How to Cook Parish Rice on the Stove
Cooking a good pot of rice doesn’t need to be complicated. If you’ve got Parish Rice, water, a little cooking oil, and about 20 minutes, you’ve got what you need.
This simple stovetop method gives you tender rice that works just as well underneath a gumbo or étouffée as it does alongside vegetables, grilled chicken, seafood, or whatever else is for dinner.
And once you know the basic ratio, it’s an easy recipe to remember.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Method: Stovetop
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Parish Rice
- 2 Cups Water
- 1 Teaspoon Cooking Oil
- 1 Teaspoon Salt, if desired
Instructions
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
Stir in Parish Rice. Cover Saucepan.
Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until all water is absorbed and the rice is tender.
What Is the Rice-to-Water Ratio for Parish Rice?
For stovetop cooking, use 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of Parish Rice.
That makes it easy to scale the recipe up when you’re cooking for more people. The important thing is to keep the same basic 1:2 rice-to-water ratio.
And if you ever forget, you don’t have to come looking for this recipe again. We include these stovetop cooking instructions right on the back of every bag of Parish Rice, so the basics are always there when you need them.
A Few Tips for Cooking Parish Rice
Once you cover the saucepan and lower the heat, let the rice do its thing. Keeping the lid on helps hold in the steam the rice needs to cook evenly.
You’ll know it’s ready when the water has been absorbed and the rice is tender. If you’re cooking on a different stove or using a different size saucepan, the exact cooking time may vary slightly.
From there, it’s ready for the table.
What Can You Serve With Parish Rice?
Around here, that can be a pretty long list.
Parish Rice works anywhere you’d normally use long grain white rice — gumbo, étouffée, red beans, smothered meats, gravy, seafood, stir-fries, rice bowls, or simply as a side.
That versatility is part of why rice has been a staple in Louisiana kitchens for generations. You don't need a different rice for every recipe. Sometimes you just need to know how to make a good pot of the one you already have.
What Makes Parish Rice Different?
Parish Rice is grown from Frontier, a rice variety developed through traditional breeding at the LSU AgCenter and grown by our family in Eunice, Louisiana.
It cooks and tastes like the long grain white rice you already know, but there’s more going on inside the grain. Parish White Rice has a tested glycemic index of 41 and provides roughly 6 grams of protein per cooked cup.
We think that's a pretty nice bonus for something that was probably going on the plate anyway