I like Minute Rice

I haven’t read all 100 posts, but I like Minute Rice too. It’s quick, easy, and tastes good. Not much else to say about it!

I’m a rice snob. My Zojirushi rice maker sits on my counter, not in my pantry, as it gets used quite frequently. I put Aji Nori Furikake on my white rice and eat it as is. I like to believe that I can produce “Wok hei” when stir frying. TLDR, I thought I knew my rice.

Your linked rice is the best rice I’ve ever eaten in my life.

While their recipe is a bit flexible, I use chicken stock as my liquid and butter or bacon grease as my fat. Much like arborio, the rice generates its own sauce, but a complex one (I leave it pretty wet). I just made it again tonight with some salmon and my wife loves it as well. She still thinks a truffle/mushroom risotto at our favorite restaurant is better, but that costs over $30 for a plate. The wild blend is now her second favorite.

So huge thanks for the heads up! I’m stocked for quite a while now.

ETA: I only like minute rice if mixed with butter and sugar. I’m pretty sure I only like that as it tastes like childhood.

I stand in awe! It sounds like you could definitely teach an advanced course in rice preparation! :slight_smile:

I’ve never eaten Minute Rice, but it is consistently in the top 20 items requested by clients of the food pantry I volunteer at.

Well, it’s nutritious, relatively cheap, and easy to prepare. A good staple!

I’m not slagging it off, it’s just that we are a basmati, jasmine and sticky rice family. Sometimes Arborio.

We currently stock basmati and jasmine. But i think we need to branch out into sticky rice.

Ditto, I shoot for 10 pound bags (and $1/lb or less fwiw) on those which seems to hit the right balance of cost, portability, and my inventory turnover comfort. I’ve never had the pantry moth or rodent problems some people report but new sacks of grain every couple months seems like a good practice.

I’ve had both rodent and moth problems. Storing everything in separate containers that are hard for rodents and moths to get into is the solution. Then you just lose one or two items (with moths, often the item that arrived with eggs in it) and you can deal with the pests and restock those few items.

Just noticed this thread. Since there is only me to cook for, I have gotten very fond of the individual microwavable rice servings, or those 90 seconds rice packs. I don’t have to try to think of something to do with the leftover rice done the old fashioned way, and it seems wasteful to have to throw the leftovers away. Smaller portions and convenience outweigh all the other factors.

I just wanted it out there for all that your favorite rice is indeed the absolute bomb.