very discerning palette. (the

boss).

 

When I worked for the French chef in D.C. we simply cooked the rice on the top

of the stove for 45 minutes or so. I did not like it's consistency because it

tasted crunchy.

 

Wild rice indeed has a recipe for an exact amount of water AND an exact amount

of time, if done the following way:

 

Place 1 cup of wild rice in the top of a double boiler. Fill with warm water

enough to cover the rice and allow to sit for 1 hour.

 

Next....drain the water and add 2 1/2 cups of hot chicken stock, some chopped

shallots, a little chopped garlic, a 1 tablespoon of butter, S/P. I add hot

water to the bottom of the double boiler, cover and place on the stovetop on low

for 2 1/2 hours.

 

Now, please remember that wild rice is not rice at all but grass seed. To this

end not everybody can accept the crunchiness of the shell casings and therefore

enjoy their wild rice a little more cooked then one might usually do.

 

The 2 1/2 hours results in a rice seed that has completely opened and fluffed. "

 

Wild rice always takes longer to get done to where it's not too crunchy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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