21 Reviews of Perfect Microwave Rice

From: Chef #465658

On Jul 7, 2007

I made your microwave rice recipe for my dinner tonight and was I impressed. I've always had good results with the "OLD" method but I thought, what the heck, I'll try it this way and I'm so glad I did. I made brown rice, just my preference, and it was perfect.I didn't have a problem with it boiling over, it was not clumped up, well, it was perfect.!! Of course I had way too much but I put it the freezer, so no problem. Thanks, Ridgely. It's a keeper. I'll never go back to my old way again.

From: Kat in Texas

On Aug 16, 2004

This came out perfect! I had printed out this recipe some time ago, but necessity required my trying it today — my stovetop died. I used water and it turned out great. Will definitely keep broth around for the next time. Since this was a first attempt, I cooked the recipe as is, to see how it would turn out. (Guess we'll have rice pudding tomorrow, with all of the leftovers! HA!) Next time, will halve the recipe. I'll use this a lot — sure is nice to free a burner up when you're cooking!

From: Old Smoky

On Feb 15, 2005

Perfect, perfect, perfect! And I didn't have any long grain rice but it still turned out perfect. Everything I've tried that you have posted has been simply great! I cooked way too much rice, but I have found sumptious ways to use it. (I too, next time, will cook less, but it was so much fun!) Someone told me years ago that rice would not work in the microwave. Ha! I've been cooking rice forever and ever atop the stove & it's never turned out better than this did. Does it work for brown rice too, do you know?

From: Ginny Sue

On Sep 23, 2007

Yes, this really does work. I used some homemade turkey stock that I had in the freezer which made this rice very flavorful.

From: ChefSean

On Jul 6, 2006

It's the only way i cook rice now. Thank You. It doesnt really work with brown rice... trust me.

From: pattikay in L.A.

On Nov 15, 2006

I'm so happy! I didn't have time to fiddle around with watching my rice tonight, so I tried this and it worked wonderfully. Thanks so much!

From: angelmate

On May 21, 2006

I love this recipe I gave up cooking rice as it never worked, the kids complained that we never have rice anymore, I found this and thought give it a go, well it worked perfectly..So simple even the kids use it to cook rice

From: Montana Heart Song

On Mar 4, 2006

This is a keeper. I lost the specific recipe and I am glad it is posted. I use the microwave all the time to cook rice and now I have the recipe again.I use bonapetite McCormick seasoning sometimes in place of the salt. I also use the olive oil and or butter.Thanks for posting!

From: CobraLimes

On Apr 17, 2005

Such a simple method to prepare excellent rice. This was a no-brainer, cleared up a burner, kept the house cool, and cleaning up was a breeze. Thanks for a keeper recipe, Ridgely!

From: Vseward (Chef~V)

On Nov 27, 2006

I normally make rice pilaf that takes 30 minutes on the stove. I was making chicken over the weekend and ran out of time, or got distracted and forgot to get my rice on. I had seen this recipe and decided to try it. WOW, amazing, who'd thought rice would tastes so good from the microwave. Thank you for sharing it was not only a time saver but delicious. I've got this recipe saved in my cookbook. It was absoutely terrific. ~V