Has anyone cooked rice in a slow cooker?

[The empressof all]

I've heard tell of folks doing pasta from the raw state in the slow cooker but what about rice? I'm doing some chicken breasts in picante sauce which I would normally serve over rice. I lost track and added too much liquid to the crock pot so I decided to just add the rice as well. :shrug: I don't know what's gonna happen but we should know in about two more hours. I'm not gonna peek.

Never mind...I peeked...All is well. Looks really good. I switched it to the warm cycle as it was done.

[Phentex]

1. This is why the internet creeps me out...

so I've been trying to do some better meal planning and I decided that Thursday (a day I work possibly long and unpredictable hours) will be chicken in the crock pot with picante sauce. They could eat it with tortillas or tacos or whatever. I've made this before but only with chicken. Then I wondered about adding the rice to the pot, but I wasn't sure about that. Would it be mushy? Would the meal end up dry? Otherwise I could make rice ahead of time and reheat.

Now YOU go and post this! Well, fess up. Exactly how much "extra" liquid did you have? (I'm guessing the chicken gives off some moisture, plus the sauce...)

How did it turn out?

(And if anyone else is making Bittman's beef strognaoff tomorrow night, I'll really feak out!)

[madmax]

3. Ahh, yes Bittman's...

thought I'd make that as my crock pot initiation dish. Honest, I'm serious. :rofl:

[The empressof all]

4. Well you won't be able to do what I did

Since I was using frozen chicken I pressure cooked the chicken and rice first for about 5 minutes. I didn't measure the liquid or the rice I just threw in a huge handful and eyeballed what I would have guessed to be two cups liquid to one cup rice. I then slow cooked it for an hour and a half and it still looked too wet. Rice was almost cooked at this point. I took the cover off the crock pot and left it on slow cook for another 40 minutes to dry it out a bit. Then I left it on warm for two hours. The rice was a little on the soft side but still within acceptable range.

And although I didn't make Bittman's stroganoff I did make my husband's Bubbies stroganoff last week.


Here's the basic rules for crock pot rice. It seems like we can't just add it and leave it though for 8 hours at a pop.

http://www.recipezaar.com/Perfect-Crock-Pot-Rice-16465

[madmax]

2. I've had a slow cooker for 5 years.

Haven't used it once! There are so many dishes that I think would come out well such as arroz con pollo, stews, corned beef and cabbage. I love one pot meals. Don't know what I'm afraid of - it's only a pot! ;)

[The empressof all]

5. Oh Jeeze you need to get over this real fast.

Make chicken soup or something....You'll be so glad you did!

Here's a motherload of recipes and info

http://southernfood.about.com/library/crock/blcpidx.htm

[madmax]

8. Good link, thanks.

I remember it came with a cookbook but, I haven't got a clues as to where it's at now.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. Snap out of it, kiddo!!!

You've been out of the cooking business for so long, you forgot how much you enjoy it.

Hey, it's YOUR refrigerator. They're YOUR leftovers. It's YOUR crockput.

Get busy and start chopping. You know you want to, and it's 'way overdue time for you to be really, really good to yourself. There you are, in that gorgeous space, so fill it up with yummy cooking smells, and enjoy yourself.

And look at the weather we're having - cool, rainy, just aching for you to fix something like corned beef and cabbage, or a really good stew of your own design, Brunswick stew, anything you want. Have fun with it.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55784.asp

Just do it, kiddo. It's YOUR turn now............................

[madmax]

7. That looks so GOOD!

Now I'm hungry, it's time for lunch. Think I'll make a chicken sammie.

Tomorrow I'm going to dig that puppy out of the pantry. The link it great. Going to get a corned beef tomorrow for sure!! My mouth is truly watering.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Yes. Regular rice cooks to a mush, but converted rice (think Uncle Ben's)

works quite well.

[katkat]

10. probably wrong on many levels

It's probably wrong on many levels to do this, but Uncle Ben's has a product called Ready Rice, not to be confused with their similar but more work products, that you just open the top of and pop it in the microwave. 90 seconds for single servings, 2 minutes or something for family size. The rice is absolutely perfect.

[Why Syzygy]

11. I cook brown rice in my slow cooker all the time. nt