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Brown Rice

Honey623
Honey623 Posts: 37
edited November 2024 in Recipes
Hi :smile: Quick question, I know lots of you eat brown rice...do you add different ingredients to switch it up a bit? Instead of plain old brown rice...:grumble:
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  • PeggyWoodson
    PeggyWoodson Posts: 337 Member
    I thought I was the only one TRYING to like brown rice. My problem is that I can't add butter or gravy and I just have to have one or the other so I usually don't eat brown rice or rice at all. If anyone can tell us a better way than just cooking and eating it plain, I'd love to hear it.
  • renee_sutter
    renee_sutter Posts: 18
    We put slices of teriyaki pork loin on it, and a scoop of the Sacrad Heart Medical Veggie Soup. Very tasty and not dry
  • LexieSweetheart
    LexieSweetheart Posts: 793 Member
    I made curry chicken with brown rice it was delicious
  • PeggyWoodson
    PeggyWoodson Posts: 337 Member
    Where do you get the terriaki pork loin?
  • carolemack
    carolemack Posts: 1,276 Member
    I cook it with low sodium Cream of Mushroom soup instead of water. Yum yum good!
  • Cr357
    Cr357 Posts: 238
    I usually have it with black beans and top it with some sauteed onions.
  • jvkh127
    jvkh127 Posts: 261 Member
    The only things I usually eat rice with are Cilantro Lime Rice as a side dish, Gumbo over rice, Chicken Stir-Fry over rice, or Korean Beef over rice. I can't think of anything else I eat rice with at the moment.
  • prettythinlove
    prettythinlove Posts: 127 Member
    Just like white rice, it goes with everything haha.
    I'm vegetarian so I put beans and veggies and stir fry it up! But only after a workout, because it's high carbs
  • airlily
    airlily Posts: 212 Member
    Has anyone found a good way to cook brown rice? I tried it in my rice cooker, and I guess the water/rice ratio is not the same as that of Jasmine, Rose, or any other white rice.
  • maieranne77
    maieranne77 Posts: 191 Member
    I make this homemade hoisin sauce on it and mix it with broccoli and sometime beans or chicken or fish.
    5 tablespoons soy sauce
    3 table spoons of peanut butter
    1 1/2 teaspoon of honey
    2 tsp. sesame oil
    2 tsp. hot sauce
    1/4 garlic powder
    a dash of white pepper
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    I just make some white rice and some brown rice and mix the two.
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    II add a bit of shredded cheese or a knorrs stock thingy
  • Monda
    Monda Posts: 271 Member
    Has anyone found a good way to cook brown rice? I tried it in my rice cooker, and I guess the water/rice ratio is not the same as that of Jasmine, Rose, or any other white rice.
    I cook mine in the rice cooker too. It takes about 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice. It does take longer. My rice cooker has the option for white or brown rice. It usually takes about 90 minutes to cook. You can try it on the stove that way.
  • Monda
    Monda Posts: 271 Member
    Brown rice is really good with salsa mixed in with it. I also mix it with petite diced tomatoes. It is really good! It is the only way I can eat it.
  • SarLem81
    SarLem81 Posts: 115 Member
    Bump.
  • tistal
    tistal Posts: 869 Member
    I add Mrs. Dash garlic and herb and a little green onion to mine (while its cooking) when I eat it with fish and veggies. Gives it good flavor!
  • SarLem81
    SarLem81 Posts: 115 Member
    I make this homemade hoisin sauce on it and mix it with broccoli and sometime beans or chicken or fish.
    5 tablespoons soy sauce
    3 table spoons of peanut butter
    1 1/2 teaspoon of honey
    2 tsp. sesame oil
    2 tsp. hot sauce
    1/4 garlic powder
    a dash of white pepper

