Best 11 Perfect Brown Rice Recipes
Brown rice, a whole grain variety, boasts a nutty flavor and a chewy texture that sets it apart from its refined counterpart. Despite its remarkable nutritional profile, many home cooks find themselves struggling to achieve perfectly cooked brown rice, often ending up with a mushy or undercooked mess. This comprehensive guide will equip you with the essential knowledge and techniques to consistently create delectable, fluffy, and flavorful brown rice, transforming it from a daunting culinary challenge into a staple of your kitchen repertoire.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
PERFECT BROWN RICE
Though it's easy to do, preparing brown rice can seem daunting when you're trying to get that perfect not-too-chewy, not-too-soggy texture. This method produces flawless results every time with little fuss!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Rinse the rice in a fine-mesh sieve under cold water for 30 seconds. Drain.
- Combine the rice, salt and 2 cups water in a wide, medium saucepan and bring the water to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until all liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork before serving.
NO-FUSS PERFECT BAKED BROWN RICE
Nothing exotic here except perfect brown rice every time. I was surprised that there was no recipe for this already. I hated making brown rice on the stove top, so I have used this for almost 20 years. Smells like popcorn when it is baking. Be creative! Add spices to match any meal. Make a double recipe and you have the beginnings for a breakfast frittata or stir fried rice.
Provided by MATHGOD
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 baking dish.
- Place rice in prepared baking dish; sprinkle salt and oil on top. Pour boiling water over rice. Cover baking dish tightly with double layer of aluminum foil and pinch edges to seal.
- Bake in center of preheated oven until water is absorbed, about 1 hour.
- Remove rice from oven, uncover, and fluff with fork.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 204.8 calories, Carbohydrate 40.2 g, Fat 3 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 198.9 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
PERFECT BASIC BROWN RICE
This basic recipe was printed in Saveur magazine. It works well for any brown rice - short, medium or long-grain brown rice. Disregard the directions on your package. Most likely it will come out mushy. In this recipe, the boiling (uncovered) cooks it thoroughly, and the steaming at the end make it light and fluffy.
Provided by PanNan
Categories Brown Rice
Time 45m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Rinse the starch off the rice in a strainer under cold water for 30 seconds.
- Bring the water to a boil over high heat in a large pot that has a tight fitting lid.
- Add the rice, stir it just once, and boil, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Pour the rice into a strainer over the sink and drain for 10 seconds.
- Return the rice to the same pot, off the heat.
- Cover immediately and set aside for 10 minutes (this is the steaming part).
- Uncover, fluff with a fork, and season with salt.
PERFECT BROWN RICE IN A STEAMER
We've started eating whole grains and that means we now eat brown rice instead of the starchy white rice. But it takes so long to cook it, so I was trying to find the correct formula for making it in my rice steamer. So I could cook it on the weekends and have it ready to go for the week. This "recipe" makes about 6 cups, which for my family is two dinners worth plus some. I've also included freezing instructions for the extra servings.
Provided by MsSally
Categories Low Cholesterol
Time 3h10m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Place 2 c rice in a dish with a cover. Pour enough water in to cover and let sit on the counter for at least 2 hours.
- Drain in a colendar.
- Fill steamer with water to the high mark. Place steamer basket on steamer. Put rice in rice bowl with 2 1/2 c clean water.
- Cover steamer and steam for 65 to 70 minutes Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Remove rice from steamer. If eating it right away serve as usual with butter and spices.
- If you are not eating right away put rice back in colendar and rinse with cold water till rice is cooled. Place portions into zip top freezer bags, lay flat and squeeze out air and seal bags. Place in freezer till serving day.
- To use frozen rice, place bag in fridge to thaw about 12 hrs before you are going to use it. Pour thawed rice into a microwave container with just a sprinkle of water. Cover and vent. Microwave about 2 to 3 mins or till warmed through. Serve as usual.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 228.2, Fat 1.8, SaturatedFat 0.4, Sodium 6.3, Carbohydrate 47.6, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 0.5, Protein 4.9
PERFECT OVEN-BAKED BROWN RICE
I got this one from "The Best Recipe" by Cook's Illustrated. It's a very easy way to make brown rice that comes out perfect every time. No more sticky, clumpy, waterlogged goop! This rice is tender and separate and delicious. Notice that the ratio of water to rice is much less than the oft-quoted 2 to 1. This is the key to this recipe, so make sure to measure carefully.
Provided by Billy Zac
Categories Brown Rice
Time 1h10m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place oven rack in middle position. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Bring the water to a boil. Keep the water covered as it boils so you don't lose too much as steam.
- When the oven is at 375, put the water, rice, and salt into an ovenproof pot with a tight-fitting lid. I have successfully used pyrex dishes and cast-iron dutch ovens. If you don't have a good lid, you can also use a double layer of foil. Just make sure it's sealed well around the edges.
- Pop it in the oven.
- The rice is done when it is tender and the water is all gone. It usually takes an hour. When it's done, fluff it with a fork and serve. Yum! So simple and good!
PERFECT BROWN RICE
This is the perfect way to cook brown rice: it isn't hard, mushy, and you don't need a rice cooker!
Provided by TheBlondeBaker
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine rice, water, broth, taco seasoning, salt, and pepper in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce to a simmer; cook until all liquid is absorbed, about 40 minutes. If some liquid remains, cover and cook for 5 to 10 minutes more. Fluff with a fork and remove from heat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 244.4 calories, Carbohydrate 50.9 g, Fat 1.9 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 293.4 mg, Sugar 1.7 g
PERFECT BROWN RICE / SAVEUR
Yield 2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- 1. Rinse rice in a strainer under cold running water for 30 seconds. Bring 12 cups water to a boil in a large pot with a tight-fitting lid over high heat. Add the rice, stir it once, and boil, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Pour the rice into a strainer over the sink. 2. Let the rice drain for 10 seconds, then return it to the pot, off the heat. Cover the pot and set it aside to allow the rice to steam for 10 minutes. Uncover the rice, fluff with a fork, and season with salt.
