Perfect Brown Rice
Created by KittenCal on September 14, 2011
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 1h
- Recipe #157
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter (can use 4 tablespoons oil)
- 3 cups uncooked brown rice
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped (garlic lovers use more)
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 5 cups low-sodium chicken broth (can use half broth and water)
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
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Step 2: Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
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Step 3: Grease a medium Dutch oven (use one that has a tight fitting lid, if you do not have a lid then use a piece of foil to tightly cover the pot).
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Step 4: Heat oil and butter in the Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
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Step 5: Add in brown rice and onion, stir for about 3-4 minutes.
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Step 6: Add in garlic; stir for 2 minutes.
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Step 7: Slowly add in broth and salt; bring to a boil stirring with a spoon.
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Step 8: Remove from heat cover with a lid and transfer to preheated oven.
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Step 9: Bake for 1 hour or until rice is tender (do not stir the rice while in the oven).
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Step 10: When rice is cooked then fluff with a fork.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (232.1 g)
- Calories 302
- Total Fat - 8.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.6 g
- Cholesterol - 0.4 mg
- Sodium - 363.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 49 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
- Sugars - 1.3 g
- Protein - 7.5 g
- Calcium - 19.6 mg
- Iron - 1.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg