To wash rice or not

[georgevan]

I just read that washing rice strips away the nutrients. I always washed my rice but am wondering now if I should in the future. Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[taxlady]

If you are using enriched white rice, you can rinse off the nutrients that have been dusted onto the rice. It should say on the package not to wash the rice.

I use brown rice, usually brown basmati rice. I wash my rice. I don't lose nutrients that way. I wash it because I get a small band of cooked on scum in the pot if I don't wash it first. i figure that grey scum is dirt.

 

[georgevan]

II use white bistami

 

[blissful]

How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels | NutritionFacts.org

Boiling rice like pasta reduces arsenic levels, but how much nutrition is lost?

nutritionfacts.org

The above video talks about washing white and brown rice, it also talks about cooking methods for white and brown rice. Talks about vitamins and arsenic.
Buy rice that is not grown in soil with arsenic. California rice, Lundburg rice, are good bets.

 

[dragnlaw]

Lol, bliss, I've never seen a bag of rice that says "not grown in soil with arsenic"

 

[Badjak]

I sometimes wash rice and sometimes I don't.
Weevils can be a problem. If they are there, I wash.

 

[GotGarlic]

I never rinse rice because I like sticky rice.

 

[caseydog]

I rinse my rice. It is Texas rice, so it's going to kill me soon... or at least that's what "they" say.

CD

 

[dragnlaw]

Like GG, I like sticky rice. But yes, I do sometimes rinse rice before cooking. Depends on my mood and what I want it for.

 

[Linda0818]

I never wash my rice. No reason other than I just don't care to take the extra step.

 

[caseydog]

Like GG, I like sticky rice. But yes, I do sometimes rinse rice before cooking. Depends on my mood and what I want it for.

I generally don't make sticky rice, but I can't stand "al dente" rice. The Texas long grain rice I use is hard to make sticky, unless you cook it badly... which I've done from time to time.

CD

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I rinse my rice. It is Texas rice, so it's going to kill me soon... or at least that's what "they" say.

CD

R.I.P. Casey Dog.

White rice I rinse until the water runs clear. Brown rice, no. In most cases, I prefer brown rice.

If I want sticky rice I will use rice that comes out sticky, such as Cal Rose.

 

[CharlieD]

I think it depends on what the end result you are looking for. That is why there so many different kids of rice too.