Both white and brown rice is milled into rice flour.
Like its name implies, rice flour -- whether made from white rice or brown -- is ground rice kernels. White rice flour is less nutritious than brown because the white rice kernels are polished, which strips out a lot of nutrients. Rice flour is popular because its free of wheat and gluten, and people who are allergic to such foods can use these flours for cooking instead. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Coating
Rice flour can be used as a coating in the same way white flour is used before dipping into other ingredients, or straight into hot oil and fried. It coats foods like chicken, for sauteed dishes like chicken marsala or traditional fried chicken, tofu for tossing into stir fry dishes, and seafood for frying up strips of fish or deep-frying shrimp.
Flour Substitute
Both white and brown rice flour can be directly substituted for such ingredients as sorghum flour and millet flour. Rice flours can also act as a substitute for white or whole wheat flour. However, since rice flours don't behave the same as wheat flours, you need to modify how much rice flour you use, or combine it with another kind of flour, depending upon the recipe.
Noodles
Rice flour can be used for making rice noodles, which are a staple in Eastern cuisine. Some noodles made with the flour are chewy ribbon noodles (commonly found in southern Vietnam dishes), rice vermicelli (used in Asian foods like salads and spring rolls) and laska noodles (eaten in Malaysia and Indonesia as its own dish, like spaghetti in the United States).
Baking
For every baked good that contains a wheat-based flour, you can find a recipe for such items made with rice flour instead. Some examples are buns, sugar cookies, fruit- and nut- flavored pudding, biscuits, cupcakes, muffins and crackers.
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