# Tenderizing Rice
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004 "2008-08-06T06:04:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/1 "2008-08-06T06:04:16Z")
I think I used a little less liquid than I should have in the rice I made. It was OK, but a while later after putting it in the fridge, I was wondering if I could heat it up in the oven with a little broth so I can absorb the liquid (in effect recooking the rice). Will this work?
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/2 "2008-08-06T06:07:06Z")
You’ll end up with mushier-than-normal rce, but yeah.
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### Author:  [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/3 "2008-08-06T19:38:38Z")
You could do that.
What I do to freshen up rice that’s been in the fridge and dried out a bit, is put it in a fine-mesh colander/strainer and steam it over a pot of boiling water. Not sure if that would work with rice that was originally undercooked.
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### Author:  [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/4 "2008-08-06T19:48:23Z")
Or you could put it into a pot of boiling water for a few minutes, then put it into a colander to drain off the excess water.
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### Author:  [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/5 "2008-08-06T21:59:11Z")
Rice is cheap. Seems like a lot of trouble when you could just make more rice and cook it properly. Unless we’re talking about a huge quantity here.
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### Author:  [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/6 "2008-08-06T23:01:34Z")
Make fried rice.
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### Author:  [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/7 "2008-08-07T03:50:26Z")
Dump a serving of rice into a bowl and lid with a plate on top. Nuke. If the rice’s too old, add – literally – a few drops of water.
This results in fairly revitalized rice, IME.
There are also microwave rice steamers that can cook/reheat rice nicely, but my method of bowl + plate seems to work well enough that I’m not really interested in buying another kitchen gadget.
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### Author:  [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/8 "2008-08-07T15:24:08Z")
Well, Condaleeza like reds, so I’d start with a bottle of good shiraz with dinner. A cocktail later in the evening, and an egg-white omlette in the morning if you get lucky.
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tenderizing-rice/459004/9 "2008-08-07T18:34:19Z")
[QUOTE=vison]
Make fried rice.
[/QUOTE]
Thread over, only good idea so far.