My Kitchen Tip

I have discovered that I can bake OR boil rice, whatever works best for that meal. I used to just always cook it on the stove top, but when I'm baking something else for dinner its so convenient to just stick the rice in there,too. I always use brown rice, so I'm not sure how long you'd want to bake white rice, but for brown, it can be in the oven for anywhere from 50-75 minutes. The rule of thumb is twice the amount of liquid as rice.

Last night I used a qt of homemade beef broth, chopped an onion and half a green pepper, added a tsp of salt, 2 cups brown rice. I put it in the oven along with a pan of ribs and a butternut squash. I baked everything for a little over an hour and then the whole meal was ready! The picture above shows the rice after we were done eating when I suddenly thought about using this for my tip today.

Maybe everyone else knew this already but it was news to me when someone told me that rice could be made this way! For more kitchen tips, visit Tammy's recipes!