Cook Rice Using a Pyrex Bowl With Lid

Cook rice in glass instead of metal or plastic. The covered glass bowl makes an excellent rice steamer without any contaminants or allergens for the health wise. And use a smaller carbon footprint by letting the rice cook by itself in the wait times.

Steps

 * 1) [[Image:GlassRiceCooker_299.JPG|thumb|Cooking Rice in Glass ]]Need a Pyrex 2 qt round bowl with lid. (bakeware)
 * 2) Add 1 cup of rice.
 * 3) Wash rice in the bowl and drain. Wash rice again and drain. Washing removes the sticky rice flour from the kernels.
 * 4) Add 1 and 1/2 cup of water to the wet rice.
 * 5) Put on lid on bowl. The lid makes the bowl a rice steamer. Place bowl in the microwave.
 * 6) Microwave 5 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes in the microwave. Use kitchen timer.
 * 7) Microwave again 2 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.
 * 8) Microwave another 2 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.
 * 9) Stir the rice, and microwave a final 3 minutes.
 * 10) Ready to eat.

Tips

 * A programmable microwave is nice.
 * A kitchen timer is handy for the wait times.

Warnings

 * Hot glass ware
 * Hot steam