PROCESSING OF INSTANT COOKED RICE AND ITS COOKED RICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for processing instant cooked rice, capable of storing rice by subjecting cooked rice to vacuum freeze-drying so as to leave good taste of polished rice itself and obtaining instant cooked rice like ordinary cooked rice by properly taking out the stored cooked rice and adding water content thereto and only heating the cooked rice. SOLUTION: This method for processing instant cooked rice comprises a process for steaming or cooking polished rice, a primary process for leaving a definite water content of cooked rice and subjecting the steamed or cooked rice to freeze-drying for a definite time and a secondary process for adding water content thereto after the primary process to provide instant cooked rice.