Can you substitute rice flour for plain flour in cooking?

Answer 1

Yes you can. For every cup of Rice Flour, substitute 1 1/8 cup of All Purpose flour.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

AnswerIf you are cooking, and just using it for a breading or thickener, yes. If you are baking, NO! Most of the time you need a combination of different flours to equal wheat flour, as well as a binder, like xanthan or guar gum. Rice flour should only be substituted measure for measure for wheat flour in small quantities (less than half a cup).ACTUALLY, I just made a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies and substituted rice flour for the all-purpose flour. They came out FINE. The consistency is not like a traditional chewy cookie dough and they're a bit delicate, but they taste and look just like good ol' chocolate chip cookies. When substituting with these non-traditional ingredients, there's definitely going to be some give and take on the norms we are used to, but by no means in a dramatic way!!! Enjoy your rice flour chocolate chip cookies!

Answer 3

I've been cooking with rice flour for years now, and it makes baked goods more crumbly unless you add a starchy flour like tapioca or arrowroot with it. I say yes, you can use plain flour in rice flour recipes, but you may need to play around with the quantity. Try using a little bit more plain flour than you would rice flour (maybe an extra tablespoon or 2). Hope that helps! Good luck!

Answer 4

No, since rice flour and plain flour have different sets of properties. Mainly, plain flour contains gluten, meaning it can trap airbubbles and hence rise easily. It also means it can easily be shaped and hold it's shape during baking (without spreading everywhere). Rice flour does not contain gluten, meaning it does not trap airbubbles easily so tends not to rise. It is also difficult to shape due to lack of gluten. Rice flour and plain flour also absorb different quantities of liquid, meaning substituting one for the other could result in a dry, brick-like texture. Also, rice flour and wheatflour do taste different.

If you wish to use rice flour, you would be best finding recipes which actually suggest using rice flour rather than attempting to substitute for plain flour.

Answer 5

yes, it would be the same quantities, it basically depends on your preference. Sweet rice flour, however, is not the same.

Answer 6

Yes, but the results will not be the same. Rice flour contains no gluten, so the recipe will not have the characteristic sponginess of wheat flour.

Answer 7

Often you can, yes.