Brown rice question

[big4life]

How do you cook it?


I am serious.

I can cook any number of complicated meals and dishes, but when it comes to brown rice I either under cook it, or over cook it.

Also, any recipes that ya'll might have, would be appreciated.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

my mother tought me this method and it gets the rice very very fluffy and nice
soak the rice for a few hours
bring to the boil in lightly salted water then let it cook until most of the water is evaporated then add more water. bring to the boil and simmer till all the water has evaporated.
Try that

 

[granby140]

by the uncle bens instart 10 minute rice

 

[Puddles]

I empty the bag of rice into a pot, and cover it with water that's almost twice as high as the layer of rice at the bottom. So, say there's an inch of rice at the bottom, I cover it with almost 2 inches of water. An easy way to do this is to stick your index finger into the rice and see how far up it goes on your finger, then cover it with water until it's up high enough on your finger (rice at first knuckle = water to the 2nd nuckle). Then I add in a little bit of chicken bullion (I use Tone's chicken paste that I get at Sam's club but you can use a bullion cube instead)...no need to add extra salt if you're using bullion, some white pepper, cellery seed, garlic powder, onion flakes, parsley, and sometimes some other seasonings (sage, thyme, chives, etc.), but those are good enough. I don't like plain brown rice...tastes like cardboard. Once it's been boiling for about a minute I lower the flame until it's just barely simmering and I cover and let it cook for 40 minutes or until the water is evaporated. I store it in the fridge for the week in the pot it was cooked in.

Last night I used brown rice to make Chinese fried rice. A very hot non-stick pan with olive oil and sesame oil, brown some onions and garlic, dump in cold brown rice and get it hot and mixed with the onions and garlic, add a bit of soy sauce and mix well. Keeping the heat really high let the rice sit for about a minute, then mix it up again, repeat a few times until it's done. I made shrimp with oriental veggies seasoned with a little ginger to go with it.