Cooking rice should be easy, but somehow it turns into mush, crunch, or a weird mix of both right when dinner is already chaotic and everyone is hungry. I have cooked a lot of rice over the years and ...

All six methods started with the same prep — rinsing and soaking the rice for 30 minutes — to remove surface starch and ensure tender, separate grains. Baking basmati rice in a 375°F oven earned the ...

I cooked jasmine rice in an Instant Pot, on the stovetop, in the microwave, and in the oven. Rice I made with a stove and a pressure cooker turned out great, but it got gummy in the microwave. The ...

Food & Wine / Photo Illustration by Doan Nguyen / Photo by Robby Lozano / Food Styling by Renu Dhar With that in mind we tasked our test kitchen with identifying the best way to cook basmati rice.