PERFECT BROWN RICE
I found this recipe in Organic Gardening magazine when my children were babies. It truly does make absolutely perfect brown rice every time! Never gummy. You can easily substitute it in recipes calling for rice without your family noticing (well, unless they dissect everything with a magnifying glass like my son likes to do)! *Please note: THIS IS JUST A RECIPE FOR BASIC RICE! It will NOT be fabulous alone! Use it for any recipe calling for cooked rice/ or spiff it up with the addition of garlic, onion, herbs, broth sub for water, etc. etc. It WILL be bland if served as is!
Provided by Susan Lee
Categories Brown Rice
Time 1h7m
Yield 2-3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Sauté brown rice with egg in butter, stirring constantly over medium heat until mixture is dry.
- Add broth and oil and pour into deep larger baking dish.
- Bake at 350°F for one hour.(you may need to bake longer, make sure all water is absorbed!).
- DO NOT STIR!
- DO NOT POKE!
- DO NOT DISTURB!
- Just LOOK at the rice after 30 minutes and cover with foil at that time.
ALTON BROWN'S PERFECT RICE
I threw out, so many pots of rice I tried and tried. Finally I could stop using Minute Rice. Thanks Alton Brown's 2009 Recipe
Provided by linda O
Categories Rice Sides
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Set into a medium pan and place butter over high heat.
- 2. Add rice salt and onion to the saucepan and stir constantly. Until the rice begins to brown.
- 3. Add hot water in the pan stir and cover with a lid.
- 4. Decrease the heat to low and cook exactly 20 minutes.
- 5. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes and uncover. Fluff with fork and serve.
NO-FUSS PERFECT BAKED BROWN RICE
Categories Rice
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 baking dish.
- Place rice in prepared baking dish; sprinkle salt and oil on top. Pour boiling water over rice. Cover baking dish tightly with double layer of aluminum foil and pinch edges to seal.
- Bake in center of preheated oven until water is absorbed, about 1 hour.
- Remove rice from oven, uncover, and fluff with fork.
- Note: This recipe works for any type of brown rice.
PERFECT FLUFFY BROWN RICE
I was raised on brown rice, but never liked the tough, chewy quality of it. Several years ago I had the bright idea of giving it a bit of a toast in the frying pan before cooking it. I used to use some oil, but now... a dry frying pan is all I use. My mom was amazed when i shared this idea with her several years ago. She switched...
Provided by Sherrill Salom
Categories Other Main Dishes
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Heat an 8-10 inch cast iron skillet, non-stick frying pan, or dutch oven over medium-high heat. You want a nice hot pan, close to smoking. A few drops of water should sizzle, dance and evaporate almost immediately when sprinkled in the pan.
- 2. Put the brown rice into the skillet. You do not need any oil or butter. Now, stir or shake the skillet frequently over the medium-high heat. The rice will start to brown, and you'll hear popping noises. This process is called "dextrinization". The heat is breaking down the tough outer shell of the rice. This makes the fiber shell crack open and soften, so the rice will be fluffy when cooked. Also, rice is a grain like corn, and some of the grains will actually pop like popcorn. This is normal and actually adds to the fluffiness after its cooked.
- 3. Continue to stir over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes, or until most or all of the grains have turned a rich brown color and a sweet nutty aroma is rising from the pan. I discovered that if I shake it instead of stirring it, the dextrinized rice moves to the outside of the pan, and the undextrinized moves to the center. That helps you see better when its ready to put into your kettle or rice cooker. its ok if a bit of smoke comes from your cast iron skillet, but not from a non-stick.
- 4. Now pour the dextrinized (browned) rice into your rice cooker or kettle, add 2 cups water and a few shakes of salt, cover and let it cook until done. This cuts your cooking time literally in half. I also find that when I use a rice cooker, it takes less than 2 cups water, but just a tad less. You will get a yield of about 2 1/4 cups of cooked rice, and it will be perfect for straight eating, fried rice, stuffed bell peppers or sushi, or any other rice dish. Don't tell your husband... he'll never know!
Tips:
- Choose the right rice: Long-grain brown rice is the best choice for perfect, fluffy results. It has a higher starch content than short-grain rice, which helps it to hold its shape after cooking.
- Rinse the rice before cooking: This helps to remove the starch and bran from the surface of the rice, which can make it sticky and gummy.
- Use the right ratio of water to rice: The general rule is 1 1/2 cups of water for every cup of rice. However, you may need to adjust this ratio depending on the type of rice you are using and the desired consistency.
- Bring the water to a boil before adding the rice: This helps to prevent the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer the rice for 45-50 minutes: Do not peek or stir the rice during this time, as this can interrupt the cooking process.
- Once the rice is cooked, remove it from the heat and let it rest for 5 minutes before fluffing it with a fork: This allows the rice to absorb any remaining moisture and prevents it from becoming sticky.
Conclusion:
With a little practice, you can cook perfect brown rice every time. Just remember to choose the right rice, rinse it before cooking, use the right ratio of water to rice, and simmer it gently until it is cooked through. Once you've mastered the basics, you can experiment with different cooking methods and flavors to create your own perfect brown rice recipe.
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