Make Perfect Brown Rice

By Trix

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown rice
• 2 1/3 cups water
• 2 teaspoons unsalted butter or vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from ourbestbites.com

Preparation

Step 1

 The grains are perfectly textured and fluffy, and I don’t have to think about it since it’s just sitting in my oven.  Here’s how it’s done:

Place your dry brown rice in an 8×8 pan.

Combine 2 1/3 cups water with just a couple teaspoons of oil.  Bring it to a boil, and then add a little salt.  You can also use broth for a little extra flavor.

Pour it over the rice and give it a mix.

and give it a quick fluff.

Normally, you’d just leave a pot of rice with the lid on, but what happens is that all of that hot steam evaporates and has nowhere to go.  So it collects on the underside of the lid and then falls back into the rice, making it sticky and gummy.  The towel allows the moisture to stay in the pan, keeping the rice moist and fluffy, but excess steam is absorbed into the towel.

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Spread rice in an 8-inch square baking dish.

2.  Bring water and butter or oil to a boil, either in a saucepan or in the microwave.  Keep an eye on it and take it off heat immediately after it starts boiling.  Immediately stir in salt and pour water over rice in baking dish.  Cover baking dish tightly with 2 layers of foil, or heavy-duty foil.  Transfer baking dish to oven and bake rice until tender, about 1 hour.

3.  Remove baking dish from oven and uncover.  Fluff rice with fork, then cover dish with kitchen towel and let rice stand for 5 minutes.  uncover and let rice stand 5 minutes longer.  Serve immediately.