Fill saucepan with water, enough to cover rice but not to the top of the pan (you do not want it too high so it bubbles over when you add the rice), heat on high to a rolling boil

When the water is boiling, add rice

Stir the rice to make sure it doesn't stick to the pot

Cook rice in boiling water for 10 minutes

Meanwhile, Heat water in kettle (optional)

Take rice off heat, pour rice into a fine mesh strainer

Rinse rice in strainer with cold water and shake off excess water

Add boiling water from kettle to bottom of rice pot or add hot water from tap to rice saucepan

Put strainer with the rice in the rice pot filled with water

Place the pot with strainer filled with rice back on the stove on medium heat so that the water will continue to boil and steam the rice.

Steam rice for 10 - 15 minutes

Place rice in serving bowl, mix in butter, salt and pepper to taste and garnish with chopped parsley

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