How Long Will Rice Last In A Sealed Container?

[beauregard]

I put a tightly-sealed container of rice in the back of my fridge about a year and a half ago . . . is it still good?

(Perhaps I should just try a little )

~ beau

[prasantrin]

Assuming it's uncooked rice, it should last a long time. But you may find it cooks up harder than newer rice. When that happens, I compensate by adding more water than I usually use (I usually use about 1:1.1 rice:water, but with older rice I might use 1:1.25 or so).

[beauregard]

Thanks, Rona ~

I posted the topic & immediately felt foolish for not just cooking up a little of the stuff and tasting!

~ beau

[andiesenji]

Isn't some rice purposely aged?

I have been using a big container of rice that has been in my freezer for a couple of years - it's an organic brown rice - a friend gave me a 25-pound bag which I transferred to a plastic storage container and stuck in the freezer. It cooks up the same as it did when I first got it.