Cooking w/Rice Flour that's not deep frying?

RedRajah · May 19, 2013

Ended up picking up some rice flour accidentally. Long story short, I wanted to get (toasted) rice powder to try to make homemade larb, but got the flour instead.

Anyway, trying to make the best of my mistake, what are some good yet simple recipes using rice flour? I'm not comfortable deep frying so something like tempura would be out. Can I use it as a substitute for all-purpose flour?

Liralen · May 19, 2013

Rice flour is usually best used as a substitute for a portion of the flour. It's used a great deal in gluten free baking, but really needs to be blended with other flours.

I usually sub it for about one quarter of the total volume.

Or you could try your hand at making rice noodles.

sunandshadow · May 19, 2013

I'd personally make steamed buns. You can make them plain or sweet, filled with anything from ground meat to bean paste to custard to peanut butter/almond butter/nutella, and optionally rolled in anything from coconut or peanut dust to cinnamon.

RedRajah · May 19, 2013

Liralen said:
Rice flour is usually best used as a substitute for a portion of the flour. It's used a great deal in gluten free baking, but really needs to be blended with other flours.

I usually sub it for about one quarter of the total volume.

Or you could try your hand at making rice noodles.

So, if a recipe called for 4 cups, one of those cups could be the rice flour and the other 3 all-purpose?

RedRajah · Jun 9, 2013

Liralen said:
Rice flour is usually best used as a substitute for a portion of the flour. It's used a great deal in gluten free baking, but really needs to be blended with other flours.

I usually sub it for about one quarter of the total volume.

Actually did this yesterday with my banana bread and so far, it turned out pretty well. Thanks for the advice!

Liralen · Jun 9, 2013

RedRajah said:
So, if a recipe called for 4 cups, one of those cups could be the rice flour and the other 3 all-purpose?

That's the idea

Something else I've found I like, as far as subbing goes, is to also sub a nut meal, like almond meal, in for part of the all purpose, usually about a quarter, sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on what I'm making. It boosts nutrition and adds some protein in place of carbs.

Since going gluten free I've been amusing myself with flour exchanges

holy_shiitake · Jun 13, 2013

you can make amaaaazing onion rings with the rice flour! and it doesn't involve deep frying, just regular frying. but you can use it in pretty much any gluten free recipe, just mix it with other flours if you want rising action in your food (it doesn't make cakes rise, for example).

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