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1 8.4
To push cooked vegetables through a ricer into small soft pieces
  • verb
  • /raɪs/
translation icon : pasar por el pasapurés
  • For the best results, remember to rice the cauliflower until it resembles fine grains.

Examples

  • One large head will produce between 2 and 3 cups of riced and cooked cauliflower.

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  • Your standing outside my church comparing god to rice crispies?

  • Also, I don't have to peel them that way; it just comes off as I grate or rice them.

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  • I'm going to use some Jung and Kochi Jung to season my rice just a little bit.

  • Place the "riced" cauliflower into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 8 minutes (may need to adjust according to your microwave).

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  • I like them with the skins in the mash, but I love my ricer, so sometimes I peel and rice them if I want a smooth, fluffy mash, and other times I leave the skins and use a masher for chunky style.

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  • To make a smooth puree, you should rice the cooked vegetables before adding the sauce.

  • After boiling the potatoes, you can rice them for a light and fluffy texture in your dish.

Idioms

cheese and rice
  • Informal
9.9

A short phrase people say to show surprise or frustration instead of using a religious name

Compounds

12 1.2

A type of rice with its brown outer layer left on and a nuttier, chewier taste and more fiber

11 1.0

Rice cooked in a hot pan with oil, vegetables, and eggs

10 2.5

A flooded field where farmers grow rice

9 1.0

A soft white grain with its outer parts removed

4 3.3

A long dark grain from water plants that people cook and eat

A dish of rice cooked with pieces of chicken and mild seasonings, served warm

3 1.4

An electric pot that cooks rice using steam and keeps it warm

2 3.9

A thin, delicate sheet made from the inside of a plant used for writing, painting, or wrapping

1 2.2

Light, crispy rice grains that form when heat makes rice expand

1 2.6

A bowl of rice served with toppings, or a person's job that gives them money

1 9.9

An insulting slang term often used for small cheap cars made in East Asia

rice rocket
  • Offensive
1 9.8

A small fast car often made faster with extra parts

1 1.3

A hot dish of rice and vegetables cooked in water, often eaten as a small meal

1 2.3

A spicy rice dish cooked with tomatoes, onions, and peppers served as a side

Rice quickly cooked in a little oil with vegetables or meat

A dish of cooked rice quickly fried with egg, green onions and meat or shrimp

A type of rice grown as a main food for many people

8.1

A grass that animals eat in dry high places and plains of western North America and northern Mexico

3.4

A grain that grows in lakes and rivers and is eaten like rice

A dish of rice cooked slowly in broth until thick and creamy, often with cheese

rice grass
  • Specialized
7.5

A long-lived grass like wild rice that grows in North America and is eaten by animals

8.2

A rice farmer who is very successful and powerful in their area

4.9

An alcoholic drink made from fermented rice often served warm with Japanese food

9.9

A woman chosen at a farm fair to represent and support rice farmers

9.0

A small wild animal like a mouse that lives in marsh grass and eats plants and insects

A small plant from northwestern North America with green and purple bell-shaped flowers

An electric appliance that cooks rice by steaming or boiling

A small brown beetle that lives in and eats stored rice

rice-eater
  • Slur
9.3

A person who regularly eats rice, sometimes used jokingly or as an insult

A simple dish of peas cooked with rice

A type of rice with the husk and brown outer layer removed

How Fine

to puree
15 4.0
to rice
1 8.4
to mash
121 1.4
crush
27 2.8
to chop
193 1.0

Surface Forms

rice infinitive
riced past
riced past participle
ricing present participle
rices third person singular

Etymology

Rice as a verb comes from the idea of making food into small grains like rice and from the kitchen tool ricer that pushes food into rice-like bits. So to rice potatoes or cauliflower is to force them through the tool and make little, grain-like pieces.