Next time you make white rice and want to have a more tasty accompaniment than ever, you just have to add an ingredient. You'll see it'll make all the difference. Follow every step.
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24/08/2026
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Fazer white rice may be very basic, but not all people can do it. Hitting the spot is not always easy, it can get too cooked or even raw. However, there is a trick you can put into practice if you want to make the most tasty white rice ever. You just have to add one ingredient.
The Tasting Table website revealed the trick that will make all the difference when cooking rice. It turns out to be such a basic ingredient that you never thought it was enough to make this accompaniment full of flavor.
White rice: What to add to make tasty
This way, you just have to follow a basic white rice recipe. In the end, there is a trick that will leave it with a very different flavor and very tasty. They explain that you only have to add a few spoons of garlic butter just after the rice is cooked.
Alternatively you can also add this ingredient as soon as the rice is being cooked. They also suggest that you add this butter just before adding the water to your rice in order to gain a little more flavor.
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Whatever time you choose to add garlic butter to your rice, it will certainly taste a lot. Try this Tasting Table tip and you'll see you'll never do this follow-up any other way.
The simple trick to reduce rice calories by half
There's a trick to reducing the calories in rice by half and it couldn't be simpler. After cooking rice, take it to the fridge and reheat it, reveals the Parade site.
According to dietist Jillian Reece, quoted by the same publication, rice has a high digestible starch content, quickly decomposed and digested by the organism.
“Cooling rice allows some starch to recrystalize in a form that resists digestion. The longer the rice is cooled, ideally at least 12 to 24 hours, the more resistant starch is formed“, explains.
Since resistant starch is not so well digested in the small intestine, the amount of calories the body absorbs is reduced, adds Tracey Brigman, also dietist.
The article also states that the same applies to other starch foods such as pasta, bread and potatoes.
Rice: And not to get stuck in the pan?
Have you ever had the rice glued to the pot? It is a very common problem, but fortunately there is a simple trick to prevent this from happening. The best? All you need is lemon juice, say Tasting Table experts, quoted in Huffpost, aggregator of blogs.
Want to try it? After placing the rice and water in a pot, even before boiling, add some lemon juice and thus make sure that the rice becomes “perfect and cute consistency”.
According to experts, lemon, “in addition to preventing rice from agglomerated, makes it appear brighter and it is said that it also improves its texture”.