Popcorn Rice [General]
2013 Sep 23
Well in honesty I did not know either and even after reading the first few google hits I was not sure I had the right thing :-) But I still could not resist.
And plus - this site should be the place everyone else stumbles upon when doing that google. So really it should be explained here if anywhere. Yet I still could not resist.
In any case, I learned something new too - and I really want to try this stuff! Does it pop just as easily as popcorn? Basically do the same thing? Or are there special tricks you have to know?
And plus - this site should be the place everyone else stumbles upon when doing that google. So really it should be explained here if anywhere. Yet I still could not resist.
In any case, I learned something new too - and I really want to try this stuff! Does it pop just as easily as popcorn? Basically do the same thing? Or are there special tricks you have to know?
2013 Sep 27
theundauntedkitchen.wordpress.com
"Slightly discouraged, I did some more reading and found out that the reason rice is so hard to pop at home is because the outer shell on the rice is too hard so the inner kernel cannot pop out as it does in the case of corn (ie.popcorn). Which is why in a factory setting, a high amount of pressure and steam is used to pop the rice. But most of us don’t have high pressure steamers available to us, and if you do I am jealous. So, I did a bit of research on using cooked rice to “pop” thinking that the outer shell would be weakened with the cooking process and it may be a viable option for home popping rice. After some more experimenting this is the tasty and successful end result!"
"Slightly discouraged, I did some more reading and found out that the reason rice is so hard to pop at home is because the outer shell on the rice is too hard so the inner kernel cannot pop out as it does in the case of corn (ie.popcorn). Which is why in a factory setting, a high amount of pressure and steam is used to pop the rice. But most of us don’t have high pressure steamers available to us, and if you do I am jealous. So, I did a bit of research on using cooked rice to “pop” thinking that the outer shell would be weakened with the cooking process and it may be a viable option for home popping rice. After some more experimenting this is the tasty and successful end result!"
Skittleluvr