Any good easy rice recipes??

[Standard Hen]

I have never been good with rice, like the nice fluffy perfectly cooked kind. I am looking for some nice good easy cooked rice recipes either for side dishes or casseroles. Please share your secrets.

 

[ChuckenGirl]

well you could get rice cooker
lol
im half korean, so i know ALOT of rice recipes, and i loveee rice, but an easy way to make rice is put some in a little boiling pan and boil it and then do what you please with it :]
i like beef fried rice myself. if you want the recipe tell me :]

 

[Standard Hen]

Well I know how to cook it but it always seems to come out sticky and nut fluffy. I would love to try your beef fried rice recipe. No one posted so I am thinking no one cooks alot with rice?

 

[MissPrissy]

Buy a rice cooker!! If you want beautiful fluffy steamy rice you will LOVE having the rice cooker. They really are not expensive at all and you will use it alot. I buy basmati rice in 25 lb bags - it is the rice we eat with most everything - beans and rice, fried rice, spanish rice, rice and butter, chicken and rice LOL Once you get a rice cooker you will be hooked! You will also eat rice more often and find you like more than ever. We eat rice 3 or more times a week especially in colder months.

 

[Cetawin]

You can add a pouch of Lipton's Onion Soup mix to the boiling water for the rice and it makes a nice flavored rice.

 

[MissPrissy]

When I cook meat in the crock pot I reserve the stocks - pork, beef, chicken. It usually will have bits of meat, onion and garlic left in it. When I cook my rice I use the stock instead of water. The stock created from cooking a pork roast in a crock pot before slidding it in the oven to brown and crisp is the BEST to cook rice in - IMO LOL

 

[Standard Hen]

Seeee, I knew the idea's would come forth. I will look into one of those rice cookers for sure. Still interested in those good easy recipes.

 

[Rosalind]

All my rice recipes that are easy involve a rice cooker. The rest of them are variations on risotto, which is not easy.

Definitely get a rice cooker. You can cook a lot more than just rice in them. Many of them have a slow-cooker setting, so you can use it for everything. The easiest recipe is:

2 scoops rice
1 can or carton soup
fill the cooker rest of the way to the #2 line with water
1/2 bag frozen veggies
if you want to add shrimp (frozen, thawed, leftover, whatever) or chicken or the faux veggie chicken if you're vegetarian, add a cup or so of that too.

Push the button. Go surf BYC for 43 minutes. When the timer beeps, it's dinner.

 

[jenjscott]

Get Uncle Ben's and follow directions on box, you'll be surprised.

This is my recipe for Etouffe (eh-too-fay) It is a favorite with my DH and kids. Chopping takes a little time but is easy.

To save time you can use the frozen choppen onion and green pepper. I haven't found any frozen chopped celery yet.

Chop 1 C onion, 1 C bell pepper, 1 C celery
Saute in 1 stick of butter
add 1 TBSP tomato paste, 1 TBSP flour, stir until mixed well then add 1 C water and stir. Add your favorite cajun or creole seasoning to taste. If you like hotter add some crushed red pepper. Simmer about 15 minutes. Add 1-2 pounds of shrimp or crab or cawdads or chicken or whatever. If meat is precooked, simmer long enough to heat through, otherwise simmer until meat is cooked.

Served as a sauce over your beautiful Uncle Ben's Rice.

very easy and very impressive.

 

[nccountrygirl]

I cook rice like my mama does, she will fill a pot up with water like she is cooking pasta, add salt and bring to a boil then add your rice and let it free boil. I have never had gummy rice with this method and have done it like this for 35 yrs.