Once you try this easy technique, you'll never want to cook brown rice any other way. You can scale this recipe up or down as needed. The basic ratio is 1 part brown rice to 6 parts water, which yields 3 parts cooked rice. As written below, the recipe yields 3 cups cooked rice.

How to Cook Perfect Brown Rice

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Bring a large pot of water to boil, using at least 6 cups water per 1 cup rice. Rinse* the rice in a fine mesh colander under running water to remove excess starch.

Add the rice to the boiling water. Reduce the temperature as necessary to prevent overflow, but maintain a steady boil. Boil, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Drain off the remaining cooking water and return the rice to the pot. Cover the pot and let the rice rest, off the heat, for 10 minutes. Fluff, season as desired, and serve.

it needs to boil at least 45 mins. Idk how stovetops are so different that these bloggers can cook food faster

I just made tonight following directions exactly and it was perfect. Using a gas cooktop and a heavy conductive stockpot, and lid partially covered. Hope that helps!

This recipe is perfect, like all your recipes. Have made it 4x now. My only change is to let it boil for 35 mins. This recipe is advisable because rice, and in particular brown rice, contain high levels of arsenic. The rinsing and cooking in extra water decrease the amount of arsenic you consume.

Wow, I will never make brown rice the same way again!   This recipe made my brown rice come our perfectly...thank you!!  (And oh my gosh so much easier and quicker)

This is awesome! I can’t tell you how many brown rice cooking methods I have tried where they have claimed to be the best brown rice cooking method and they NEVER work. I always thought it was me. I am so happy to have found your method; it did work perfectly!!! Thank you.

Hello!
I made this recipe exactly as you explained and this is the best brown rice I’ve ever had. 
No more sticky rice for me. 
We just need to be clear that we are cooking brown rice and not basmati or parboiled. Just set up your expectations to a logic level and enjoy!!
Thank you!!

First time I've made brown rice in a while and wow, I was really impressed with how it turned out! Perfectly cooked, and also easy to remember which I love.

My rice came out perfect! kinda eyeballed the amount of water and brought the soaked rice up to a boil in the water (after rinsing a few times). Cooked for about 15min since the water took slightly over 5min to boil. Thanks for the recipe :)

Made brown rice last week using this method to eat with stir fry. Turned out great, rice grains stayed separate and had a little chew to them. Much better than with the usual way it says to cook rice on the back of the bag. Making it again today and will definitely come back to this recipe in the future. Thank you!

I used this method of cooking brown rice for the first time tonight using a hearty broth and WOW it was good. Probably because of the salt in the broth but the flavor was excellent and I found the cooking method quite easy to follow. Will definitely be using this approach again. Thanks!

I use your method for brown rice every single time and it hasn't failed me yet!

I've tried twice now, making sure to follow these directions exactly. Both times I ended up with gummy, sticky rice that really kind of turned my stomach. Not wasting any more time or effort on this.

You did it again! For YEARS I have been making brown rice and have never been happy with it. The perfect brown rice was elusive...until I tried this technique last night. Perfection!! Thank you for all you do!!

I cut the recipe in half, came out beautifully. Very excited to try with brown basmati next.

So easy &amp; came out perfectly! Thank you so much!

This was perfect!! I usually avoid cooking rice because I can't get it just right but following these instructions gave me the perfect cup of rice! Just the way I like it!

Cook the rice as directed and it came out perfect.. I left the rice on a medium high boil and I had no water at the end and the rice was as if I cooked it in the rice cooker. Thanks a lot

This recipe does not work. I followed it to a T! It was so mushy, basically baby food. Yucky is all i have to say

Glad to say this is my first comment on a recipe ever. I was very sceptical of the recipe at first, especially because it’s so counter to what I have been taught but this recipe worked.

After my rice boiled I thought it was a little mush and I don’t know how but after covering it for ten minutes off/heat I was so amazed with the way the brown rice turned out. 

It looked very close to puffy white rice, I was very astonished. 

Thanks for sharing this recipe, really appreciate it and I’m sure my family who from now on can enjoy brown rice like nothing cooked at home before.

First time I made fluffy brown rice!
 

(BTW a side comment, I did learn that brown rice is better when left soaked for a bit, I soak it come back to it, rinse it, soak it again and do this for about 10-20min depending on how much time you have. The longer it soaks the better, it really allows a lot of stuff to come off when it’s left submerged in water. I usually use luke-warm to slightly warm water- hope this helps someone :)

Wow!  By far this is the best brown rice I have ever made at home.  Thank you!   Perfect consistency. Just like I get in restaurants.  And very easy to make and doesn't suggest the half or more teaspoon of salt that many of the other recipes do and that completely ruin the flavor of natural rice.  I liked it so much I even bothered to leave a comment which is not something I usually bother to do 

https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/jK0RrV8o.mp4

Watch how to make perfectly cooked brown rice, every time! You’ll learn my foolproof method in this short recipe video.

how to cook perfect brown rice

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total: 32 minutes

Servings: 3

Author : Cookie and Kate

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