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Bai Mi Fan (Chinese Steamed White Rice)
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Bai Mi Fan (Chinese Steamed White Rice) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Measure the rice into a fine mesh strainer.
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Rinse under cold running water, swirling with your hand, until the water runs mostly clear, 3 to 4 rinses.
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Drain well and transfer the rice to a heavy-bottomed pot.
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Add the water and salt, stir once, and bring to a boil uncovered over medium-high heat.
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As soon as it boils, cover tightly, reduce the heat to low, and cook undisturbed until all the water is absorbed, about 12 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and rest, still covered, for 10 minutes.
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Fluff with a fork before serving.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bai Mi Fan (Chinese Steamed White Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Bai Mi Fan (Chinese Steamed White Rice) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 73 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 140 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Bai Mi Fan (Chinese Steamed White Rice) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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