Time Saver: Make Brown Rice and Freeze It!

Princess and the Pea Dominican Brown Rice

Hate cooking everyday?  Save money and time.  Rice freezes very well.  Plain steamed rice is probably best.  But I will switch it up sometimes with some good fat.  I live in a Dominican neighborhood.  Love the chewy soft white rice.  I made my own brown rice variation using the internet and cooking intuition from my MamaFro.

Ingredients
4 cups of rice
6 1/2 cups water or vegetable stock
3 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon of salt

Preparation:

Heat up 2 tbs spoons of oil, add the salt and rice, and water in a pot. Bring to a boil stirring once in a while to avoid excessive sticking. (good to stick a little so texture will be sticky but if it won't come off the bottom of pot add a little water and stir to remove) 

When almost all the water has evaporated cover with a lid and allow to simmer at VERY low heat. Wait 15 minutes and remove lid, stir, add the remaining oil and cover again. In 5 minutes the rice should be firm but tender inside. If necessary, cover and leave another 5 minutes or so on very low heat.


To spread the recipe, double/triple everything except the water.  A good gauge for ratio of water to rice is that if you spread the rice out on the bottom of the pot evenly and place your index finger on top of the rice, the water should always reach your first knuckle or a little above it.