Wash Rice Before Cooking

[Dyang]

Do you have to wash the rice before cooking?

Do wheat and rice grow in the same climate and conditions?

What are the chances of CC without washing it first?

[AndreaB]

I've never washed my rice and hadn't even thought about that. I buy organic brown rice. Thanks for the inquiry...I will definately contact the manufacturer. It's Lundberg I buy from and it seems their other rice products are ok.

[tarnalberry]

if you get enriched rice, washing it will remove all the vitamins that have been added, fyi.

I don't rinse, but it can change the outcome of the rice slightly (more separated kernels).

[Ursa Major]

I think the chance of cc with rice are nil. Rice and wheat don't grow in the same kind of land at all. Rice paddies have to be under water for the rice to grow, while wheat grows on dry soil. There is no way they grow anywhere near each other, ever.

I never wash my rice. But of course I can't eat it now anyway, since I am intolerant to it as well (in fact, I am intolerant to all grain). It gives me very similar symptoms to gluten.

[covsooze]

I do wash my rice. I find I can stomach it better once it's been washed. No idea why, although a coeliac colleague of mine did suggest it was something to do with rinsing excess starch off

[eKatherine]

I always wash my rice, but I use Asian types, which tend to be dusty with fine starch remaining from the polishing process. If you don't wash it it can cook up very gummy.

[wolfie]

The only rice I rinse off is the brown basmati rice I buy from Trader Joe's. The package says to rinse before cooking. I have never rinsed my other brown rice (Lundberg).

[Felidae]

I have always washed my rice, but it has got nothing to to with cc or gluten or anything.

[Carriefaith]

I usually don't wash my rice, and I haven't noticed a problem.

[Fiddle-Faddle]

What is the excess starch that I have been washing off? When I was growing up, my best friend's mother (who was from Taiwan) always instructed us (when we helped in the kitchen) to wash the rice with 4 changes of water. My husband has always washed the rice in 3 changes of water, soaked the rice for half an hour, dumped the water, and added fresh before cooking.Any chance they polish the rice with something that contains gluten? (That would certainly explain rice intolerance, wouldn't it?)

[Dyang]

What is the excess starch that I have been washing off? When I was growing up, my best friend's mother (who was from Taiwan) always instructed us (when we helped in the kitchen) to wash the rice with 4 changes of water. My husband has always washed the rice in 3 changes of water, soaked the rice for half an hour, dumped the water, and added fresh before cooking.Any chance they polish the rice with something that contains gluten? (That would certainly explain rice intolerance, wouldn't it?)

Imagine if 95% of the water is poured away each wash, there would still be 5% left.

The most thorough is to use a colander, then any CC would be nil.

[chgomom]

Do you have to wash the rice before cooking?

Do wheat and rice grow in the same climate and conditions?

What are the chances of CC without washing it first?

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Actually I lived in Japan for several years and they always wash their rice, for a number of reasons.

1)Chemicals or items that could get on the rice in the packaging process

2) Dust, rinses off

3) the rice cooks better, and the washing softens the exterior

You put the given amount of rice in a bowl.....place your hand on top of the rice and fill with water till it reached just below your writst. Shake your fingers around in the rice washing it and do it till the water runs clear. Thats how I was taught by my Japanese host mother, and then when I had my own apartment my neighbors concurred.

Since they have the lowest known cancer rate for any moderized country....I take their tips to heart.

[ravenwoodglass]

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Actually I lived in Japan for several years and they always wash their rice, for a number of reasons.

1)Chemicals or items that could get on the rice in the packaging process

2) Dust, rinses off

3) the rice cooks better, and the washing softens the exterior

You put the given amount of rice in a bowl.....place your hand on top of the rice and fill with water till it reached just below your writst. Shake your fingers around in the rice washing it and do it till the water runs clear. Thats how I was taught by my Japanese host mother, and then when I had my own apartment my neighbors concurred.

Since they have the lowest known cancer rate for any moderized country....I take their tips to heart.

I always rinse my rice also in the manner you describe. One important point though - they are fast catching up in the cancer department, interestingly enough this is occuring as the abundance of Western style food is becoming more popular. Due IMHO to an increase in the amount of gluten consumed.

[eleep]

My understanding is that washing rice produces a different texture in the final, cooked product. I generally wash rice if I'm making something like sushi or another asian-type dish where the desired outcome is sticky rice. I think I've washed rice before when I made paella, but it's been a while and I can't remember.

Now that I think about it, however, there might be 101 reasons for me to wash rice regardless if I got it from the bulk food section.