Brown rice revisited

The third time was indeed the charm. I went with 1 cup of rice and 2 1/4 cups of water. I put those in my microwave rice cooker and cooked for 10 minutes at 100%, then 20 minutes at 50%. I was satisfied with the results. The rice cooker comes with a beaker that isn't quite a cup, I think it's 3/4 cup. But now that I know the 2.25:1 ratio, I can go back to that. 

Microwaving brown rice redux

So it took me all this time to microwave some brown rice again. I looked at what I did before, and I almost went with a 2:1 ratio instead, but I decided to stick with the plan. The rice still has a little bit too much water, but I think 2:1 wouldn't have been enough, so now I'm thinking the golden ratio is 2.25:1. I guess we'll see next time. 

Microwaving brown rice

A couple of years ago my father gave me a microwave rice cooker. It has worked like a charm for white rice, but I haven't gotten other rices down yet. I'm trying to fix that now.

I tried these directions from Steamy Kitchen. I had partial success. Previous attempts were undercooked, but this one seemed cooked enough to me. So I think I've got the times down: 10 minutes at 100%, then 20 minutes at 50% for 1 cup of rice. But they called for 3 cups of water and there was still water in the rice cooker when I was done. So I need to work on the ratios. I'll try 2.5 cups next time.