PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INSTANT RICE, INSTANT RICE OBTAINED BY SAID PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INSTANT RICE, AND DEVICE FOR USE IN SAID PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INSTANT RICE
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a process for producing instant rice which can be restored to the eatable cooked rice by merely pouring hot or cold water. This process for producing instant rice is characterized by comprising a first pressure steaming step in which raw rice is pressurized and steamed with stirring to form a gelatinized layer in the surface of the raw rice, a water addition step in which water is added to the raw rice having a gelatinized layer in the surface, a tempering step in which the water content of the raw rice to which water has been added is made even, a second pressure steaming step in which the raw rice to which water has been added is pressurized and steamed with stirring to gelatinize the raw rice to the center thereof, a drying step in which the raw rice gelatinized to the center is dried, and a puffing step in which the dried raw rice is puffed.
