The laziest way to cook perfect rice is to use a rice cooker!  Put rice, water and salt in a rice cooker, press the button and walk away :)  Rice cooker will do all the work in cooking the perfect rice for you.

The Ratio Of Rice And Water In A Rice Cooker

For white rice in a rice cooker, I always use the ratio of 1 cup of rice to 1.5 cups of water.

The rice cooker manual has different ratios depending on the rice type, but I hate reading manuals and just remember the ratio that always worked for me :)

How Much Salt In Rice?

I use 1/4 tsp of salt per 1 cup of uncooked rice.

How To Cook Rice In A Rice Cooker – Pictures

I usually cook 2 cups of dry rice at a time:

Using my ratio of rice to water in a rice cooker, I add 3 cups of water:

Then I add 1/2 tsp of salt to a rice cooker, and press the “Cook” button:

When the rice cooker beeps, the rice is ready!  You don’t even have to take it out right away – the rice cooker will keep your rice warm for you for hours!

the lid of the rice cooker is opened to reveal perfectly cooked rice!

Here’s a closeup of perfectly cooked white rice:

And here is cooked white rice in a bowl:

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