Make Rainbow Rice in 5 Minutes! (2024)

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Make Rainbow Rice in 5 Minutes!? ›

Instructions. Add 1 cup of uncooked rice to a small plastic baggie and add a few drops of food coloring to the bag. If using gel coloring, you'll only need a tiny bit. Add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to the bag, seal the top, and shake up the bag to mix the color around the rice.

Instructions. Add 1 cup of uncooked rice to a small plastic baggie and add a few drops of food coloring to the bag. If using gel coloring, you'll only need a tiny bit. Add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to the bag, seal the top, and shake up the bag to mix the color around the rice.

It usually dries to the touch in about 1 hour. My kids LOVE helping to shake up the rainbow rice and they are so excited to wait as it dries. The good news is: once you make a batch of this, it will last you for years as long as you keep it sealed in a bag or container.

It quickly became our favorite method for dyeing rice. I would add a few squeezes of acrylic paint to a ziplock bag with 1.5 cups of white rice in it. Then I would add 4-5 pumps of hand sanitizer.

Food Colouring Method

Put around two cups of rice into the bag. Mix a tablespoon of vinegar with a bit of food colouring. I use Wilton gel food colouring as the colours are so vibrant. Add the mixture to the bag of rice and scrunch and shake the bag until the rice is covered.

For the amount of rice pictured below, I'd add around a teaspoon of vinegar. The vinegar helps spread and set the color. If you still have some white grains of rice, add more food coloring (and/or vinegar). The more food coloring you add, the darker the color of the rice will be.

Mix 1/2 tsp. of water + 15-20 drops of food coloring per color. Place into the baggie, zip up completely and then shake the heck out of it until the color has spread evenly. You might need to add another 1/4 tsp of water along with a couple more drops of coloring if it doesn't coat it perfectly.

1️⃣ Place rice in a ziplock bag 2️⃣ Squirt in about 5 pumps on hand sanitizer 3️⃣ Squirt in some paint (you can add more later if needed) 4️⃣ Close the bag and shake until thoroughly coated. If the paint isn't moving around enough, add more sanitizer.

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Keeping your coloured rice

Coloured rice will keep indefinitely as long it has been allowed to completely dry. We have been using ours for almost a year now and it is still as bright as the day we made it.

Powders such as spices, matcha, cocoa powder, coffee/espresso powder, or pulverized freeze-dried fruits can be added directly to the recipe for an extra pop of color.

Add in 1/4 teaspoon apple cider vinegar and shake bag until everything is well combined. Step 4. Pour colored rice out onto parchment paper and leave it to dry. This can take anywhere for 10 minutes to 1 hour or longer depending on the moister levels in your home and weather outside.

Next, add more drops of liquid watercolors, if needed. After that, spread rice out onto a cookie sheet or baking pan to let dry overnight. Or, leave the rice in the baggie and place it outside (with the baggie open) and let it air dry for about 30 minutes to two hours, depending on weather conditions.

Let me show you THE EASIEST way to dye rice that dries quickly and doesn't smell like vinegar: Hand Sanitizer and Paint! 1️⃣ Place rice in a ziplock bag 2️⃣ Squirt in about 5 pumps on hand sanitizer 3️⃣ Squirt in some paint (you can add more later if needed) 4️⃣ Close the bag and shake until thoroughly coated.

Measure 1 cup of rice (or just pour some in a bag, you really don't have to measure…) & pour in some drops of food coloring… I used about 7 drops, I wanted it vibrant! Add 1 Tbsp of water, seal your bag & shake it up.