how to make PERFECT SUSHI RICE with NO RICE COOKER

[@r.a.3640]

A lil reminder: The starchy water from washing the rice is perfect for watering your plants!! So you can reduce the amount of wasted water :))

[@jeese1914]

Big brain life hack

[@annoyboyPictures]

@@eduardofcgo No Water is Wasted to Grow Rice... Rice Paddy Fields are irrigated from nearby Rivers or lakes, the water used makes all the plant life around the fields bloom too...

[@4tchilling956]

I was expecting you to say that starchy water do something good to the plants lol dude wtf How so many people liked your useless comment Just say don’t waste water then

[@mikelm6198]

U can also add sugar and some spices and make ur self some horchata

[@andreandrews6237]

@@4tchilling956 what? starchy water carries extra nutrients which is good for the plants... that's the point. What are you talking about lol

[@VitoriaSantos-eb7dc]

I spent years trying to make decent sushi rice, it never ended up quite right. Tried this recipe and it turned out perfect on the FIRST TRY T-T Thank you. I'm mad this is the first time I see this channel!!!!! I watched a bunch of other videos and they're all great

[@jeffreyherring3097]

Works perfectly! I made onigiri for the first time and they were everything I hoped they’d be. Thank you so much!

[@MichaelJones-be2ke]

Did this method twice. Worked perfectly both times!!!! Thanks so much.

[@ElectrikCandies]

Holy..... It worked. I can't believe it at all. I've tried SO many times and failed miserably. With and without a rice cooker. It always came out mushy and disgusting. I'm still in shock. Thank you so much! I think the key is really in the amount of water and the towel absorbing the excess evaporation.

[@krazysamii]

I did this tonight. It was my first time making this rice and it came out PERFECT! THANK YOU

[@howward4071]

I always enjoy watching people's takes on cooking rice. For a cup of rice I use 1 1/2 cups water, no rinsing, teaspoon of salt, 18 mins. Never sticky...always fluffy....perfect. I did leave out a critical step. I first toast the rice in a bit of oil until it becomes opaque. That is a common thing in some rice preparations.

[@mattiasjacobsen1208]

You should always rinse your rice before cooking, gets rid of any potential dirt and like said in the video, removes unnecessary starch

[@tuesdaychessen8211]

yea you need to be washing your rice or that’s just gross and not proper sushi rice

[@tuesdaychessen8211]

your rice is supposed to be stick, it’s sushi rice

[@rosaleehernandez5345]

Yeah I never understand how the finger trick could work when everyone’s finger length is different and every pot is a different size

[@Onomisan]

It's a rule of index if u know what I mean

[@ytreece]

But yet it does somehow work for me!

[@CerpinTxt87]

Yeah I did the finger trick once and ended up with gloopy rice. Its not any more effort to measure the water anyway. I don't see what the big deal is. Disregard Asians - measure the water.

[@lozoft9]

Every pot is a different size but that doesn’t matter. As long as the sides are relatively flat, the ratio of the depth of rice to the depth of water is the same b/c the rice displaces the water.

[@janem3575]

I concur. When i stoppped using that method, my cooked rice was less mushy. My fingers are shorter than my sisters', so this technique doesn't always work. He said it himself, he's cup measured then tested it with his finger. They'tr not equivalent for him. If finger measure works for you, do it. If knuckle measure works for you, do it. I think the knuckle measure is most inaccurate, peoples' hands vary greatly in thickness

[@stevewashington2158]

Best cooking channel by far!! I found you last week and since then I've been cooking for 3 people working my way through your recipes thanks man!!!

[@JohnHausser]

Yep ! I discovered him one year ago! One of my favourite cooking channels! I tried most of his pasta recipes! So delicious

[@desssm]

After years of rice burning on the bottom or with the wrong consistency...it turned out perfect! Thank you!

[@Asedfernas]

I love how you explained things so calmly and clearly

[@honeyandfrancy]

Your channel is just the best! I follow a whole lot of cooking channels and for quite some time yours has been one of my favorites! I trust ur tips and techniques and have never been disappointed. I even bought the knife you always use in your videos and it changed my cutting skills!! I usually dont like rice cause it is just too mushy - Will try it this way for sure! Keep up the good work!

[@lilypanoussi6488]

This was great! Thank you! I've been so sick of having the water spill and making a mess. This was easy, quick, and most importantly my stove was very clean! Wonderful rice too!

