Name: Basic Rice Pilaf
Uploaded: 2010-05-17T04:18:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min 52 s
Channel: America's Test Kitchen
Description: Traditional recipes insist that for a truly great pilaf you must soak or at least repeatedly rinse the rice before cooking. Is this really necessary, or is it just an old wives' tale?

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<p>Traditional recipes insist that for a truly great pilaf you must soak or at least repeatedly rinse the rice before cooking. Is this really necessary, or is it just an old wives' tale?</p>

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