Fluffy Slow Cooker Brown Rice
Learn the key to flawlessly fluffy brown rice in a slow cooker. Join me with a proven step-by-step method for perfect rice every time.
Servings: 6 cups
Equipment
- 1 crockpot
- 1 piece of parchment paper
Ingredients
- 5 ½ cups water or broth
- 4 cups brown rice
- 2 teaspoons salt If your broth is salty, reduce to 1 teaspoon
- 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil optional
Instructions
- Bring your water to a boil. While it is heating, rinse the rice and let it drain thoroughly.
- Place the rice and salt in the slow cooker. Pour the boiling water over the rice.
- Put your parchment paper over the rice and top with the lid.
- Set your crockpot to the high setting and cook for 2- 2 ½ hours.
- Check for doneness. Fluff with a fork and serve or store right away.
- Add butter or olive oil if you are adding it.
Notes
- If you are familiar with slow cooker recipes, this one won't be much different. You add in the ingredients and set the time. This one will have a little variation though and it is a trick I learned from Kitchn for cooking brown rice. Cover the rice with parchment paper. This is genius! It slows the evaporation and keeps it from becoming mushy.
- Next, instead of adding in tepid or room temperature water, bring the water to a boil first, then add it in. Every step we are taking here is to ensure the rice does not turn out mushy. We are looking for the perfect rice.
- The type of rice you use matters. There are many types of brown rice and the cooking times will vary with each. I used long-grain brown rice for the photos, but I will add the cook times for different types.
- There is no need to let the rice soak before cooking.