[@natalielombardi1738]

I don't know how this channel doesn't have a million subscribers! I only come to you for cooking tips! Best channel I've subscribed to

[@Runningfromtheherd]

All in good time.

[@JohnHausser]

The most underrated cooking channel

[@charleyb8423]

mORE INTERACTION FROM HIM WITH THE COMMENTATORS WOULD CERTAINLY HELP.

[@tomatoe308]

it does now

[@bran9730]

Made rice for 40plus ppl this way....they love it! It was delicious!!!! Thank you.

[@paulinacascella6744]

ILY man this worked perfectly. First time I cooked decent sushi rice, thank you so much for sharing this method

[@NekoWitch]

I'm cooking sushi rice for the first time now. I don't have a clean towel for this, but I've used foil before to cook rice the latin way and it works out pretty good to seal steam under the lid. If this doesn't works for this kind of rice, I'll go buy a new kitchen towel to try this way.

[@MIngegneri]

Just made this, came out perfect. I added lime juice and lime zest over creamy chipotle shrimp, perfect pairing :)

[@syauqilvatich6880]

Uncle Roger need to see this

[@redheron]

Hai yaahhhhh

[@bledonbinaku8821]

Lol 😂😂

[@DanliciousFood]

He definitely does when the fried rice recipe comes out, but not sure how he'll like short grain in it! Will be on the lookout for MSG!

[@SpahSappinMahSentry1]

I read this comment in Uncle Roger's voice

[@johnvincentsimbulan505]

I wanna see uncle roger reaction to this

[@LeeRouland]

I do not cook much of rice. Using the towel method the rice turned out perfectly. I believe I will be cooking a lot more rice using this method. Thank you.

[@mukkaar]

I'm lazy so poke bowls have become my favorite meal. This recipe really helped to make it nice and I didn't have to buy rice cooker. It's amazing meal to prep since it's so good cold. As for hot rice I just like some rice with egg, veggies and furikage. Or simple stir fry.

[@ithenoob]

you're a brave man to post this *now*

[@mickey5515]

why?

[@joshuayeager3686]

That’s what I was thinking. Even saw the colander. He wants a reaction from Uncle Roger I think.

[@tomato1019]

@@joshuayeager3686 🤨🍇

[@onixxx1984]

I have been cooking rice in my home cookware, and I recently nought a Nagatani-en Hasagawa Kamado-San 3 gou rice cooker donabe made from igayaki clay, and it makes a world of a difference, I am still learning how to use it, how much water to add, and I bought some premium rice for it. Usually for me it takes 17-18 minutes for the steam to rise, and I let it steam for 2 minutes, and rest 20 minutes. The only problem is that you need to dry it out without the lid in an upside down position, otherwise it holds on to moisture.

[@ayrin674]

Worked perfectly from first try . From now on I am cooking rice no other way . Thank you ! 😊🙏🏻

[@clairemhle1]

This absorption method looks good. My mom gave me a rice pressure cooker so I'm making yummy chewy rice easily with it but I'm sure any pressure cooker works great.

[@McFleurystorm]

I can’t wait to try this! Great idea using a plate to keep the rag from falling into the flame!

[@Beckala67]

Worked like a charm, I used the colander and insert it into a medium sauce pot then rinsed with water from the faucet, twice. The third time, I let it sit int the water for 1 hour. Prepped my SPAM and made the marinade glaze for musubi in the meantime. (*Most important, I used a solid measuring cup for the rice, and a liquid measuring cup for the water)I brought to a boil, used a square washcloth and only needed to fold up the tiny triangle corners, so I didn't need the plate (induction stovetop anyway). Perfectly cooked, even though I worried about how little water there was.👌✅

[@bhanani5480]

No way!!!! I can't believe you manage to cook the rice with half the water but imma try it because you said so. I hope I don't waste my rice 😁

[@GetCooking]

Cooking rice sounds simple enough, but like most things in cooking you got to use the right technique! Thanks for the video!

[@BeeMaau]

You saved my life. I literary play this video everytime I cook rice. Big thanks to you!

[@nobeautypro.6895]

Best decision ever to try this method! My rice turned out perfect! Thank you so much for the video!

[@COOKINGFROMTHELOFT]

Thanks for that! I've had a very volatile relationship with rice for years. Will certainly give this a try.

[@mayabrook1153]

This works so well thank you so much. Best rice I've ever made at home!

