How to steam brown rice?

Brown rice has a rough taste and a japonica texture, and steaming takes time, so it can be washed before steaming, and then soaked in cold water before steaming.

Rice bran and germ in brown rice are rich in vitamin B, vitamin E, unsaturated fatty acids, iron, potassium, magnesium and zinc. , can be steamed directly, or steamed with japonica rice, coix seed, mung bean, red bean, sweet potato and pumpkin, which has higher nutritional value.

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unpolished rice

Ingredients: soaked brown rice150g, soaked rice120g.

Exercise:

1. Fill the casserole with water and heat it.

2. Pour in washed brown rice and rice and stir.

3. Cover, bring to a boil and turn to low heat for about 50 minutes until the rice grains are cooked.

4. Uncover the lid, take out the cooked brown rice and put it in a bowl.

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Cucumber brown rice

Ingredients: 200g brown rice, 80g cucumber, a little salt and a little chicken soup.

Exercise:

1. Choose high-quality brown rice and soak it in cold water for about one day.

2. Using pressure cooker, the ratio of brown rice to water is 1: 1. If a rice cooker is used, the water consumption should be 1.5-2 times that of brown rice, with low fire for the first 15 minutes, medium fire for the middle 25 minutes, and low fire for the last 15 minutes.

3. Stir the steamed brown rice with chopsticks.

4. Wash the cucumber and cut it into dices.

5. Add a little oil to the pot, pour in brown rice and stir fry, then add a little salt and chicken soup, add diced cucumber and stir fry together and serve.

6. You can also add some miscellaneous grains to the rice, such as soybeans and adzuki beans, which will further increase the taste and nutrition. If you think brown rice tastes too strong, you can also steam it with a little rice.

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Brown rice and burdock rice

Ingredients: 60 grams of soaked brown rice, 60 grams of soaked rice, 50 grams of burdock, and appropriate amount of white vinegar.

Exercise:

1. Burdock is washed and peeled, cut into strips, and then diced.

2. Add water to the pot to boil, pour in diced burdock, pour in white vinegar, cook until it is immature, remove it, and drain it for later use.

3. Heat the casserole with water, pour in the soaked brown rice and rice, add the burdock diced and stir well.

4. Cover the pot and cook for 40 minutes on medium heat until cooked, then take it out and put it in a bowl.

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Sweet potato brown rice

Ingredients: soaked brown rice 220g, sweet potato15g.

Exercise:

1. Peel the sweet potato, wash it and cut it into dices.

2. Heat the pot with proper amount of water, pour in the washed brown rice, mix well, cover and boil, and turn to low heat for about 40 minutes until the rice grains are soft.

3. Pour in the diced sweet potatoes, stir well, cover the pot, and cook on low heat for about 15 minutes until the ingredients are cooked.

4. Uncover the lid, stir a few times, turn off the fire and put the cooked brown rice into the bowl.

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Coix seed brown rice

Ingredients: 25g of coix seed and 75g of brown rice.

Exercise:

1. Wash Coicis Semen and brown rice respectively and soak them in clear water for 4-6 hours.

2. Pour the coix seed and brown rice into the rice cooker together, pour clean water into the two fingertips of the rice noodle, cover the lid and press the "steamed rice" button.

3. Steam until the rice cooker prompts that the rice has been steamed.

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Do steamed brown rice need to be soaked in advance?

Brown rice is dry and firm, and it takes time to steam. Before steaming, you can soak it in cold water overnight, and then pour it into the pot with the soaked water. Generally, it takes more than half an hour to steam, so that the steamed brown rice is not only delicious, but also retains more nutritional value.