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boil-and-drain method; cooking by boiling in excess water
A cooking method in which food (especially rice) is cooked in a large volume of boiling water, then drained. For rice, it produces a different texture than the standard absorption method used in rice cookers.
湯炊きで炊いたご飯を食べた。
I ate rice cooked by the boil-and-drain method.
湯炊きは炊飯器を使わずにご飯を炊く伝統的な方法だ。
The boil-and-drain method is a traditional way to cook rice without a rice cooker.
湯炊きの場合、お米を大量のお湯で茹でてから水を切ります。
In the boil-and-drain method, the rice is boiled in a large amount of water, then drained.
Combines 湯 (hot water) and 炊き (cooking, from 炊く). Contrasts with the standard absorption method (吸水炊飯) used by modern rice cookers, where rice absorbs an exact amount of water with no draining.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 湯炊きでご飯を炊く: to cook rice by the boil-and-drain method
- 湯炊きの米: rice cooked in boiling water