Hello Darlings,
Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to make a one-dish meal
in a slow cooker that called for rice? However, you didn't know when to add the
rice so that it would not end up mushy, and therefore making a mess of the
whole meal.
Recently ,
I found myself in
just this situation. So, lacking the proper recipe I turned to the web in the hope
of finding a suitable one. And eureka, I found the perfect one at
The $5 Dinner -Mom's One Dish Dinner website
(
cute title).
I borrowed it and placed it below.
For more of
Mom's
One Dish Dinner check out her rss feed on the sidebar of this site. Enjoy!
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Add the rice to the slow cooker that
is cooking on high, when there is 2 hours left in the cooking time. If
your slow cooker is set on low, add when there is 2 hours 45 minutes left in
the cooking time.

- If you are cooking a soup or stew and you wish to add
rice to make it a one dish soup or stew and not have to dirty another
saucepan or rice cooker, then add it when there is 2 hours left in the
cooking time. Add hot water or broth if necessary. (See note in next tip
about liquid amounts.)
- If you are making a chicken and rice casserole like
dish in the slow cooker, you can add the rice when there is 2 hours left
in the cooking time. You will have to look at the amount of liquid
that is in the slow cooker when you add the rice. If it looks dry,
then you’ll want to add some hot water when you add the rice. Rice
works on a 2 to 1 ratio in the slow cooker, 2 cups water to 1 cup rice,
just as it does when cooking on the stove top or baking. So if there is
about 2 cups of liquid already in the slow cooker, then just add the rice.
If there only seems to be 1 cup, then add in an additional cup of hot
water or broth.
This will help keep the rice nice
and firm, and perfect for when you are ready to eat. It will not sit in
the liquids all day and won’t have time to get mushy!
Also, You can use your slow
cooker as a rice cooker. Simply spray the sides and bottom with a non-stick
cooking spray. Add the amount of water plus rice that you’d like to cook using
the 2 to 1 ratio (explained above). If you are using brown rice, add an
additional 1/2 cup, or use a 2 1/2 cup water to 1 cup rice ratio. If you wish
to season the rice, do so now. Set the slow cooker on high and cook for 2
hours. Fluff lightly before serving.
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For the rice alone do the following:
- 1 cup rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water
- cooking spray
Directions
- Spray your slow cooker lightly with cooking
spray
- Pour in
rice, water and salt.
- Cover and depending on your slow cooker, cook the rice on High 1 1/2 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- For brown rice
add up to an additional 1/2 cup water or your favorite broth
Chow Darling!