Reddit reviews Botan Calrose Rice, 15-Pound
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Yup, we wash it to remove the starchy stuff on the outside of the rice from when the rice was processed. It also helps remove any dirt from the manufacturing process. I only wash high quality rice (e.g. short grain and medium grain) since they can be too sticky if unwashed, whereas for lower-quality rice (cheap long grain), I want to maintain as much starch as possible.
The lowest quality rice I buy is Calrose (I get it from Costco), but usually we buy better rice from the local Asian market.
The trick to great fried rice is using good quality Japanese rice and properly cooking it with the right amount of water to rice ratio. You can go to most stores and pick up Botan White Calrose Rice for a decent price.
Most Japanese rice cook best with 1.5 Cups of Rice and 2 Cups water. Put the rice and the water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Put the heat on low and cover and let it sit for 30-40 minutes. The next key step is removing the cover and letting it sit out and dry up a little bit for an hour and if you want to be prepared for the next day put it in the fridge. You want the rice to be somewhat dried out otherwise it will not fry.
My dad worked as a manage at Benihana for ten years so the way we make rice in house is very similar to a Hibachi steakhouse. The first thing is the ingredients you want to use.
1/4 Cup Chopped Carrots
2 Eggs
1 Onion chopped finely
Garlic POWDER liberally sprinkled on the rice
Soy Sauce to taste and maximum coverage (try not to use to much)
Black Pepper to taste
half stick of butter
In a wok or other large panned heat some olive oil or canola oil on medium high heat. Add the onion and carrots and sprinkle with garlic powder. Once the onion starts to brown, crack the eggs into a bowl and beat. Push all your vegeatables to one side of the pan and cook the egg. Let the egg brown on one side and then break it up and mix it with the vegetables. Now add the rice to the pan and break it up with a spatula or spoon. If you left it in the fridge over night this should take some time and the dry rice should start to absorb the oil from the pan. Add small amount of soy sauce until brown and the half (or quarter) stick of butter to the pan. The butter should slowly melt as you mix in the rice. Once the rice is completely mixed in and the butter has been absorbed into the rice you can add pepper to taste.
>How much do you think that extra 10k costs you?
I'm not the person you're responding to, but I was curious. 15 lbs of rice would contain almost 9k calories, which can be bought for $15 (probably cheaper at an Asian supermarket or in bulk). So it's not very expensive if you don't want it to be.
Ok, screw it. Let's do this.
At this point we probably need some more protein (the beans have a good amount of this) and fats to balance our diet, plus some veggies and other fresh stuff.
Right now we're at 47,125 calories for the month, about 13,000 short of our 60,000-calorie-a-month requirement. We've already spent $99.36. We've tried as hard as hell to save money, our diet is technically balanced (though weighted heavily toward cheaper carbs) but is incredibly boring. I'd wager most people would like a little more variety than this. Perhaps you could throw in some cheap oats for breakfast and some cheap fruit and veggies to fill in the blanks. I still don't see how you're getting 60k calories in a balanced diet on just $110 a month.