First, measure out a cup of brown rice before cooking.
It’s all dry, and it has a grain to it. It goes into a bowl of cold water, where you rinse the rice. Then you pour off the cloudy rinse water, and do that again and again, repeat this until the water runs clear. That washes away any debris or dust.
The final results
Now you rinse your rice and put it in the slow cooker pot. For each cup of rice, add two cups of water. That’s a 1:2 ratio. Measure carefuly, making sure all the rice are covered with water.
Place the lid onto the cooker. Set the dial to low. This is a gentle simmer. Cooking at high heat will ruins the texture. Low heat let it cook steadily. Set the timer to five hours.
You set a timer for five hours.
Then you walk away.
And then you leave it alone. Check back in an hour or so if you must.
Okay, you look. What? The rice hasn’t even begun cooking! There is lots of liquid left. It is not ready yet.
After five hours, the rice is fully done. You pick up the lid. It smells like earth in your kitchen. You lift the lid. The rice is cooked through. The water’s gone.
The rice is separate and fluffy. Scoop the rice onto a plate. The same number you put in come out. A cup of dry rice will get you this many. The grains is tender and separate.
There are no mushy clumps.
It’s hands-off. Yes, it takes five hours. But you don’t have to stir. You don’t need to check on it all the time, the slow cooker will take care of everything.
And the best part? It doesn’t get in the way of your stovetop. If you’ve ever had trouble with brown rice, this solution works. Every single time. This method is tried-and-true.
The texture turns out perfectly. It’s neither hard nor chewy. It’s soft and easily digested.
There’s no tricky technique here. Only three simple steps. Measure, rinse, wait. Easy peasy dinner prep. This one’s a keeper. Great for hectic weeks. Good enough to eat at home every day. It would of been worth the wait time. Purely simple.
You’ll only need two ingredient: water and rice (no oil, no salt). It is a simple side dish fixer-upper. Something that naturaly makes sense to try. It is an easy solution. Finally, something that works.