[@kikisdragon]

Thank you so much! You saved dinner after my rice cooker broke and now I have a new skill. Decades ago, I tried cooking rice, and failed miserably. I was never really a fan of rice until I tried sushi rice about 8 years ago. I've bought a couple rice cookers since then and never tried cooking rice in a regular pot again. But tonight, the rice cooker broke after I'd already added the rice and water, so I found your video and thankfully chose the right one :) My adult son loved the rice too. Thanks again.

[@pixiu4788]

Asian here, ur rice looks perfect! I also measure the water halfway to the first crease on my index finger as i like my rice dry and with more bite.

[@rattlehead7190]

amazing!!! i surprised you know the rag trick!!! this is old people trick , when i was a kid my grandma cook rice this way. also you can use teak leaf instead of rag if you can get it (nowadays it is really hard to find)

[@michimelody4036]

I really appreciate you giving credit to the person you saw the trick from.

[@ItumelengS]

Just did this, and it worked wonderfully

[@derryXDINES]

My mom has the entire set of those pots like you have. Going to try this. Over the years, I've gone in and out of making great rice and I dont know why but I always change it up. It would be nice to land on a technique and stick with it.

[@Emma-ut4mf]

This really works! I don’t even have a pot lid or a measuring cup so just used two plates and equal ratios like you said to brilliant video:-)

[@bin-du]

My indian grandmother taught us this trick as well! as a bonus if you happened to have added a little too much water the extra doesn't condense on the lid and drip down to make soggy rice. solid little life tip

[@natwan32]

I’ve always done a similar trick instead of using a rag I just use aluminum foil. Great simple recipe. It amazes me how many people put way too much water in their rice and it gets almost like mush.

[@EleanoraDzen]

Thank you! I cook rice very rarely and this is amazing

[@shockalockabocka]

For medium grain like Nishiki, Botan, Kokouho Rose, 1/3 in to half an inch of water is the best. It also works for the pricier short grain rices like Tamaki Gold, Kagayaki Select, Tamanashiki etc. I also don’t soak - just bring to a boil, cover and simmer on lowest heat for 15 min, take off heat, don’t remove lid for another 10, then fluff. The finger nail trick works but only w long grain or Jasmine rice bc they need more water.

[@shockalockabocka]

I grew up on Jasmine and long grain in a Chinese household but in the last few years have come to love the chewy springiness of short and medium grain rices, and they are even better next day once they’ve slightly dried out from the fridge.

[@Sparkles-gp2bm]

I just wanna say THANK YOU because this really worked! I made sushi with mine. Always gona make rice like this from now on. My sister was teasing me that I couldn’t do it and u shoulda seen her face when I completed it haha

[@hedgecraft559]

I'm so grateful!! Thank you so much for saving my Bento- Butt!! I finally made panda faces of the purfect consistency!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm a fan for life.

[@Bountysrus]

I'm going to try it this way. Thanks for the heads up!

[@karipocha]

IT WORKED!!! 🎉🎉🎉😃 Thank you so much for this video and also for your patience explaining the process of it.

[@everybodylovesducksauce7158]

when you make fried rice, leave it in your fridge overnight to dry out.

[@jerome_david]

Sushi rice is my favorite also. I never rinse the starch out though. Not sure what the logic behind that tradition is unless people don't like sticky rice (which I do, not least of which because eating with chopsticks makes it easier to eat when the rice clumps). My fool-proof method is 2:1 water-to-rice. Bring to a boil, turn down to the lowest setting, and cook with the lid on undisturbed for 20 minutes. Perfect every time!

[@moritzw.6665]

tried it. works perfectly.

[@cals0ul]

finger depends on the pot..all pots are not the same dimensions, so same quantities of anything will be dispursed out within the pot different either taller or shorter.

[@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW]

Interesting, that makes more sense now

[@LuffysBestie]

Thank you! This helped so much! I love taking rice balls and sushi rolls to school and this is amazing!

[@agusabdullah114]

Hi.. greetings from Malaysia. We eat rice everyday and the way to cook the rice here is with the finger technique. Cheers!

