Here, I’ve culled the top players from those stories as well as added some additional enthusiastically recommended picks for good measure (like a rice-specific donabe and dedicated hot pot).

Cooking a bowl of rice might seem like a simple task, but perfectly cooking it might require a step you've never considered ...

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I eat rice multiple days a week — and used to exclusively make it in a pot on the stove. It’s a deceptively easy task: Measure, rinse, add water, simmer, steam, and less than half an hour ...

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Mrs. Meggett has a recipe for Chicken Perloo in her Gullah Geechee Home Cooking. She says, “Many of the one-pot rice dishes ...

For perfect rice, follow the ideal water-to-rice ratio. Typically, for white rice, use 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water.

I'd recommend cooking your beans on the stove or in a pressure cooker like an Instant Pot. Also, those low moisture levels I noted with the rice carried across everything I cooked, and ...

The recipe calls for long-grain white rice, which will take on all the flavors in the pot as it soaks up the water and juices from the canned diced tomatoes. While the instructions say to cook it ...