Can you re-heat rice?

I have been reheating rice for a long time. As you said it's hard to cook a small amount. I cook it until it's almost done then freeze what I don't think I'll use and finish cooking what I will use. I do the same thing with pastas. Rice is frozen for microwave or TV dinners all the time. The same with pastas. I don't like to freeze my pastas with any sauce because it soaks it up and then when reheated it's too soft and dry.

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I typically don't reheat old rice, but what I do is cook it in fried rice. It is easy to make, and takes care of day old rice! I open it up for all veggies, but there are many great online recipes for variations on standards fried rice. You also do not need to have a wok to do so either. Any large pan can be used.

My suggestion though is to invest in a rice cooker. This way you get exactly the amount of rice you want for the meal, and it cooks perfectly. I've had one for years now and wouldn't go back to rice the old fashioned way unless I had to.

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Why not?! But I feel that if the reheating if rice is not tasty. I like to think of rice, fgg and friend pieces of meat into the wokyears, so that extremely dilicious.

Your friend is very wrong. I usually cook for just myself and I deliberately cook too much rice. I can then have rice the next day and use up my leftover vegetables and meat. I freeze the remainder of the rice so I can always have it on hand. So many recipes call for cooked rice so it makes it so much faster to do the dish if I already have the rice cooked.

I have the same problem. I always cook to much. I have never saved it I always give the rest to the dogs because rice is good for them. I dont see why you couldnt save it and use it again tomorrow. I wouldnt let it stay in the fridge cooked for more than a day though I would imagine it would get soggy.


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I've reheated rice for about as long as I can remember. I remember when I was a child and we'd have rice for dinner, my mother would refridgerate the left over rice and then the following morning she would heat it up with milk, sugar and raisins and make breakfast for us. In our home, however, we eat a lot of rice and when we have left over I will refridgerate it until the next time that we are having a meal with rice. The taste of it doesn't change and I just hate to waste food.

Sure rice can be reheated. If I am going to use the rise the very next day. I place on the first shelf of the refrigerator in a bowl not the colander. If kept in colander the bottom of rice gets hardened.
If I need in 2-4 days I place in the freezing compartment,then on removing immediately to microwave a reheat for 15-20 mins. If unfrozen about 5-10 mins.

My mother told me a trick she saw done- if the rice is not sufficient and you are preparing more then when the set inthe pot is almost done just add the older set in and strain.I have never tried it however but does make sense.

I almost always reheat rice if I have too much. I actually find that it doesn't get soggy... it gets dry. So to prevent the dryness, I get less than a teaspoon of water and sprinkle it over the rice before I heat it up. It helps re-steam the rice in the microwave if that makes sense. Or I fry it up with some soy sauce and egg to make fried rice. Either way, rice is totally reheat-able!

Yes, you can re-heat rice. I always put the extra in a zip bag and re-heat it in the micro. If too dry add a little water to bring back the moisture.

Yes, Of course, You can.
When you reheat rice, you can add some water and some salt and boil it for few minutes until the water boils. And then you can drain the water.
This rice reheated with salt will stay for a long time without getting spoiled.
You can try.