"How to Make Steamed Rice" by Jason N

So, you want to learn how to make steamed rice? I’m gonna take a guess and say that's why you clicked here. Well today you are going to learn how to make one of the most important piece of food in the Asian community. You can eat steamed rice with anything. People eat steamed rice in sushi. You can eat steamed rice with any type of meat or vegetables. You can even eat it with fruit. Weird huh? This food is so diverse and you can eat it however you want and it’ll still taste fire.
Okay now that we got the introduction out of the way, let's get to the actual “how to” itself.
1. In order to even start, you need to get all of your necessities first. You will need

1. A rice strainer. You will need this to clean the rice before making it.
   
2. A pot/rice cooker. You will need this to cook the rice.
   
3. Some hands. You should be born with these in order to make this, but if not then
   I’m sorry we can’t be friends
   
4. Water. You will need this to clean and bathe the rice in.
   
5. Rice. You will need this in order to actually make steamed rice
   

2. Make sure to have your rice ready. If you don’t have any rice, it would probably be a good idea to go get some from the grocery store. You can go to any Asian grocery store and they will for sure sell it. I personally go to the 99 Ranch Market on Baseline and Archibald because it’s the closest one, but the workers there are weirdos. You guys don’t have to go there. Y'all can go wherever y’alls little hearts desire. Although, if you already have rice, you can go ahead and ignore Step 2 until you run out and want to buy some more rice.
   
3. Next, to make enough rice for a family of 5, you want to take your rice strainer and your rice and put 2-3 cups of rice in the strainer. The more rice you put, of course means the more rice you’ll have but you have to remember that rice gets bigger when it’s being cooked so 2-3 cups is good because it is a lot and it won’t overflow while you’re cooking. Trust me when I say this, it will be a lot. After you put the rice in your strainer, start putting in water and stop once you see the rice start to rise. After that you need to use your hands and just start mixing it. Doing that will help clean the rice since the rice came in that really dirty bag. Also make sure your hands are clean when doing that or else no one's going to want to eat that rice. After, you need to strain out the water. Repeat that step 1-2 times.
   

4. After you have done that, you will need to pour water back into the rice strainer. This time, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT pour out the water. Take it and pour it into the rice cooker. After, you will cook it on high and let it be and it will tell you when it is finished. If you do not have a rice cooker, you can do basically the same thing. All you have to do differently is you boil the water first in a pot. After, you pour the rice into the pot and you put the lid over it. Let it simmer for about 18 minutes. After, take off the lid and let it steam for another 5 minutes. You can check if it’s done by using a fork and fluffing it around.
   
5. Now that you have your rice ready and it is cooked, you should probably eat it while it’s hot. That is when it tastes the best. I grew up eating rice and I have ate it with a lot of different types of side choices. I’ve had rice with chicken. I’ve had rice with eggs. Heck I’ve even had rice with mangos. Although the only difference is that the rice is sweet and sticky and it tastes a lot better. You can make many different types of rice such as fried rice, brown rice, sticky rice, the list goes on and on. In my opinion, I love eating sushi and sushi just coincidentally happens to have rice in it. So whenever you are hungry and you just so happen to be next to the 99 Ranch Market on Baseline and Archibald, consider making yourself some Japanese Steamed Rice.