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8 Jan 22, 03:35 PM |
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Cooked rice - lasts how long?
Want to take small bento boxes to work with rice, chicken and few veg in.
Once at work reheat the rice in the microwave. If I cook a batch of rice on a Sunday night, how long could the rice be ok to reheat and eat that week? |
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8 Jan 22, 04:09 PM |
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Join Date: Jan 04
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I don't keep mine for longer than 3 days but if you wanted to cook up a big batch (we have a Zojirushi rice cooker and sometimes do this) you could portion the rice up and freeze it.
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8 Jan 22, 07:03 PM |
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Location: notts
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i generally try to use it within three days, but i had some last month that had been in an airtight tub in the fridge for a week, and it was still ok. just fried it up in the wok, added a bit more garlic/ginger/chili, some lao gan ma black bean paste and a handful of chopped meat that also needed using from another meal, and i didnt die (or throw up/feel off afterwards)
its all about keeping it out the danger zone, temperature-wise. leaving it out to cool is good (before sealing in a tub and sticking in the fridge, but if you can, stick it in the tube, in a bowl of ice water, it will cool it down a lot quicker, meaning you probably get an extra day or two out of it. its more about what youve cooked it with previously. if its plain/egg fried rice, youre probably good for a week, but if youve added meat/veg (or even worse, seafood) then try to use within 3 days most restaurants use precooked and cooled rice, the problem is you dont know how fresh it is, thats why you should always eat takeaway/doggie bag meals/rice within a day or two, but if youve cooked it yourself, you know how old the rice is, so you can take more of a risk! hth *edit* this stuff is amazing, theres a bunch of varieties (peanut, crispy chilli, tofu chunks, etc) but ive not had a bad one yet. add a tablesoon of this to any meal (soup works well!) to give it a little somethin somethin! amazon/Laoganma-Bl...f_=as_li_ss_tl if you have an asian supermarket nearby, you can pick it up for a couple of quid, so go there if you can, some of the larger mainstream supermarkets in predominately asian areas are particularlky good, im sure the asda in hyson green in notts has this on the shelves, along with all sorts of other strange and wonderful pastes and concoctions/snacks. take a punt and buy a few random things yiu like the look of, and see how you get on! (i do this at our local big polish supermarket too!) Edited at 07:08 PM. |
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9 Jan 22, 09:36 PM |
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Thanks all!
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12 Jan 22, 10:43 AM |
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Two days. Leftover rice is one of the biggest causes of food poisoning
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12 Jan 22, 05:06 PM |
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I have always thought it was a bad idea to reheat rice. If I take it to work for lunch I take a half pouch of the microwaveable rice.
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12 Jan 22, 06:52 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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If you are a bit Squeamish pass passed this reply.
Certain germ spores can remain in rice not cooked properly. Then germinate. Keeping the rice chilled 5 degrees centigrade or below slows down the reproduction of germs to a safe point. Above 65 and they start to die. This does a the danger zone mentioned. I would professionally always re heat to a minimum of 82 degrees. Only reheat once. Re heat to piping hot. Professionally I would not use rice more than one day after cooking. If you are taking it to work take it from the fridge straight into a cool bag, then straight into the fridge at work. Edited at 06:55 PM. |
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12 Jan 22, 06:56 PM |
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Join Date: Jan 09
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I've always been aware of the dangers of reheating rice. I've kept rice to the next day and never been ill as a result / just make sure you heat it fully. A bit like chicken
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13 Jan 22, 09:44 AM |
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14 Jan 22, 09:56 PM |
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If you have access to a microwave at work, why not just take something like small Veetee microwave rice packets.
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