    This sounds amazing. I need to remember to try this very soon.
  • MerriAlbert
    MerriAlbert Posts: 7
    Hi! Either stirfry it with an egg and veggies, some chili oil and veggies, make cabbage rolls with it.
    I eat it with chili as I'm sensitive to wheat and corn. The ratio to cook it is double water than rice with a bit of butter. Cook on high until boiling, then let simmer at low heat about 40 mins or until still slightly moist.
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    Has anyone found a good way to cook brown rice? I tried it in my rice cooker, and I guess the water/rice ratio is not the same as that of Jasmine, Rose, or any other white rice.
    I use 1.5x the water I'd use for white rice:

    1cup of rice + 1.5cups of water
    2 cups of rice + 3cups of water
    3 cups of rice + 4.5cups of water
    etc...

    I have 2 rice makers, actually, and one actually has a "brown rice" button. It's giant, though, so I usually just use the small one and up the water.

    I also use Uncle Ben's "Minute Rice" version quite a bit... not quite as good for you I don't think, but still better than white and still good for a "carb fix". And, I'm better at portion control that way b/c I only make what I'm budgeting for in terms of calories. Otherwise, I could eat it all in one sitting!
  • hotmama1174
    hotmama1174 Posts: 109 Member
    I did the same thing (in the rice cooker) it was hard and crunchy. I am use to jasmine rice-I was trying to take it slowly and do half jasmine /half brown to ease into it but the water/rice ratio is obviously different!
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Y are you trying to eat brown rice?
  • katythemommy
    katythemommy Posts: 437 Member
    omg I love brown rice!! That is all we eat at our house. We do eat it plain, but some mix ins that I like are:

    Cook the rice with half water half teriyaki sauce
    Instead of cooking with water pour in some kind of broth
    I love putting in a can of chicken and noodle soup and cooking the rice - delicious!
    Cook the rice and then add with scrambled eggs

    Let me think of some more ideas.....
  • munchkinhugs
    munchkinhugs Posts: 278 Member
    Just like white rice, it goes with everything haha.

    ^ THIS!
  • llamalland
    llamalland Posts: 246 Member
    Use chicken, beef or vegetable stock to cook it in instead of water. Gives it a lot of extra flavor. Eat as a side dish, or top with veggies or meat. Or, let it dry out a bit after cooking and saute' briefly in a light oil to get nice nutty flavor. It grows on you.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    My fave brown rice add-ins are soya sauce, BBQ sauce or Frank's Red Hot Thick. The best thing about brown rice is that it takes flavor really well.
  • vegagirl2012
    vegagirl2012 Posts: 34
    bump
  • Honey623
    Honey623 Posts: 37
    Thank you everyone. They all sound yummy!:happy: I look forward to tryin them :smile:
  • katythemommy
    katythemommy Posts: 437 Member
    Ohhhhhhhh yummy, this thread had a Curtis Stone ad on the side. Mmmmmmmmmmm :love: :love: :bigsmile:
  • jbuntu
    jbuntu Posts: 54 Member
    Has anyone found a good way to cook brown rice? I tried it in my rice cooker, and I guess the water/rice ratio is not the same as that of Jasmine, Rose, or any other white rice.
    I cook mine in the rice cooker too. It takes about 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice. It does take longer. My rice cooker has the option for white or brown rice. It usually takes about 90 minutes to cook. You can try it on the stove that way.

    I agree with Monda. Brown rice cooks well in the steamer but it takes longer. I usually ad 1.5 cups of water for every 1 cup of brown rice. The steamer just automatically takes longer to steam off the extra water.

    I like to spice mine up with McCormick Grill Mates Fiery 5 Pepper or Mrs Dash's Extra Spicy seasonings. There are also many quick and easy recipes for stir frying leftover rice on youtube. Fried rice is definitely better using day-old steamed rice. You can also cut way back (or even eliminate) the oil when stir frying to save the calories.
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    i do what i do with white rice....stir fry, chicken cacciatori (sp), curry, add it to soup, fried rice, etc
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