PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently produce instant boiled rice which is recovered in a short time, and presents excellent flavor, texture and external appearance after being recovered.SOLUTION: A method for producing instant boiled rice includes: a step of obtaining water-absorbing rice by making raw material rice absorb water, holding the mixture of the raw material rice and boiling water at 75-80°C for 20-60 minutes, and arbitrarily, prior to this, preliminarily immersing the raw material rice in water at 70°C or less a step of adjusting the total amount of water which the raw material rice absorbs by preliminary immersion, and boiling water within a range of 150-190 pts.mass based on 100 pts.mass of the raw material rice before preliminary immersion a step of obtaining pregelatinized boiled rice by boiling the water-absorbing rice and a step of drying the boiled rice.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT【課題】短時間で復元し、復元後において優れた風味、食感および外観を呈する即席米を効率的に製造可能とする。【解決手段】本発明の即席米の製造方法は、原料米に吸水させて吸水米を得る工程であって、原料米と炊き水との混合物を75乃至80℃の温度に20乃至60分間に亘って保持することと、任意に、これに先立ち、原料米を70℃以下の水に予備浸漬させることとを含み、原料米が予備浸漬によって吸収する水と炊き水との合計を、予備浸漬前の原料米100質量部に対して150乃至190質量部の範囲内とする工程と、吸水米を炊飯して、α化した炊飯米を得る工程と、炊飯米を乾燥させる工程とを含んでいる。【選択図】なし
