How to Cook Brown Rice Like a Pro

There’s no one way to do it, but these tried and true methods will set you up for brown rice success.
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Alex Lau

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My mom just wanted us to eat whole grains. Whether that meant slipping some whole wheat flour into pancakes, cooking brown rice with dinner, or packing me and my sister off to school with bread we thought tasted like cardboard, she never gave up. Now that I am a parent, I share her desire to get my own kids to learn to love the nutty complexity of whole grains, and have adopted her tendency to quietly slip an ever-increasing ratio of whole wheat flour into pancakes and waffles.

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