Re-heating food

peardrops_2

We are on a tight budget and recently I made a huge pot of Chilli and also made far too much rice.

Once cold I put both the rice and Chilli in separate sealed containers and put them in the fridge. Is rice OK to be re-heated? I've re-heated Chilli before but not sure about the rice.

Many thanks

kittykat500

You can reheat rice but you should be careful that you heat it through properly. You can get quite ill otherwise!

Noctu

Yep - as long as it's been in the fridge it'll be fine. As kittykat says though, make sure you heat it well!

Pink.

Hi peardrops,

With left over rice you need to be careful and make sure it's chilled quickly and kept cold or frozen before reheating as it can contain a nasty bacteria (bacillus cerius). Saying that, I have been reheating left over rice for years and never come to any harm. It'll be fine, just make sure it's piping hot before serving.

Pink