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And the Valley Cooks: Rice

If you grew up in South Louisiana, chances are rice was a staple of your diet. My mom had it with virtually every meal, and that was pretty close to my own childhood as well.

And sure, you can just buy an electric rice cooker and it’ll do fine in a pinch.

Or, you can do it the right way. The way your maw-maw used to. Behold: perfect stove-top rice.

Ingredients:

2 cups long-grain white rice

3 cups water

2 tbsps unsalted butter

1 tsp kosher salt

Instructions:

1.