[@Noxius2k]

my foolproof way to cook rice without a ricecooker: 1 part rice, 1,5 parts water into a pot. bring it to a boil while stirring. place the lid and wait 15 seconds so ensure that the pot is filled with steam. put the pot on a oven glove and wrap everything in a large towel. put this package into your bed and cover with all your blankets. after 15 minutes the rice is perfectly cooked but you can leave it for up to an hour until the rest of your menu is ready. burning and sticking impossible, you have more room on your stove, perfect every time and your bed gets warm, cosy and smells like a sushi restaurant :D

[@grouponlobotomy]

nice

[@johnguevara4354]

Excellent recipe. Quick, easy, and effective.

[@nicolasmts3264]

Rinse rice in a bowl until water is clear and strain it everytime. Let the rice rest for 15 min in a pot with equal part rice and water ( no finger tip it's the best method) Bring to boil quickly and cover with the lid and 8 min low heat. 15 min rest with the lid on and then scoop out the rice in a large bowl. For the sushi rice just add 20% of rice vinegar ( rice vinegar, sugar, salt and kombu) in proportion of the rice not cooked.

[@tobybrown1194]

What are the best resources for improving your cooking knowledge? A video on how to become a better home chef would be great, such as where we can read, maybe forums, books etc?

[@HowToCuisine]

CRAZY! I was about to make sushi tonight! haha, going to try your technique! 😍👍😊

[@中村磨美絵]

I totally agree that finger trick doesn’t work for Japonica rice. I think this is for jasmine rice.

[@kiliang96]

I've been using the rug/towel trick for my long grain rice for a while but never applied it to short grain, but I will do from now on

[@Dina_tankar_mina_ord]

instead of a towel you can also lift the lid for about 5 seconds letting steam out and then put it back on five minutes without heat.. it will get the same results.

[@flipflip271]

I needed this. So badly.

[@thisisit6758]

Best rice I ever made. Thank you

[@andrewgavin1490]

This is basically perfect if you are going to just eat the rice or put food on it. If you want rice for sushi itself, though, you need to add seasoned vinegar so you need slightly less water to compensate. Sushi chefs often say 9:10 water:rice for vinegared rice. Then there is the whole deal of fanning it in the wide (traditionally bamboo) container and adding the seasoned vinegar. Japanese rice cookers usually have two short grain rice lines for water, one for regular and one for sushi.

Dude this video is great! I cook it in a very similar way but your way is perfect. My tip: secure the same pot only for this recipe, it will save from cross flavour contamination

[@Varthingal1979]

I think it's the correct way ✍️today my sushi day 👏thanku

[@tommanning7337]

My wife Asian, use a strainer and rinse the rice and also go to good will or Equivalent in your area and pick up a rice cooker for like $4. Love your vids man!!!!! I’m addicted

[@whatsthis8433]

This is perfect! I just bought a bag of sushi rice so I could make myself sushi for lunch (I’m a high school student) but I didn’t know where to start!

[@teena337]

Looks good! I could tell you know how to cook rice by all the similar-like grandma/mama techniques you used (especially the rinsing and the advanced soaking) . Though I'd get smacked by my mama or grandmother if I pour in cold water to cook the rice. Though, its interesting that you do that. As an Arab, I've learnt how cook rice from my mama and grandma. Their rule (its also a general Arab rule) is to pour in boiling water/or stock if we're making biryani or other rice dish. We tend to start with sunflower oil in the pot and pour in the socked rice and stir for less than a minute. Then we add in the boiling water/or stock and cook on high heat for few minutes then lower the heat down to the lowest setting, cover and cook for about 15 minutes. We give it about 5-10 minutes (depends on the quantity) resting time with the lid on. 😁

[@annastinehammersdottir1290]

Just made the rice using this method - for spicy tuna fried rice tomorrow. It worked, thanks. Love your channel btw.

[@jwl00066]

Cook a lot of rice at once and refrigerate the leftover rice, use it later to make fried rice. Always add green onions and sesame oil.

[@CaitlinFarar]

Rice turned out perfectly.

[@brynjd]

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[@katereids]

First time trying... turned out perfect!!!

[@victoria-ivanova]

Just tested this method and my rice came out perfect. 👌

[@TheGooglySmoog]

Love this channel. Happy to hear differing opinions on rice.

[@frnk3b006]

For a sec, I thought I saw "race" instead of "rice"... ahahaa! I got triggered so fast... ahahahaaa

[@NeilWalsh_UN]

Thanks so much for this - my rice was always a disaster. Now it’s perfect 🙇‍♂️

[@simonefortaleza5691]

Wow thanks for this, I will never do it any other way. 👌😄

[@kay6381]

Comes out perfect everytime ❤ thanks

[@natsandjian7605]

You are so cute when you're like "I love rice" lol will try this trick, thank you!

