We have all done this.
For tonight’s dinner, I made a pot of my Quick Two Serving Gumbo Soup . However, and while using the 5 to 10 microwave method to cook the rice, I became so busy that by the time I remembered to set the second setting of 10 minutes, the rice had absorbed the remaining water. To fix it, I had a great/dumb idea of adding more water. I ended up with a casserole dish of mushy rice.
That sucked. I detest mushy rice and pasta, and normally I would throw it out and cook another batch. However, today I decided to bake the dish of rice pudding pictured below.
I used the old classic Betty Crocker's rice pudding recipe, except I added ¾ cup of raisins instead of the normal ½ a cup, and then 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon stirred into the rice mixture. after pouring the mixture into the casserole dish, I topped it off with the nutmeg. I then covered the casserole dish and baked the pudding for 75 minutes. After that I removed the lid, I baked the pudding for an additional 5 minutes to brown and set the top a little more.
What began as mushy rice, turned into one of the most delicious rice pudding that I ever baked.
You can find the classic Betty Crocker's rice pudding recipe most of the old recipe books,
Betty Crocker's Classic Rice Pudding Recipe
Ingredients
2 eggs or 4 egg yolks
½-cup sugar
½ raisins
2 cups milk
½-teaspoon vanilla
¼-teaspoon salt
2 cup hot cooked rice
Ground nutmeg
Directions
- Cook rice per directions. Set aside
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Mix eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt together in a large bowl until combined; stir in cooked rice and raisins.
- Transfer into a 10x6x2 inch baking dish. Stir and sprinkle with nutmeg
- Bake uncovered in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes
- Bake until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Serve warm or cold, and if desired with cream
- Refrigerate any remaining pudding.
Betty Crocker's Classic Rice Pudding Recipe.pdf
Below is the microwave rice recipe.
Microwave Rice
This recipe works best with short grain white rice. It can be found on many rice cooking directions.
- Combine 1-cup rice and 1-1/2cup water in a 2 quart casserole dish
- Partially cover the dish to reserve some of the steam
- Microwave on full power for 5 minutes
- Then stir rice and microwave again on 50 percent power for 10 minutes.
- When done. fluff up the rice with a fork
- Cover the casserole dish with a couple of paper towels to absorb the moisture and then top the paper towels with the casserole lid.
- Set aside until ready to serve
Microwave Short Grain White Rice.pdf
Until next time,
Chow Darlings