Patent ID: 6767570
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A23L,A23P

Abstract:
A process for making shaped rice foods comprised of visible, joined, fully-cooked rice grains by a process comprising:a) partially cooking dry rice grains with water at temperatures above 175 F in a cooker and discharging the hot and still-cooking grains with adhering cooking water from said cooker while said grains are still flowable; b) further cooking the grains of a) at temperatures above 175 F whereby the centers of the grains absorb some of said grains' surface water and become fully-cooked as they are formed into shaped units comprised of visible, fully-cooked rice grains; and c) still further cooking the rice units of b) at temperatures above 300 F to firm their texture and evaporate some of the grains moisture before the fully-cooked grains become over-hydrated and burst.