[@laurastone3278]

I don't plan on making rice anytime soon, but how could I resist. I can't stop binge watching your channel.

[@TBangg1]

This man said 1.5 cups is enough for 3-4 ppl?💀💀💀🤣 I'm asian and my fam eats around 4 cups pf rice per meal never ever will 1.5 cups be enough lmao

[@TheKrazykyleman]

1.5 cups of dry rice is much more

[@NewEraK9s]

When making rice, it’s always good to start with less. Rice is not something that can be saved as left overs as well as other food

[@TBangg1]

@@NewEraK9s Wdym u can save rice very well and make fried rice with it

[@teresaolofson2221]

soak for one hour or overnight strain and bring a a light boil take off the heat add towel and use a plate back on the heat cook 10 min take off the heat and let it rest

[@_gabeybabey]

I am an absolute shock. For years I have been trying to cook rice to make it sticky and I could never figure it out. So many stupid tutorial saying you need a basket or some other weird object. This was just easy and simple and the rice came out sticky. This will make a major shift in my life.

[@jasons864]

Definitely worked!! Saved me from buying a rice cooker

[@EviKylafi]

Only 1 time, years ago, i managed and i made a nice sushi rice in a pot, since then ...nothing jajajaj. I will try your method too

[@mkareer1788]

Ok I tried this and it definitely works! Amazing! Thanks so much ☺️

[@novastar5564]

yeah, first i was like, "lol. that aint gonna work and why is this guy using a towel...what a bum..." Then i tried it.....and i was like, "this dude is a genius" LOL ill never make rice the way i used to. followed this to the T and i used jasmine rice and it still works! thanks bro! you da man!!!!!

[@CreatureCribs]

Bro you helped me out heaps, thank you 🙏🏻

[@soniespindola]

I need to try this Update i just did this hack and it worked!!!!! I did exactly what you said

[@youssefothmani]

I would add some rice vinegar ;-)

[@scoobysnax8127]

Almost ditto how I was taught to prep and cook (Basmati) rice, EXCEPT,we wait for the water to boil before adding the drained rice and never ever stir whilst cooking 🍚🍙

[@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW]

I will try that for sure

[@janem3575]

Thanks for sharing! Does it matter what kind of pot we use? Some say heavy thick pot, some say thin pot...

[@michaelmode]

Finally someone who can cook rice. Mine never come out right: either too soggy or uncooked and out of water. Thx bro✌️😷

[@nicolasmts3264]

Either too much water or too little. You must have the same amount of water in proportion of the rice. It's easy you'll see the difference

[@michaelmode]

Nicolas Sganzini Thanks Nicolas. Will definitely keep that in kind the next time.

[@nicolasmts3264]

@@michaelmode no problem! If you check the comments you can see I Ieft a comment with my personal process for a perfect rice! Cheers!

[@michaelmode]

Nicolas Sganzini sorry missed that. Will go check...

[@let_uslunch8884]

Let it steam stop trying to cook it. If you are cooking regular ass long grain rice like most people do in the States just wash it well and drain it, 1 cup of rice to 1 and 1 1/2 cups of water because it's not like glutinous rice and is much drier, boil it for just a few minutes then turn it off and put a lid on it and leave it alone for about 15 to 20 minutes. That's it. The residual steam will cook it. Most grains prefer to be steamed rather than cooked the heck out of. That is for white long grain rice btw. I prefer and eat mainly brown rice the cooking method for that is slightly different.

[@Ayelet.M]

Thank you, my onigiri came out just like and if not better than the combini store 🎉

[@tbird55501]

Half finger trick is the correct way, it should be half way between the first line and tip of your finger. My Asian sushi chef taught me this, It will work 100% of the time

[@김연준-r8v]

Seems quite fair. Maybe the reason why your finger trick did not work in the first place was prepping the rice in water(for about 1-2 hr?) after rinsing it. The grains get soaked up well while submerged, making the one-finger-above-rice amount of water a bit too much.

[@PaiviProject]

I bought short grain rice so I can make some sushi at home. I haven't got there yet but I will. I liked the tips you gave ! Thanks :)

[@tobybrown1194]

Would love a food diary video, how to plan a weekly shop with minimal food waste, money etc

[@GothPopTV]

DAIRY = DISEASE