Brown Pearl Rice

More adventures in crock rice making and myth busting. This Vegetarian Slow Cooker has been on a mission to confirm or deny published cookbook claims, summarized in chart, that rice in the crock works. As differing types and quantities of rice are tried in various crocks, a link to the results will be posted at the bottom of the chart. So far, Brown Basmati Rice was a firm meh.  White Pearl Rice is such a loser, other dishes on the loser list think they are winners by comparison. Today we try Brown Pearl Rice. Perhaps the quasi-success of Brown Basmatti Rice was based on the coating from the unprocessed grain.  In that spirit, we venture forward.

Winner, Loser, or Meh

No, the photo above is not out of focus. That's really how this stuff looked. Good lord this was bad.  I suspect if 3rd world relief organizations air dropped this crock cooked rice on a starving nation, those starving would pass and pray for a different plane. Awful mush on the bottom and uncooked chewy hardness on top.

Recipe

I  used a 1 quart crock for this.  Please don't ever use any crock for this.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown pearl rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 Tbls butter or oil (these have been so bad, I have started using cheap oil)

Add ingredients to the crock and cook on high for 2 1/2 hours. (this actually took 3, but it was inedible at any stage)