Baked Brown Rice with Mushrooms

courtesy of Joy of Cooking Rombauer, Irma S., Marion Rombauer Baker, and Ethan Becker. "Joy of Cooking." New York: Scribner, 2006.

After failing wonderfully with that massive batch of brown rice that I made during dinner this past week, I decided to try again with a recipe from my lovely cookbook. It turned out really well and super delicious and I just wanted to share with you ladies.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Over medium-high heat, melt:

3 Tbsp of butter or olive oil [for mine I had butter on hand so I used that, I'm sure vegan butter would work as well, you just need something greasy to coat the rice in later on.]

Add and cook, stirring, until the mushrooms are lightly browned:

1½ cups of coarsely chopped mushrooms [I used 1 pint of mushrooms b/c I didn't feel like measuring it out, that and mushrooms are on sale this week.]

½ cup of chopped onions [I just chopped 1 small onion and said eff it to measuring it out, onions shrink down to piddly nothingness once cooked so it doesn't really matter. Don't sweat the small stuff. It's the end deliciousness that matters.]

1 garlic clove, finely chopped [If you're lazy like me and can't be bothered to keep fresh garlic around, from that lovely jar of minced garlic hanging out in your fridge, 2 tsp of minced garlic = 1 clove.]

Add and stir until well coated with grease:

1 cup of brown rice

Add:

2¼ cups chicken or vegetable broth [I used veggie broth b/c I'm on my eco-Atkins kick. Technically, I should have substituted the butter as well, but ooooooooh well.]

¼ tsp of salt

⅛ tsp of black pepper

Bring to a boil. Cover, transfer to oven, and bake until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 45 minutes. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before serving. [I cooked mine in a Pyrex glass 2qt casserole dish and that took an extra 10 minutes of cooking before most of the liquid was absorbed. However, I let it sit out for like 1 hour because I hit the gym while it cooled and by the time I got back it was all nummy yummy goodness.]

If you all decide to make this, lemme know how it turned out. I personally really liked it and felt like I didn't really have to eat anything else but this because it was nummy on it's own.


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