How to Freeze Rice - (Japanese Technique)

[lantsurfer]

This is great! I lived in Japan for 8 years and never knew! lol How long does it keep in the freezer?

[Schmerz99]

I am from Ecuador, South America and here we eat as much rice as in Japan, so rice is my main food every meal in the day. When I go to a japanese friend's home, I notice that when I ask her for rice, she gives it inmediately to me. I imagined: "what kind of futurist japanese rice maker is she using, that she cooks it so fast?!" Then she told me she freezes rice. This is so useful, when I haven't got time to cook! Thank you for the very detailed video :-)

[MANNY100123]

Wow, I never knew you could do that!!! XD never even thought of such a thing...I will have to try that sometime!!! Great job on the tutorial!!! Also that microwave makes an awesome tune when its done!!! Mine just does a really annoying beep! XD

[ProjectVanBand]

@MANNY100123 hahaha good luck! and thanks so much! Yeah my appliances make so many tunes and sounds, it is hard to remember what they all mean! LOL!

[JakeHolman78]

The school I work in always give me extra rice. I just keep it in the fridge. Before I microwave it, I add a splash of water and it comes out like new!

[ProjectVanBand]

@JakeHolman78 Neat! 

[kerflop]

you can refrigerate rice and microwave it later and it will be fine just make sure you put a little water in the bowl and cover it with a place so it sort of re-steams it.

[ProjectVanBand]

@kerflop Cool, thanks! 

[MyCrazyParadise]

I meant USA



[ProjectVanBand]

@MyCrazyParadise I've never seen one in the USA either.... ;/

[MyCrazyParadise]

Is that microwave/oven? I don't see this here. Maybe I should look online. Thanks for the thorough explanation.

[ProjectVanBand]

@MyCrazyParadise Yep! It is a microwave or an oven.  or a grill. pretty neat! I love it. THanks for watching!

[HaleyOmar]

GREAT tutorial :) Really easy to follow, and I never thought of doing this before! Awesome! My husband is from Afghanistan, so we eat TONS of rice and I always have to shower it with water before I heat it back up in the microwave when we have leftovers :) This is perfect, especially 'cause I do Bento also! Thanks a bunch and keep making these kinds of tutorials please!

[ProjectVanBand]

@HaleyOmar Sure thing!!! Hope it worked out well with your type of rice!! I've been making a lot of bento lately. It is so much fun!

[phynxwinx]

ah... what a great idea. I always have rice left over. ( ._.);; i'm going to use this trick.

very well-made tutorial. thanks for the tips!<3 (^-^)

[ProjectVanBand]

@phynxwinx Hope it works well with your rice! thanks :)

[panthercat38]

Thanks so much! My husband doens't enjoy Japanese food when I make it, so it's good to know I can preserve the rice and not waste it! :D

[ProjectVanBand]

@panthercat38 awesome!!! 

[Silkeauverthe]

Now all I need is an amazing japanese rice cooker. I'm too lame to cook good rice without it. Hahahahah

[ProjectVanBand]

@Silkeauverthe I have not even attempted it without a cooker!!! My husband can do it. I see no point to learn if I have one XD lol

[anothertalkinghead]

I want a microwave that plays music.

[ProjectVanBand]

@anothertalkinghead My kitchen sorta sounds like a digital orchestra when I cook. lol!!! It is useful though after memorizing all the sounds and what they mean. except....i still havent figured out my stove.....it is smarter than I am though, I'm pretty sure....

[anothertalkinghead]

Seems half our freezer is full o' frozen leftover rice, lol.

[ProjectVanBand]

@anothertalkinghead MINE TOO!!!! hahaha sigh. My freezer isnt big enough.

[totaldramaqueen108]

amazing!!!! am gonna do this :)

[ProjectVanBand]

@totaldramaqueen108 Hope it works well for you!!

[boylebongo]

1:07 Rice in the Microwave - Hai!~ hehe Cute ^^; I didn't know you could do that... but as you say - all the water has to be cooked out. So before I would do this I suppose I would want to get a proper rice cooker first. On a related note - Have you tried frozen bananas? It's so good! I freeze mine if they are going brown. You can use the frozen bananas in banana bread. Or, my favorite - just eat the frozen banana! It takes like ice cream ^^ sugee! :D

[ProjectVanBand]

@boylebongo frozen bananas? really? I'm guessing you peel and slice them first? mmmm frozen banana sounds good!!!! I will have to try that thanks so much!!!

[boylebongo]

@ProjectVanBand Yes, peeled and sliced or just broken in half and stored in a plastic bag in the freezer. ^^ You might be able to eat the banana immediately out of the freezer but if you find its too frozen (ehehe) you can wait a few minutes first. Have a nice weekend! <3

[ProjectVanBand]

@boylebongo i tried this and it works really well! it's like eating a very low sugar icecream stick! very tasty and doesnt brown at all.  thanks for the tip!!!!

[ThomasAnthonyBowman]

Nice! No southern accent here :P

[ProjectVanBand]

@ThomasAnthonyBowman woohoo! LOL it would be nice if i could turn it on and off at will ^.^ I hope i dont just forget it though haha

[LaurenNIHON]

Wow!! Thanks for that awesome information!! :D Right now, I rely on microwaveable rice because I have no room for a rice cooker. But, I was also worried about what I would do with the extra rice I make with a rice cooker! Now, thanks to you, there's a solution!! :D

[ProjectVanBand]

@LaurenNIHON awesome! I understand the *no space* issue. Sigh. Never enough space!!! now i have to step over the heater constantly to cook XD

[MurdocLC]

Can't you freeze anything? O.o I just put rice in a plastic bucket with a lid if I freeze it.

[ProjectVanBand]

@MurdocLC Most anything! except some things that bust or lose their textures. like unshelled raw eggs and cream cheese. ive never had luck freezing cream cheese. just destroys the texture till it is unusable. you can shell eggs and freeze them tho. some things like peppers you can freeze but they go limp.  but that is fine for many recipes, but not all. but, yeah, pretty much anything! If i had more space in my freezer i would try this freezing in plastic containers method!

[MurdocLC]

@ProjectVanBand Yeah I guess. I don't freeze many things and don't think much about cooking. I like it though but I'm not very good, nor poor at it. Some more fragile things can't handle the cold I guess. Haha, I'm pretty sure the method in the video is far superior. XD

[tubista63]

you learn something new every day

[ProjectVanBand]

@tubista63 :D

[GengoNoTabi]

Nice professional looking tutorial.

[ProjectVanBand]

@GengoNoTabi thanks so much!

[edtomorrow]

This was great. Your performance was very professional. LIke I was watching a fun and entertaining Aircraft emergency safety procedures preflight video. LOL!!! But no really. YOu are very charismatic in front of the camera.

[ProjectVanBand]

@edtomorrow thanks!! Im trying to work on camera charisma lol. i never realize im not smiling and i had to redo several scenes coz i looked ready to kill someone in them HAHA

[hippygram]

What a great tip, I never thought of freezing it. Thanks!

[ProjectVanBand]

@hippygram sure thing!

[KramInJapan]

You have the EXACT same refrigerator that I do!

[ProjectVanBand]

@KramInJapan neat! I love that fridge!

[LaJYankee]

good tip! we do this quite a bit...!

[ProjectVanBand]

@LaJYankee It's very convenient! I can't believe there was a time when i didn't know about it lol.

[dreamofasiagirl]

I never knew that.

[ProjectVanBand]

@dreamofasiagirl yep! I think they teach it in home ec here. or at least that's where my husband learned it.