When you get brown rice from a Chinese Restaurant, it takes twice the time to cook as white rice.
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020, Larry Gassman via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:03:46 > From: Larry Gassman via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: larrygass...@roadrunner.com > Subject: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker > > Hi all, > I've cooked white rice in a rice cooker for years and now want to switch to > brown because it is healthier. > But, my first attempt was just okay. > I usually use a cup of rice, some butter, some Lowerys seasoning, and a can > of low sodium Chicken Boullion. > When I tried it with Brown rice, the rice came out rather chewy, and may not > have been done, even though the rice cooker did click off. > I do not have a setting for brown rice on my rice cooker. > At least, I don't think I do. > I googled some recipes today and found one in particular that might work. > But my twin brother John and I are the only ones eating for the most part. > So could I cut this in half? > Should I ignore the chicken boullion based on the ingreedients given in this > recipe? > Thank you for any hints and help. > Larry > > Brown Rice in a rice cooker > > The best quantity to cook is 2 cups of rice with 4 cups water. If this is > your first time, that's what I recommend you start with. > 5) Add salt > Salt makes a huge difference in the brown rice taste, so don't forget to add > it. I always add salt directly to the rice cooker, right after adding rice > and water. I use 1/4 tsp of salt for each 1 cup of uncooked rice. If it's > not salty enough for you, just increase the salt amount next time to 1/2 > tsp. > 6) Cook in the rice cooker > Set the rice cooker to cook :) If you have the "Brown Rice" setting, use > that. If you only have the "Rice" or "White Rice" setting, just use that - > if you used the brown rice to water ratio above, it should turn out just > fine. > Make sure to never open the rice cooker while the rice is cooking, or it > will mess up the rice! Be patient and wait until the cooking cycle is done. > 7) Fluff with fork after cooking > When the rice is done cooking in the rice cooker, it won't look like the > fluffy rice on the above picture. In order to get it to be fluffy, you have > to fluff it with a fork! Just get a regular fork and stir the rice with it, > separating the grains until is looks tasty and fluffy. > 8) Add optional seasonings > You can eat your brown rice as is, or to kick the flavor up a notch you can > use extra seasonings. You can add a dab of butter and a squeeze of lemon > juice, as well as a sprinkle of your favorite spices to season the brown > rice. Enjoy! > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > -- _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
