Rice has never been a starch I enjoyed cooking. My rice always turned out too sticky, too dry or too watery. I’ve finally found a perfect ratio for cooking fluffy stovetop rice. This easy and fluffy stovetop jasmine rice recipe never lets me down. My husband also comments that even he can’t mess up this rice cooking method.
Jasmine Rice
I cook jasmine rice for all of my Asian inspired dishes like my Instant Pot Mongolian Beef or any other dish where I need a lower fat, lighter kind of starch. Rice is a great filler and easy side dish to cook on the fly when you just need to put more food on the table. It’s not the star of your meal, but it’s still key to completing many warming, hearty meals.
Easy Stovetop Side
Jasmine rice is an easy starch to cook up when you’re needing a filler or grain for your meal. It is a type of white rice, so it doesn’t have the same nutritional benefits of brown rice, but if you’re just needing a standard rice to cook quickly for your meal, stir-fry, to accompany an Asian main dish, jasmine rice is what you’re looking for.
A Perfect Rice
To cook a great, fluffy portion of rice you’ll need:
- Medium saucepan with a tight fitting lid that holds at least 3 cups.
- Jasmine Rice- this is a long grain white rice. I prefer using a Non-GMO Jasmine rice.
- Sea Salt- I use a finely ground sea salt.
- Coconut Oil or Olive Oil (My preference for this rice is Extra Virgin Coconut oil. It gives it a nice texture and mild sweetness)
- 1.25 cups water. The amount of water you use needs to be precise, too much or too little water will drastically affect your rice.
Here are some great entrees to serve with Jasmine Rice!
How to Make Perfect Fluffy Stovetop Jasmine Rice
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/2 tsp sea salt fine grain
- 1 tsp coconut or olive oil
Instructions
- Pour rice into fine mesh strainer and rinse under water for about a minute. You may also soak the rice in a bowl with water and rinse and strain the rice 3-4 times.
- Add water, sea salt and oil to a medium sauce pot that has a tight fitting lid.
- Bring water to a boil over medium high heat. Once the water begins to boil, add the rice to the pot, give it a quick stir. Turn down heat to simmer. Once simmering close lid and set a 12 minute timer. Do not open the lid!
- Once the timer goes off, turn stovetop off, remove the pot from the heat and leave untouched and leave the pot covered for 10 minutes.
- Once the 10 minutes is up, you may fluff the rice with a fork and it is ready to serve!
Perfect 🤩
Thank you for the recipe!
Soumaya, you’re very welcome! Thanks for the comment!
Finally! The perfect fluffy Jasmine rice! I followed your recipe to the letter and it came out amazing! Thank you, Katia!
That’s great, Elaine! Very happy to hear it! Thank you so much for the comment.
The servings are off on this recipe. 1 cup of rice does not make anywhere near 6 servings when prepared. At 1/2 cup cooked per person (and most people eat more than that. The serving on the bag is 3/4 cup cooked) this barely makes 4 servings. Otherwise the cooking instructions are fine and the rice turns out well!
Lauren, I’m sorry you’re not happy with the serving size information on the recipe card. I have to use my best judgment when I add the information to the recipe card. 3 cups of cooked rice can make 3-6 servings, depending on how much people eat. I chose to take make it the lesser amount, 1/2 cup per person since rice is very starch heavy and some people load up on all the protein and veggies more than the starch. This is the “healthier” option I guess you could say. Every rice package would also show different amounts. On this link from GoodRX Health, “What does a serving size of rice look like?” it shows how a “healthy” serving of rice is 1/2 cup per person. That’s basically where my judgement came from. Sorry for the disappointment.
Hi Katia, I have to agree with that this recipe is the best and my rice is now always wonderful. Thanks for your help with this recipe. It’s a blessing. Thank you. God bless you!
Charlene, very happy to hear it! It’s the only way I cook my jasmine rice. Enjoy!
OMG!! I followed your directions down to the letter and this is the first time my jasmine has come out perfect! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve messed up! Now I’m not afraid to cook it!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!
Awesome, Nicole! I love hearing that! I also used to mess up rice ALL the time, kept trying different methods and finally got it down and locked it in as my “go to” way to make it. Happy New Year!