Storing Rice

[donk79]

Recently our local Costco stopped carrying the short grain rice (Calrose) that we have been buying for years.  I ventured out to our local international foods store and found that most of the short grain rice there was close to it's expiration date.  This was the last push I needed to check out the Rice Factory in New York (via their website).  We read through the options, realized we had no idea what we wanted, and ordered 6 different 2lb bags of rice. 

 

They arrived today!  And then I saw that the Rice Factory recommends consuming the 100% milled rice we ordered within a month.  That's not going to happen!  Our 12 lbs of rice will more likely last 9 or 12 months.  So how do we best store good rice longer than we should?  Do we freeze it?  Is it better left sealed and unfrozen?  I appreciate your wisdom!

[ElsieD]

I too am interested in knowing this.

[liuzhou]

I don't recommend freezing rice for storage.

 

Freezing rice is used as a technique for speeding up making congee or rice gruel.

 

The freezing and thawing rice "cracks", altering texture and cooking times.

 

You won't have what you started with.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by liuzhou (log)

[liuzhou]

I use these. Dustproof, insect proof, moisture proof.

 

 

Various sizes.

 

 

[ElsieD]

I have a lot of various prices such as riceberry, brown basmatic, rice blends such as brown and wild rice.  I wonder is vacuuming sealing would work, with perhaps one of those dessicated packages in them?  I don't have freezer or refrigerator space for storage.  I do have a chamber vacuum sealer that I can use.

[liuzhou]

10 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

I have a lot of various prices such as riceberry, brown basmatic, rice blends such as brown and wild rice.  I wonder is vacuuming sealing would work, with perhaps one of those dessicated packages in them?  I

 

That's how premium red rice, black rice etc is packed in supermarkets here. Up to 500 gram bags.