Make Rice To Go With Lemon Pepper Chicken

Properly cooked rice will complement almost any dish.

Steamed white rice that is cooked just right, neither undercooked nor overcooked, enhances the overall look and taste of your lemon pepper chicken dish. While it may be easier to use a rice cooker to cook rice perfectly, it is not necessary. The right ratio of rice to water, however, is essential in cooking up a nice bowl of steamed white rice. Just as important as the amount of water to rice is the preparation of the rice before cooking.

Instructions

1. Add 1 cup rice to the deep bowl. Place the deep bowl with the rice under your kitchen faucet and fill it with cold water. Once the bowl is full, stir the rice gently with your fingers. The water should start to get murky white. Pour the murky water out slowly being careful not to lose any grains of rice. Continue this process until the water is no longer murky after you stir the rice with your fingers. You want the water to remain clear.

2. Fill the bowl with the rice in it with cold water from your kitchen faucet. Cover with the bowl's lid. Set the bowl aside and let the rice soak in the water for 30 minutes.

3. Pour the water out of the bowl. Do your best to drain as much water from the rice as possible.

4. Place the rice in your heavy-gauge saucepan. Add 1 1/2 cups of water to the saucepan. Place the saucepan lid on top making sure it fits tightly, and set the heat to medium. Standby until the water begins to boil. Turn the heat down to the very low setting and let the rice cook for 20 minutes.

5. Turn the heat off. Do not remove the lid. Let the rice sit in the saucepan with the lid on for 10 minutes.

6. Uncover the saucepan and lightly fluff the rice with a pair of chopsticks. Each individual grain of rice should be cooked to perfection. It should be neither undercooked nor overcooked.

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