Rice is a universal cereal. It is combined with sweet and savory ingredients. That cereal is quite high-calorie and, therefore, very nutritious. Rice grains can be not only an excellent basis for side dishes and a variety of cereals. Delicious and healthy soups are prepared with it.
We need soup
Young housewives will certainly wonder how long to cook rice in the soup and how to do it correctly so that the cereal is cooked and the ingredients of the soup are not affected. Not every hostess who is going to cook for the first time, for example, kharcho soup, can foresee in advance what threatens a large amount of cereal added to the first dish. And meanwhile, if it is incorrect to calculate the amount of liquid, ingredients for soup and rice cereal itself, there is a good chance of getting liquid porridge instead of the first dish. Therefore, it is important to make the correct calculations and find out in advance how much to cook rice in the soup and at what stage of preparation it is necessary to introduce it into the dish.
Rice has secrets
To prepare not only tasty, but also beautiful dishes, it is necessary to take into account some nuances. The solution to this problem will entirely depend on whether the rice has already been cooked (at the time it was added to the soup) or whether it was added to the dish raw. Right now we are answering the question of how much rice needs to be cooked in the soup, so that in the end this soup remains beautiful and does not lose its taste.
Add the finished rice
First, consider the simplest way to add cereal to soup: pre-cooked cereal. This method is good for those who are afraid of spoiling the dish. In order not to worry for a long time about the question of how much to cook rice in soup, it (rice) must be boiled separately until cooked (on water) and introduced into a boiling soup before cooking is completed. Add the boiled rice porridge boiled in water to the prepared soup, and then slightly darken the dish over low heat. Do not drag out the final stage of the soup’s languishing, otherwise all the grains will become sticky and loose. Now you know how and how much to cook rice in the soup, if you had pre-cooked rice porridge (crumbly).
Raw cereal
Not always the hostess prepares cereals for soup in advance. Sometimes the desire to taste rich kharcho or meatball soup can overtake when there is no cooked friable rice porridge. How to get out of this situation in this case? How much to cook rice in the soup and what are the stages of its competent preparation for heat treatment?
Rinse
To begin with, to begin with, cereals must be washed thoroughly. This is best done in running water by placing rice in a colander or sieve with small holes. Before you think about how much rice to cook in the soup, you need to find out how long the rice needs to be washed so that the soup after cooking remains liquid, not sticky and cloudy. So, in running cold water, the product is washed until the water flowing from the rice becomes completely transparent.
If you will not wash rice in running water, then there are rules. Prepare a deep bowl and plenty of cold clean water. Pour a portion of dry cereal with water, mix it and drain the cloudy white liquid. In the process of washing, a large amount of rice flour and impurities (if they were in cereal) will be left from the cereal. On average, in order to get a good flush, you need to change (drain) the water at least three to seven times.
How to cook rice in soup
For different categories of dishes, cooking time will vary. Also, the number of minutes may vary depending on what utensils you use to prepare the dish. When answering the question how many minutes to cook rice in soup, it is necessary to remember that the time of cooking in a pan (as well as the method of cooking) and the time during which the cereal will be cooked, for example, in a slow cooker, are different.
Basic time standards
Suppose we need a soup cooked in a pot. In this case, the washed raw rice is introduced into the boiling broth before the potatoes are added there. Pour rice into the broth, boil the future soup for ten minutes (at a very moderate temperature). Then we cut the potatoes with cubes or cubes and continue cooking until the root crop is ready. During this time, the rice will reach the necessary condition, but will not have time to boil.
How much to cook rice in the soup if you are going to use a slow cooker? Here you need to remember about the features of cooking in the apparatus. First, all the products fit into the bowl, and only then the multicooker is set for the necessary program. Rice must be laid with meat and chopped potatoes. Do not forget about the rest of the ingredients. After all the products are placed in the bowl, cook the soup (and rice in it), one and a half to two hours.
The cooking time for rice in the soup for baby food will be slightly different, as well as the cooking rules. First you need to rinse the groats very well. Then the cereal must be soaked in cold water all night. During this time, the grains absorb some of the liquid and swell. We rinse them again in clean cold water - our rice is ready for further cooking.
To make soup for a young child who is already familiar with complementary foods, rice is added to the rest of the ingredients. Cooking time should be at least thirty minutes. This is the case when the cereal needs to be well cooked. After half an hour of cooking, it will reach the necessary consistency. Rice soup can be introduced into the diet of children from six months. The product is especially good when the child is overtaken by frequent problems with the intestines, due to the fact that the digestive tract is not yet used to various foods.