Patent ID: 7314645

Claim:
A process for preparing aseptically packaged cooked rice, comprising: blanching ginseng in a phosphoric acid solution to produce pretreated ginseng; soaking jujube and chestnut in a mixed solution comprising a calcium solution and a phosphoric acid solution to produce a pretreated mixture; mixing raw material rice with the pretreated ginseng and the pretreated mixture to produce a rice mixture; hermetically sterilizing the rice mixture, after filling the rice mixture in a heat-resisting plastic container, at a temperature from 130° C. to 150° C. for 4 to 8 seconds, wherein the hermetically sterilizing is carried out from 4 to 10 times, to produce a sterilized rice mixture; cooking the sterilized rice mixture for 30 minutes with steam at a temperature of 100° C. after adding a fixed amount of liquid for cooking, the liquid comprising a fixed amount of glucono delta lactone (GDL) sufficient to adjust the pH of the liquid and to adjust the final pH of the cooked rice to a pH of 4.0 to 5.0, to produce cooked rice; and sealing and packaging the cooked rice in a clean room, whereby aseptically packaged cooked rice is produced.