Food Recipes Perfect Long-Grain White Rice 3.3 (236) 3 Reviews Here's the ideal long-grain white rice to water ratio for cooking a flawless pot of white rice—an easy dinner recipe. By Sara Quessenberry Sara Quessenberry Sara Quessenberry is a recipe developer, food stylist, and cookbook author with nearly two decades of experience in the culinary arts. She was a food stylist and recipe developer at Real Simple for five years. She's currently the food director at doitDelicious.com. Highlights: * Food director at doitDelicious.com * Collaborates with Jessica Seinfeld on recipes for her cookbooks and website * Wrote an award-winning cookbook, The Good Neighbor Cookbook Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 26, 2020 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Hands On Time: 5 mins Total Time: 25 mins Yield: 4 serves Ingredients 1 cup long-grain white rice Kosher salt Directions In a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, combine rice, 1½ cups water, and ½ teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Stir once, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 18 minutes. (Do not lift the lid or stir!) Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork and serve. manoa/Getty Images Print