Oven-Baked Brown Rice

I pop this in the oven when I’m busy making something else to go with it, such as a stir-fry or chicken.

Step: 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step: 2

Bring water and olive oil to a boil in a covered saucepan; stir in salt. Place rice in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour water mixture over rice; cover baking dish tightly with double layer of aluminum foil.

Step: 3

Bake in the preheated oven until water is absorbed, about 1 hour.

Step: 4

Remove rice from oven, uncover, and fluff with fork. Cover with paper towels until steam is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Uncover and cool slightly, about 5 minutes more.

Per Serving: 121 calories; protein 2.4g; carbohydrates 24.1g; fat 1.6g; sodium 67.7mg.

One of most obvious way to pick a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose more different. If you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Making steak? Go for something light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can make to cooking method . You don’t want to overcommit your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the stovetop . But often you can made a dish do double-duty .