How do you cook brown rice

[Excidium28]

I been boiling it for ever and its still really hard.

 

[AClarke]

Ive been pounding down brown rice cakes instead of cooking the brown rice for a few weeks... soooooo much more convenient and I cant see how the cakes could be worse than regular rice since theyre simply composed of brown rice and salt...

 

[sublime35]

they are worse because they are digested extremely quick and cause insulin spike. Take note at hot they dissolve in your mouth.

 

[sublime35]

but to answer your question. it takes like 45 mins.

 

[the-short-one]

invest in a rice cooker (get a good one second hand on ebay ) and you'll never have to worry about it.

 

[jenscats5]

invest in a rice cooker (get a good one second hand on ebay ) and you'll never have to worry about it.

Yep, either get one of them or you can cook it on the stove -- but it needs about 45 minutes + on low heat & keep watching it so the water doesn't boil off -- add water if needed......

I've found the rice cooker is the easiest & works the best.....

 

[velvett]

Just as a side note - if you put some chicken stock in the water that you boil the rice in, it will taste better.

 

[cwc73]

I microwave it, Is that bad?

 

[jenscats5]

I microwave it, Is that bad?

No, it's not bad...... but in my experience it's been messy -- my BR always boils over..... so if you get the texture you like by M'waving then keep with it....

 

[cwc73]

thanks, k to you

 

[Carl Carlson]

I'll second the suggestion of a rice cooker. I got one for Christmas and I use it multiple times a week to make rice and steam veggies.

 

[Steve The Bluesman]

I remember when I was about 18 and I tried to cook rice...I figured fried rice, so you fry it in a pan, right? Well, I tossed it right out the box all hard into a frypan with oil in it...

It took about 5 minutes to realize something was very wrong...


Bluesman

 

[pintoca]

I been boiling it for ever and its still really hard.

With a lot of patience....

It took me a while to figure out those suckers take extra long to cook... now that I read about it, the idea of a rice cooker seems a good one.

 

[evander1972]

I use a rice cooker that you put in the micro, Takes 14 mins to cook up a batch.

 

[glennds]

but to answer your question. it takes like 45 mins.

really? i thought that was more for wild rice.

 

[jenscats5]

really? i thought that was more for wild rice.

Brown rice & wild rice take about the same time..... just remember to check it so all the water doesn't boil off...........

 

[glennds]

brown and wild rice are one of those foods that SOUND really good but are never as good as you think they will be. brown rice is too grainy and kinda hard even after being thouroughly cooked. wild rice sucks period. for this reason they have never become a diet staple, at least in the US, like good old fashioned white rice.

 

[Nicorette]

I been boiling it for ever and its still really hard.

Soak the rice in cold water over night.

 

[glennds]

after reading this thread i decided to buy some brown rice and try it again. cooked it tonight and was quite good, but took OVER an hour to cook. not quite sure why brown rice takes so much longer than white rice.

 

[jenscats5]

after reading this thread i decided to buy some brown rice and try it again. cooked it tonight and was quite good, but took OVER an hour to cook. not quite sure why brown rice takes so much longer than white rice.

Because the brown rice grain doesn't have the outer husk stripped off it like the white rice grain does....

I've found cooking it on the stove & in the 'wave gives mixed results. I am very pleased with the results from my rice steamer & now use that esclusively for my rice...

 

[muscelove]

Does it go bad because i cook about 4 cups at a time a sometimes it stays in my fridge for a while. It doesnt smell but that doesnt necessarily mean its good.

 

[jenscats5]

Does it go bad because i cook about 4 cups at a time a sometimes it stays in my fridge for a while. It doesnt smell but that doesnt necessarily mean its good.

It will eventually -- but I've eaten it 7-10 days out with no problem. As long as your fridge is at the proper temp. & you heat it properly, you should be fine.

 

[glennds]

Because the brown rice grain doesn't have the outer husk stripped off it like the white rice grain does....

I've found cooking it on the stove & in the 'wave gives mixed results. I am very pleased with the results from my rice steamer & now use that esclusively for my rice...

interesting, learn something new every day. why can't they strip the outer husk on brown rice then? seems it would make it more appealing to more people...would it also diminish the flavor?

 

[sublime35]

they can, that is how they make it white rice. it alls starts out as brown and then they remove the husk to make white rice.

 

[glennds]

who knew!

 

[jenscats5]

interesting, learn something new every day. why can't they strip the outer husk on brown rice then? seems it would make it more appealing to more people...would it also diminish the flavor?

If they did that, it wouldn't be brown rice anymore.... it'd be white rice....

Just as sublime said....

 

[Themachine01]

Success brown rice bags, 10 mins in the microwave and its done. I have used this to cut with the past 2 years with great results, im sure it might lack some of the nutrients, but you cannot tell the difference in taste.

 

[glennds]

Success brown rice bags, 10 mins in the microwave and its done. I have used this to cut with the past 2 years with great results, im sure it might lack some of the nutrients, but you cannot tell the difference in taste.

Success rice is like MinUte Rick, converted so takes shorter time to cook. i love MInute Rice but don't think it takes that much shorter to cook than regular white rice. takes at least ten minutes to boil and for it all to absorb. white rice only takes a total of twenty. brown rice way longer but the real thing much more nutritous and tasty.

i once read the cost of Minute Rice (and Success) costs like 20 times more thaneregular rice. may be less for the store brand.

 

[Themachine01]

the Success brown rice in the bags are very convenient, you can jsut bring them with you to work if there is a microwave, and they are much different then minute rice, taste much better.

 

[thajeepster]

Success brown rice bags, 10 mins in the microwave and its done. I have used this to cut with the past 2 years with great results, im sure it might lack some of the nutrients, but you cannot tell the difference in taste.

same here.