JimLane > wrote in news:1095401529.340084@news-
1.nethere.net:

> rNormandeau wrote:
>> When cooking ordinary white rice, we normally add meat/chicken stock.
>> This stock normally has spices that were used in cooking the
>> meat/chicken.
>>
>> We liked basmati rice that we had bought in a very small quantity. We
>> only used water and did not experiment adding stock.
>>
>> Now we are ready to buy a ten pound bag with an offer of
>> buy one get one free for a total of twenty pounds.
>>
>> Would adding meat/chicken stock ruin the basmati flavor?
>>
>> Please reply here.
>
> Experiment:
>
> basmati w/meat stock
> basmati w/chicken stock
>
> Decide which you like and then:
>
> basmati w/water
> basmati w/stock you like
>
> Decide which you like, then:
>
> basmati of your choice (stock or water)
> basmati w/half and half (water/stock)
>
> Whatever, just have some fun. Its not costing that much to play around.
>
>
> jim
>

I prefer using a tbsp of the knorr chicken stock in a can to a cup of raw
rice. It has enough salt so just use the powder. It add to the basmati. You
can try some cumin say 1/4 tsp to start. It is good too.

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