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ramyankee
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May 01, 2014

Question regarding cooking Long Grain Brown/Wild Rice

It is what I call real rice. The directions call for a 2 to 1 ratio, liquid to rice and begin it in cold water, bring to a boil and simmer covered for 45 minutes..... That NEVER works. I find I had ...
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Leo_Benson
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May 02, 2014
I use Alton Brown's method of baking rice. Comes out perfect every time, and I use a brown/ wild rice blend in bulk from Whole Foods. You can google it but basically I put a cup of rice in an oven proof bowl, add 2 1/8 cups boiling water, a pinch of salt, and a tsp of Evoo, and bake at 350 for about 45-50 min. It saved me from buying a pricy rice cooker. I bake it in a KitchenAid toaster oven so I don't even need to fire up the regular oven.

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