Many people often get so caught up in their work, they keep their eyes glued to their phones until they realize their rice has turned cold and hard, making it impossible to eat. At that point, the only option is to throw it away. But if you know this simple trick, you’ll never have to waste a whole bowl of cold rice again.
Cold rice is never easy to eat, but what can you do?
No matter what method you use to reheat cold rice, the two objectives are to make the rice hot again and to add moisture back to make it soft and fluffy as if it was freshly cooked. Some people also like to add a little bit of oil or butter to help soften the rice and prevent it from sticking, but with this method, you don’t need to add anything extra and the rice still gets hot and maintains its moisture content to become soft.
First, pour the rice onto a plate like this.
Next, take a sheet of paper towel.
Then, wet the paper towel and squeeze out excess water.
Place the damp paper towel over the cold rice.
Then, put it in the microwave for about 1 minute.
That’s all there is to it, and you’ll have a piping hot bowl of rice as if it was freshly cooked without much effort.
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