Sticky Rice
My method for cooking sticky rice in a standard home steamer. No need for a special bamboo sticky rice steamer.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups sticky rice make sure you have the right rice!
Instructions
- Wash the rice in 3 changes of cool water
- Cover rice with 2 or 3 inches of cool water and soak at room temperature anywhere between 4-24 hours
- Fill the bottom of a steamer with a few inches of water and bring to a boil.
- Place rice onto a steamer tray in an even layer and steam for 15 minutes.
- Taste the rice to see if it is cooked. If it needs more time, continue steaming, checking every 5 minutes.
- Gently fluff the rice and serve.