Anyone have good results making Spanish rice with brown rice

[lea_lpz]

I am doing a low glycemic diet and would like to make Spanish rice with brown rice but my past attempts have been pretty unsuccessful. I've increased the liquid and allowed for more cooking time in the past but it still doesn't work. The rice will not absorb the tomato sauce it seems like.

 

Any tips?

 

I hope to make this for dinner tonight :)

[1Togo]

It isn't like restaurant Spanish rice, but I do this:  brown the rice in a bit of olive oil and cook as usual with 1/2 to 1 cup of salsa.

[zoobie]

Cauliflower "rice" Spanish style is better than brown rice IMO. My picky kid (who doesn't like rice, lol) will eat it! Brown sushi rice is most similar to Calrose rice, if you want to try another type of rice.

[happi duck]

In my rice cooker I've had good luck mixing brown and white rice by soaking the brown rice for an hour and then proceeding like I was using all white rice.

 

Maybe soaking the brown rice would help in you recipe.

 

I saw the mixed rice on Simply Mint. Google: "house steamed rice ming tsai" for the brown/white mix instructions

 

I've never done this for Spanish rice myself but I hope this is still helpful.

[lea_lpz]

It isn't like restaurant Spanish rice, but I do this: brown the rice in a bit of olive oil and cook as usual with 1/2 to 1 cup of salsa.

I have some cauli rice in the fridge and have thought of doing that for me and doing white for the rest of the family.

[Momof3littles]

Totally agree on the cauli rice suggestion. I really like it as spanish rice.

[lea_lpz]

Are any of you ladies doing trim healthy mama? This is where I got the cauli rice familiarity.

[TrixieB]

Laurel's Kitchen cookbook has a Spanish rice recipe that uses brown rice.  I've made it a few times and it turned out just fine.  You cook the rice for a while before adding the tomatoes.  I think that's the key.