Redditor super_luminal shows you how to make a week’s worth of Rice Balls.
The idea here is to basically re-steam it, that’s why it stays tasting fresh rather than like dry/hard day old rice that’s been in the fridge.
- take still warm rice
- sprinkle salt on a plastic wrap
- add rice, make it into a ball (other shapes won’t work), squeeze the air out
- portion them out to freeze for the week (or longer)
I nuke them for a minute or two (depending on if they’re defrosted or not, and depending on the power of the microwave- the one at work is a BEAST) and have what tastes like perfectly moist, fresh rice all week long!
Do you know if this can be done with instant rice?
I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with instant rice.
Try it and report back 🙂
I think I just might!
It will work with any rice/grain, as long as it’s still warm when you wrap it up. The idea here is to basically re-steam it, that’s why it stays tasting fresh rather than like dry/hard day old rice that’s been in the fridge. Instant rice should be no exception. 🙂
Nice to see you here, and thanks for sharing the tip.
I’d add some roasted black sesame seeds! lolol
Yeah!
Anyone try with quinoa?
quinoa works too! pretty much any whole, unprocessed grain (rolled oats, for example would be a bad choice, but oat groats would be fine) that’s still warm from cooking works.
Will this work if you roll it and unwrap the plastic wrap to reuse for each ball; thus leaving the ball unwrapped? Seems like a massive waste of saran wrap, which is terrible for the environment.
No, that would not work.
The wrap keeps the water / steam inside, so that the whole thing stay moist when you reheat it.
Not wrapping it would allow the water to escape and dry it out.