Shorten Brown Rice Cooking time

nerys72
nerys72 Posts: 14
in Food and Nutrition
its been suggested I find some brown and wild rice to get good complex carbs. I finally found some brown rice but I freaked when i saw the cooking time.

mind you its not the 50 minutes wait that bothers me. its the enormous amount of POWER I must pay for to cook it for 50 minutes. ouch is an understatement. the electricity will cost more than the rice.

SO how can I shorten the cooking time. I don't mean by 10 minutes I mean by 3/4 to under 15 minutes.

I read I can soak it for an hour in water and reduce the cooking time 10 minutes. how about if I soak it for 3 hours? will that knock 30 minutes off the cooking time? soaking costs me nothing so I don't mind that. its the 50 minutes of the range burning electricity that costs me.

suggestions?

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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    I suggest buying a $15 rice cooker, if you're using electric burners anyway. Rice cooks faster/more efficient in a rice cooker.
  • binknbaby
    binknbaby Posts: 207 Member
    If you soak it prior to cooking (anywhere from an hour to eight hours), it cooks up in about 15-20 mins. I don't know about doing it in 10 mins. The quickest it's ever done it for me, personally, is in about 15 mins, when I had soaked about 6 hours.
  • jeme3
    jeme3 Posts: 355 Member
    Just googled it... depending on the size of the burner, and the efficiency of your stove, it costs you 15 cents to 44 cents per hour.

    Really, don't stress.
  • liznotyet
    liznotyet Posts: 402 Member
    I tried it yesterday, covered it in water and stuck it in the microwave (off) then went to work for whole day. Came back and turned the microwave on and it cooked perfectly in about 20 minutes. Used a round white pyrex dish with the clear glass top.

    One other strategy is to make a lot in the oven on your day off, then portion it in bags in the freezer - then it's ready to drop into soups and stews.
  • ShrinkinMel
    ShrinkinMel Posts: 982 Member
    I hate that it takes so much longer to cook as well. :( I've gotten the 5 minute microwavable kind to have on nights I want a quick rice.
    You might try quinoa if you haven't already its quick cooking and a healthier grain.

    We already bought a two burner electric counter top stove. We have propane oven/stove and an hour cook time really burns up the tank. Currently cost about $80 for 100 lb tank. Usually only last two months that is just with water heater and occasional oven use. I'd vote for rice cooker too I know I want to get one eventually.

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