Hapa Rice
Hapa Rice is a 50/50 mix of white rice and brown rice. It's is fun and tasty, and very popular in Hawaii. You'll find it on restaurants menus and also in home kitchens (it's a good way to get family to eat more brown rice!) This is how we prepare it in the rice cooker ^_^
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Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 1 "rice cup" of uncooked white rice, ideally Japanese short grain rice (1 rice cup = ¾ regular cup)
- 1 "rice cup" of uncooked brown rice, ideally Japanese short grain rice (1 rice cup = ¾ regular cup)
Instructions
- Combine both the white rice and brown rice in a pot. Rinse the rice several times in water until the water runs almost clear.Note: I like to rinse the rice directly in the rice cooker pot - it is one less thing to wash!
- Fill the rice cooker pot with water up to the “2 cup” line.Note: You'll notice that there are different cup lines for different types of rice. The cup line for brown rice is located higher up the pot than it is for white rice. This is because brown rice needs more water to cook.Because we're cooking half white and half brown rice, fill it to the line that is located between the white and brown lines for the "2 cup" mark.
- Cook the rice as you normally would in the rice cooker. There should be an automatic button setting on the rice cooker.
- Once the rice is done cooking, let it sit for 10 minutes. Then open the rice cooker and gently fluff the rice with a rice paddle.