Any Tips on Using Brown Rice in Recipes

[blazedog]

I have pretty much given up eating white rice unless it is absolutely necessary for the outcome of the dish.

There are a number of recipes that would be good with brown rice but I am stymied as to how to make the conversion -- generally the white rice is added at some point but white rice cooks in about 15 minutes as opposed to the 45 or so that brown rice takes. Often that would overcook the rest of the stuff.

If I use cooked brown rice, then the liquid proportions would be skewed.

Has anybody come up with a formula or technique that would work?

Thanks in advance.

[swquilts]

Blaze, I hate to admit it, but I use Uncle Ben's Instant Brown Rice. :eek: Great texture and it comes out perfect every time.

JMHO

[jtoepfert100]

Blaze, I hate to admit it, but I use Uncle Ben's Instant Brown Rice. :eek: Great texture and it comes out perfect every time.

JMHO

I can't even get this stuff to come out right! :o I have come to the conclusion that I am severely brown rice handicapped. Sorry to hijack. . .

[clairea]

I think most recipes I have seen that call for cooking the rice with the rest of the ingredients frequently call for adding the white rice fairly close to the end of the cooking time. When that is the case, I just add the brown rice earlier. If I can't do it that way for some reason, I will either cook the rice separately with some of the cooking liquid from the recipe. or parcook it the same way and that the parcooked rice and the cooking liquid to the dish. I have been subbing brown rice for white for a long time so it is kind of automatic now and I can't really think of how else I have handled this although I'm sure there are situations where none of above approaches work. Maybe if you post a couple of recipes it would be easier to see what might work for them.

Claire

[funniegrrl]

Success also makes an "instant" brown rice -- it's boil-in-bag, and you boil for 10 minutes. Which of course is HALF the time it takes regular white rice ... hmmm.

The thought that occurs to me is to partially cook the brown rice -- all but the last 20 minutes or whatever time the regular white rice is supposed to cook in the recipe. Then, drain and add and finish the recipe as written.

[blazedog]

I can't even get this stuff to come out right! :o I have come to the conclusion that I am severely brown rice handicapped. Sorry to hijack. . .

The Cooks Illustrated Baked Brown Rice is THE best way to make brown rice. I always had trouble with stove top. I don't have the receipt on this computer but will post later if someone else doesn't beat me to the punch.