Name: Sticky Rice
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups water; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups short-grain rice (such as sushi rice)

Short-grain rice has an especially high starch content, which makes it sticky — and easy to press into a lettuce or nori wrapper.

Recipe information

Ingredients

3 cups water

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups short-grain rice (such as sushi rice)

Bring water to boil in small saucepan. Stir in salt and rice; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 17 minutes. Remove pan from heat.

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