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    how can i make brown rice taste better?

    Posts: 522 Member
    edited February 10 in Food and Nutrition
    so i love white rice, but hear that's best if i stay away from anything 'bleached' and eat the wholegrain brown rice. i bought some and HATE the flavor and esp the smell! (reminds me of the scent of bird food for some bizarre reason lol) any one add anything to their rice? or can i just stick to my white? thx!

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    • Posts: 1
      Canned tomatoes
    • Posts: 4,158 Member
      You heard wrong, eat white rice, it's delicious
    • Posts: 11,068 Member
      You heard wrong, eat white rice, it's delicious

      ^ this. Nothing wrong with white rice.
    • Posts: 11,118 Member
      I actually prefer brown rice. It has a nuttier flavor and a chewier texture. Maybe it's an acquired taste...
    • Posts: 986 Member
      Add bacon, lots of bacon
    • Posts: 693 Member
      There's nothing wrong with white rice. But brown rice is nutritionally superior. Here's a couple good reads on it.

      http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128
      http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-difference-between-brown-rice-and-white-rice.html

      When all else fails, A-1 sauce covers the taste of just about anything. :smile:
    • Posts: 9 Member
      As people have been saying, there's nothing wrong with white rice. However, if you want to eat brown rice, using it in a recipe with strong flavors will cover the rice flavor. Something like curry or gumbo would be good. You can let it sit overnight before eating to let the flavors blend more. You might also try adding salt into the water in which you boil the rice so that the rice will absorb a little of it during cooking.
    • Posts: 109 Member
      I used to really dislike it, but for some reason, I actually like brown better now. The change just happened this year. I have no idea why...I like to use chicken broth instead of plain water and mix in a bunch of caramelized onions with it.
    • Posts: 357
      shot in the dark, Curry powder, add some shrimp...
    • Posts: 214 Member
      You'll probably start to like it over time. It's like switching from skim milk to 2% (or from 2% to skim milk), at first you hate the taste of the new kind of milk, then after a while your palate get accustomed to it and suddenly you hate the taste of the milk you used to prefer.

      I agree white rice is not unhealthy, and I enjoy white rice and brown rice depending on the recipe. But brown rice does have much more natural (not fortified) nutrients and more fiber. Also it has a little more protein and potassium, but that all does come with a few more calories.
    • Posts: 687 Member
      For brown or white rice: nasi goreng paste, a few frozen veges, and stir fry. Add some chicken and omelette if you can spare the calories. Yum
    • Posts: 33
      I usually add loads of salt to my rice, but I don't know if that'll work for you since I like brown rice. Try eating it with scrambled eggs or tomatosauce or just spices in general.
    • Posts: 6,474 Member
      add whiskey
    • Posts: 1,899 Member
      It can be cooked in beef or chicken broth instead of water
    • Posts: 535 Member
      Add a little butter and stir fry with onions and some other veggies. Butter makes everything better :)

      Although not technically a rice, you could also try wild rice.
    • Posts: 1,473 Member
      Peas, sweetcorn, chilli powder.

      I sometimes stir peanut butter through mine.
    • Posts: 11,068 Member
      There's nothing wrong with white rice. But brown rice is nutritionally superior. Here's a couple good reads on it.

      http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128
      http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-difference-between-brown-rice-and-white-rice.html

      When all else fails, A-1 sauce covers the taste of just about anything. :smile:


      Brown rice is not "nutritionally superior".


      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9302338/
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2822877/
    • Posts: 6
      I'm in the habit of eating brown rice when I make teriyaki salmon, so my point is you could just add a sauce to it based on what you are cooking with it or just in general
    • Posts: 6
      Oh and white rice is a refined carb..it will break down faster and you'll get hungry sooner. Brown rice is a whole grain that takes longer to break down so it should keep u full longer. If you wanna eat white rice, i think it's a good idea to eat it with something that is high in whole grains or fiber so you still have something to keep you full.
    • Posts: 78 Member
      My husband and I live in Asia where white rice is really cheap but brown rice fairly expensive. We mix them half and half, technically brown rice should have more water or longer cooking or something, but we cook them together and it comes out fine and tastes really good.
    • Posts: 512 Member
      Saute' some onions and peppers in a skillet (use Pam for low cal) - add rice rice to skillet, mix and serve.

      or

      Saute' some onions and peppers in a skillet (use Pam for low cal) - add some egg white and scramble with onions and peppers - add rice rice to skillet, mix and serve.
    • Posts: 4,926 Member
      show previous quotes


      Brown rice is not "nutritionally superior".


      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9302338/
      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2822877/

      It has more nutrients but I guess it's up in the air whether they're accessible or beneficial?

      I think a lot of people choose whole grains mostly for the added fiber and flavor. Though if you want to eat white rice and add fiber, drink a glass of Metamucil with it. Might be more gross than just learning to like brown rice.
    • Posts: 6,890 Member
      Saute celery, onion, garlic, mushrooms in a little butter or olive oil until they are soft. Add some dried sage or other herbs you like. Add desired amount of rice (white or brown), the right amount of broth, cover and simmer. Good stuff. If using a rice cooker, saute the veggies first, then dump them into the rice cooker with the rice and liquid and cook as usual.
    • Posts: 1,752 Member
      Cook it in broth. I, however, like white rice.
    • Posts: 211 Member
      A little beef consume with some mushrooms or soy sauce if you want more tart of a taste. It may sound strange but chopped steamed carrots with a lemon squeezed over it!

      I have experimented with some rice. I really dont like the long grain wheats..it just never seems to soften enough for my pallet.

      Im now on a low residue diet rather than high fiber so I am going to have to start using white rice......I hope my trials will work with white as well!
    • Posts: 8,059 Member
      There's nothing wrong with white rice. But brown rice is nutritionally superior. Here's a couple good reads on it.

      http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128
      http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-difference-between-brown-rice-and-white-rice.html

      When all else fails, A-1 sauce covers the taste of just about anything. :smile:
      Sort of. On paper, brown rice is nutritionally superior, but in practice, most of the nutrition in brown rice is trapped inside the indigestible hull, so humans can't actually absorb any of it. Therefore, white rice is actually better nutritionally speaking, though brown rice has more fiber.
    • Posts: 2,082 Member
      All I eat is brown rice, its soooo yummy! I add some olive oil and sea salt (or butter and table salt) and it tastes fine. I am looking into a recipe for cilantro lime rice like they have at Chipotle. If it is good I will put the recipe on the forums. (its just 2tbsp lime juice and 1/4 cup chopped cilantro.
    • Posts: 1,024 Member
      put a lil parmesan in it
    • Posts: 7,724 Member
      I, too, bought brown rice because it was supposedly nutritionally superior. But that didn't work out. So instead I bought a 1-2 cup rice cooker from Amazon to control my portions. Now I can measure 1/3 cup of dry rice, cook it and all the grains come out plump and not stuck to the cooker. Best purchase ever! :smile:

      http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001ZPOLE?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links
    • Posts: 942 Member
      White rice isn't bleached. It's polished to remove all the husk.
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