Categories: Side Dish
Ingredients
- 1 cup long-grain brown rice, uncooked
- 1 cup wild rice, uncooked
- ⅔ cup brown Basmati rice, uncooked
- 3 and ⅓ cups chicken stock
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅓ cup red onions, finely diced
- 2 cans (13.25 ounces net weight) button mushrooms
- 1/2 cup butter
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°F, rack in the middle position.
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Pour the uncooked rice in a strainer and rinse it off. Toss it a bit in the strainer to make sure to wash off any dust on the rice.
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After you’ve rinsed your rice, pat it dry with paper towels. Leave it in the strainer in the sink.
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Prepare a large round glass casserole dish by spraying the inside with Pam or another nonstick cooking spray.
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Take out a saucepan big enough to hold the chicken broth and the rice. (You won’t add the uncooked rice to your saucepan until everything else has been cooked, so leave the rice in the strainer for now.)
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Measure out 3 and ⅓ cups of chicken broth and pour it into the saucepan.
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Add the chicken bouillon cubes.
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Heat the bouillon cubes and broth on HIGH heat on the stovetop until the mixture reaches the boiling point.
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Turn the burner down to MEDIUM heat and stir until the bouillon cubes are dissolved.
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Add the black pepper to the saucepan. Stir well.
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Add the finely chopped red onions to the saucepan. Mix it in.
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Open the cans of mushrooms, drain off the liquid, and add them to the saucepan. Stir them in and then turn off the burner and pull the saucepan over to a cold burner.
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Add the rinsed rice to the saucepan and stir until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Give everything a final stir.
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Transfer the rice mixture in the saucepan to the greased casserole dish.
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Remember the butter you didn’t use? Here’s where it comes into play. Unwrap the stick of butter, cut it into 8 pieces, and arrange the pieces on top of the rice mixture.
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If the casserole dish has a cover, put it on. If it doesn’t, cover the casserole dish with heavy-duty foil.
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Bake your Mushy Roomy Room Rice at 350°F for 2 hours.
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When 2 hours have passed, take off the casserole lid or the foil and bake for another 20 to 30 minutes.
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Note: for a shortcut to this recipe, you can use those Uncle Ben pouches of rice that you bake in the microwave. Just make enough pouches for your guests, dump them in a buttered casserole dish, mix in any seasonings you like, and cover the casserole with heavy-duty foil. Then all you have to do is stick the rice in your oven at a low temperature and serve it