Never-fail Rice

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice, or 1 cup brown basmati rice
• 2 cups water or 2 cups chicken stock
• 3 -5 saffron strands (optional)

Recipe

• 1 if you're cooking dessert rice use water.
• 2 if you're cooking side dish rice use chicken stock.
• 3 bring the liquid to a boil.
• 4 add the rice, when the liquid comes back to a boil reduce the heat to a bare simmer.
• 5 cover and simmer for 20 min.
• 6 for brown basmati rice simmer 40 min.
• 7 no peeking, you'll spoil it! if you let the heat out it changes the cooking time!
• 8 after the full 20 minutes remove from heat and fluff the rice with a fork.
• 9 a bit of saffron added at this time is a good idea for side dish rice.