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This method should give you nicely cooked brown rice a little faster. I use a round, lidded casserole dish, when I do it that way.
My rice cooker takes a long time to cook rice. It is convenient, but not speedy. Baking the brown rice is not speedy either. Micro cooking is the easiest way, next to pressure cooking it.
But, just today, I found in the freezer section at Whole Foods a package of precooked brown rice. The preferred method of preparing it is in the micro. I can’t wait to try it.
If you only have one small appliance, next to a toaster or toaster oven, you should own an Instant Pot, which makes excellent long grain brown rice. You could buy the smaller 4 qt size for yourself. Make rice once a week, and warm up leftovers during the following week.
The IP can do much, much more than cook rice.
I suspect that you previously found partially cooked brown rice, kind of like white Minute Rice in the store. Brown rice does require a longer cook time. It is my preferred rice. The IP does a beautiful basmati brown rice.
I agree with happygrrrl; that is, I think you are using different types of rice (i.e., medium grain versus long grain). We mix medium grain brown rice with medium grain white rice, and cook it in the rice cooker. It is all cooked when the rice cooker goes off. Some rice cookers come with an insert to steam vegetables as another use.
What other ways are there to use a rice cooker? I have a minimum of kitchen gadgets, that is more my daughter’s thing. I’m trying to keep it simple and acquire less. But I do like brown rice, just am baffled that what I bought before cooked so quickly. BTW, it was Walmart’s Great Value brand.
In an attempt to make my Instapot do other things, found this method works well to cook brown rice. I used the Aldi quick cook brown rice but I'm sure any one will be fine. 2 cups rice (I do not wash it), 2 1/2 cups water. Cook for 15 minutes at high pressure and let it release naturally i.e do not vent it. When the button drops signifying that the pot is safe to open, open the vent as a precaution and open. Perfect rice every time!
I had the same problem with almost all of the budget store brand brown rice brands. I started buying a higher grade brown rice, and WOW, sooo worth it! Tender, full of flavor, and delish!
Thanks Silibran, I’m going to try the microwave method.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions/ideas.
I’ve concluded from what others have said that maybe Walmart’s Great Value brand of brown rice was somewhat pre-cooked, that was why it cooked so quickly. I no longer do my grocery shopping at Walmart, so I guess I’ll adapt, or maybe buy a rice cooker, as much as I don’t want to. I do love brown rice!
What other ways are there to use a rice cooker? I have a minimum of kitchen gadgets, that is more my daughter’s thing. I’m trying to keep it simple and acquire less. But I do like brown rice, just am baffled that what I bought before cooked so quickly. BTW, it was Walmart’s Great Value brand.
It's possible that it was "semi-refined" in that part of the husk was removed - it still looked brown but cooked a bit faster than the typical brown rice.
I usually add a little more than twice the water - maybe 2.5 times and it does take around 40 minutes after I turn it to a low simmer.
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