Rice Heats Up Again Before Eating, Is It Safe? Let's Not Toxic, Pay Attention To These 5 Things

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YOGYAKARTA Nasi comes from rice or Oryza sativa which is the oldest seremia in the world. Nasi contains carbohydrates, this provides energy for the body. White rice is the most common type and is cooked every day by the majority of Indonesians. However, is rice heated again safe for health?

Rice can be reheated as long as it is still not stale. It is also important to pay attention to how to prevent damaged rice due to exposure to bacteria and ensure it is safe to consume. Nasi, reported by Medical News Today, Monday, December 18, is more easily problematic than other food residues because it is easy to contain Bacllus cereus bacteria that can survive even though cooked. These bacteria often trigger food poisoning due to heated or steamed rice.

Food poisoning, usually causes diarrhea and vomiting and causes severe complications. So before reheating or repainting cooked rice, it is important to follow how to prepare, store, and heat it again. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends the safest way to grow children and store rice properly. This step, below.

Always wash your hands thoroughly before preparing or cooking food. This is the most basic procedure. Separate cooking utensils that have been in contact with raw animal products. Or make sure cooking utensils at home are washed clean after use.

When raising rice, make sure the temperature is high. Stay away from the danger zone where bacteria breed quickly. How to cook can vary, you can feed rice as usual. It's just that, you have to use clean equipment and wash rice first until it's clean.

To reduce bacterial growth, cool food quickly. For example, share food in a food container and close tightly after it's cold. To get cold quickly, place hot food directly in the refrigerator. Don't let any rice or hot food be left alone for more than 1 hour.

USDA recommends only storing food left over for a certain period of time. Food left over fruit has been stored in the refrigerator after 3-4 days. The freezer can only be used in 3-4 months.

Storing food at a safe temperature, or about 4 degrees Celsius. Storing food between room temperature, will make it easy to stale because it is the most ideal temperature for breeding bacteria. So if the remaining food is stored in room temperature for more than 2 hours, it will potentially be damaged.

When heated again, make sure all the hot rice. You can use the microwave but add 1-2 tablespoons per cup and cover the top so that the rice can be steamed again. Heat up rice with the microwave can be done for 3-4 minutes. After it is heated, it's best to immediately serve rice.

If heated by steaming, you can use a pot. Add enough water or butter and boiling water under steaming. Just like other ways, the heated rice should be served again immediately.

Cold rice is safe to eat as long as it is cooled and stored properly. The steps above, you can take to reduce the risk of heated rice poisoning again. But keep in mind, don't heat the rice more than once because it will increase the risk of food poisoning.