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Basic Brown Rice - Rice Cooker

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 22, 2007

Time

1 hour

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes 3 cups)

Basic Brown Rice - Rice Cooker

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups water 1 cup brown rice 1 teaspoon olive oil or butter½ teaspoon table salt

Before You Begin

Use long, medium, or short grain rice in this rice cooker recipe.

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in cooking chamber of a rice cooker. Cover, and cook according to manufacturer's directions. If rice remains too crunchy for your taste, add several tablespoons of water and restart cooking. Machine will automatically shut off when additional water has been absorbed.
Basic Brown Rice - Rice Cooker

Basic Brown Rice - Rice Cooker

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Time

1 hour

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes 3 cups)

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups water
1 cup brown rice
1 teaspoon olive oil or butter
½ teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups water
1 cup brown rice
1 teaspoon olive oil or butter
½ teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups water
1 cup brown rice
1 teaspoon olive oil or butter
½ teaspoon table salt

Why This Recipe Works

Looking to cut cooking time in our brown rice recipe and still end up with superior rice we tried boiling, steaming, microwaving, baking, the traditional stovetop method, and the rice cooker. The rice cooker produced excellent results

Before You Begin

Use long, medium, or short grain rice in this rice cooker recipe.

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in cooking chamber of a rice cooker. Cover, and cook according to manufacturer's directions. If rice remains too crunchy for your taste, add several tablespoons of water and restart cooking. Machine will automatically shut off when additional water has been absorbed.

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