Comments on: How to Make Perfect Korean Steamed Rice (Step. 3 : How to soak and cook the rice) http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/ A Practical Guide to Korean Food and Korean Fusion Food Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:14:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Kat http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4267 Kat Fri, 25 May 2007 10:30:52 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4267 I am so thankful for my rice cooker, but if I had to do it with the stove, I think I could do it using your tips! Thanks! I am so thankful for my rice cooker, but if I had to do it with the stove, I think I could do it using your tips! Thanks!

]]> By: Jeff D http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4269 Jeff D Fri, 25 May 2007 14:31:56 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4269 I love the knuckle method, but I think my hand is wider than most of my pots. I'm going to have to stick to a rice cooker as well! I love the knuckle method, but I think my hand is wider than most of my pots. I’m going to have to stick to a rice cooker as well!

]]> By: simcooks http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4270 simcooks Fri, 25 May 2007 14:43:54 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4270 I've heard about the knuckle method but like Jeff, my hands are wider than my rice cooker pot, so I'll just estimate about 1cm of water above the rice for whatever volume of rice I add to the rice cooker pot. :) I’ve heard about the knuckle method but like Jeff, my hands are wider than my rice cooker pot, so I’ll just estimate about 1cm of water above the rice for whatever volume of rice I add to the rice cooker pot. :)

]]> By: Gdog http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4271 Gdog Fri, 25 May 2007 15:54:20 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4271 The "knuckle" method words like a charm, my grandma taught me well! The “knuckle” method words like a charm, my grandma taught me well!

]]> By: darlene http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4272 darlene Fri, 25 May 2007 16:06:50 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4272 I use a similar method to the knuckle method (good for people with big hands). Stick the index finger on the surface of the rice (make sure it's uniformly flat) and bring the water level up to the first joint. It works every time with every kind of rice I've ever cooked! I use a similar method to the knuckle method (good for people with big hands). Stick the index finger on the surface of the rice (make sure it’s uniformly flat) and bring the water level up to the first joint. It works every time with every kind of rice I’ve ever cooked!

]]> By: Kyon http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4274 Kyon Fri, 25 May 2007 18:40:36 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4274 My Aunt taught me the knuckle method. My mom taught me how to cook rice,on the stove, when I was very young and she told me to always rinse the rice. My Aunt taught me the knuckle method. My mom taught me how to cook rice,on the stove, when I was very young and she told me to always rinse the rice.

]]> By: jorgebob http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4276 jorgebob Sat, 26 May 2007 00:35:58 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4276 I've been told that much of the Japanese and Korean types of rice grown and sold in the US doesn't have rice bran coating it but corn starch instead. You still need to wash the rice, as far as I'm concerned, except for (supposedly) the new musenmai type that claims that no washing is needed. I’ve been told that much of the Japanese and Korean types of rice grown and sold in the US doesn’t have rice bran coating it but corn starch instead. You still need to wash the rice, as far as I’m concerned, except for (supposedly) the new musenmai type that claims that no washing is needed.

]]> By: Jeanne http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4290 Jeanne Sat, 26 May 2007 17:15:35 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4290 Thank you for this great blog!! My kids and I just returned from Korea and I was determined to make authentic Jajangmyun, not that stuff from the packet. Thanks for the great recipe. I will stop back often. Thank you for this great blog!! My kids and I just returned from Korea and I was determined to make authentic Jajangmyun, not that stuff from the packet.

Thanks for the great recipe. I will stop back often.

]]> By: Steamy Kitchen http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4294 Steamy Kitchen Sat, 26 May 2007 19:54:27 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4294 I've been so spoiled with a rice cooker all my life that my friends were shocked, beyond speech that I had to look up how to cook rice on stovetop!!!! I’ve been so spoiled with a rice cooker all my life that my friends were shocked, beyond speech that I had to look up how to cook rice on stovetop!!!!

]]> By: ZenKimchi http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4340 ZenKimchi Tue, 29 May 2007 05:04:53 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-4340 Eun Jeong taught me the knuckle method. Yet my hands are way too big for the rice cooker, so I use the "inverse knuckle" method, where I turn my hand knuckles down and see if the water goes above my fingers. And, yeah, *I* had to teach her how to cook rice on the stove top. Eun Jeong taught me the knuckle method. Yet my hands are way too big for the rice cooker, so I use the “inverse knuckle” method, where I turn my hand knuckles down and see if the water goes above my fingers.

And, yeah, *I* had to teach her how to cook rice on the stove top.

]]> By: BC http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-5949 BC Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:17:14 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-5949 My mother taught me this method, and it works every time. Pull all the rice to one side of the pot. Then fill the other half with water to the same level as the rice. No knuckles, no hands, nothing. easy. My mother taught me this method, and it works every time. Pull all the rice to one side of the pot. Then fill the other half with water to the same level as the rice. No knuckles, no hands, nothing. easy.

]]> By: MutaKu http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-6473 MutaKu Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:51:51 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-6473 Ah~ I always use the 1.5 times method, using the rice measurement bowl. But sometimes the bottom part burned. :O I never know we must soak the rice first...I always rinse, rinse, put on the rice cooker, push button, and wait. Rice never met stove in my life. Thanks for all the tips~ I'll start using them ^^ Ah~ I always use the 1.5 times method, using the rice measurement bowl. But sometimes the bottom part burned. :O

I never know we must soak the rice first…I always rinse, rinse, put on the rice cooker, push button, and wait. Rice never met stove in my life.

Thanks for all the tips~ I’ll start using them ^^

]]> By: SN http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-6531 SN Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:01:41 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-6531 A Korean friend of mine showed me the knuckle method, too, and ever since I have used it, my rice comes out just fine! Also, I rinse the rice in a fine-meshed sieve under running water, swishing it around with my hands a few times until the water runs almost clear. A Korean friend of mine showed me the knuckle method, too, and ever since I have used it, my rice comes out just fine! Also, I rinse the rice in a fine-meshed sieve under running water, swishing it around with my hands a few times until the water runs almost clear.

]]> By: David http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-8709 David Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:34:28 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-8709 This is a great tutorial. Thanks! I never washed my rice that much but will start~~ This is a great tutorial. Thanks!

I never washed my rice that much but will start~~

]]> By: Jasmine* http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-12364 Jasmine* Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:17:19 +0000 http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/05/25/how-to-make-perfect-korean-steamed-rice-step-3-how-to-soak-and-cook-the-rice/#comment-12364 This is amazing!! I mean i just love ur site..the pictures and everything are so fine ^^ This is amazing!!
I mean i just love ur site..the pictures and everything are so fine ^^

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