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We often have brown rice but, you know, it's boring. And DRY.
I'm making chicken breasts tonight and will serve it with brown rice, but there's not going to be anything even remotely wet on the plate. That's hard to swallow -- literally.
Does anyone have any ideas of a sauce that I can make to dribble onto the rice? Or any seasoning ideas to at least make the rice less bland?
I make my brown rice, then in seperate pan I saute oilve oil, peas, mushrooms, garlic and chopped onions and mix it in the rice, sprinkle with grated cheese when done.
Your might not be adding enough liquid to your rice. For brown rice it usually calls for 1and3/4 cup of water to 1 cup of rice. I use two cups of chicken stock to one cup of brown rice. No water just organic stock from the box or can. You can also use chicken base with water.
Cook the standard 50-55 minutes but check at 45 then every five minutes. As soon as the water no loner pools in the bottom of the pan turn off stove and take off heat leave covered for ten minutes. Should come out very moist. Fluff as usual. Should be very moist.
I just made grilled chicken (on the George Foreman) and brown rice, and used this new Cambell's soup as a sauce:
Portobello mushroom and madeira bisque, with shallots, thyme, and sage. Campbell
It's not the typical Campbell's soup. It's actually a little too rich to just eat as a soup, but really great as a sauce with chicken. I made it with grilled chicken and amish egg noodles, and again with the brown rice. yummy.
If I'm getting bored of plain brown rice but making some anyway, I mix in butter (a little goes a long way), garlic salt, thyme, and lemon juice. If you add enough lemon juice it will be very moist. I like the taste of the lighter canola-based butters better than real butter in this particular application.
We often have brown rice but, you know, it's boring. And DRY.
I'm making chicken breasts tonight and will serve it with brown rice, but there's not going to be anything even remotely wet on the plate. That's hard to swallow -- literally.
Does anyone have any ideas of a sauce that I can make to dribble onto the rice? Or any seasoning ideas to at least make the rice less bland?
Thank you!
I parboil my chicken and cook the rice separately. Then I put them together in a casserole dish with a can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom (or Cream of Chicken) soup and finish cooking the chicken (usually about 45 minutes) at about 350 degrees. It's exceedingly yummy.
Your might not be adding enough liquid to your rice. For brown rice it usually calls for 1and3/4 cup of water to 1 cup of rice. I use two cups of chicken stock to one cup of brown rice. No water just organic stock from the box or can. You can also use chicken base with water.
Cook the standard 50-55 minutes but check at 45 then every five minutes. As soon as the water no loner pools in the bottom of the pan turn off stove and take off heat leave covered for ten minutes. Should come out very moist. Fluff as usual. Should be very moist.
Fontucky's glaze sounds awesome.
This ^ is pretty much how I cook my brown rice, and it's always moist. Depending on what I'm serving it with, I'll use chicken, ham or beef base in the liquid. It's amazing, how much liquid the rice takes up. I have to watch it carefully, and I remove it from the heat when there's still a bit of liquid in the bottom of the pan. I sometimes toss in a few herbs or spices; whatever I'm in the mood for that day.
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