I never tried this, but I cooked rice in a slow cooker, its mushy! so what do I do with this rice, oh its done, over done! this was an experiment, do I need to throw it away?

Haven't had that happen but wondering if you could salvage it for rice pudding?

Can you form it into small flat rounds and fry it?

i'd make rice pudding, or fried rice balls, you know arenccini (sp?), or how about using it as the top or bottom layer of a mock shepards pie? Add it to soup to thicken it. Mix it with ground meat, black beans & salsa, wrap in a burrito. Use it to make stuffed cabbage rolls.
Mix it with some Quinoa, & cooked barley and have it for breakfast instead of oatmeal

Easy rice, I make it everyday. Electric stove only version, 2 cups water in pan with tight fitting lid, 1 cup rice, a little salt, put lid on, bring to a boil, turn off let set for 20 or so min. perfect rice everytime. I use only Basmati rice.

hobo2000, that is the way I usually cook it. hmmm rice pudding? now haven't done that in awhile,. a looooong while. I think I will do that. Thanks everyone! will let you know how thew rice pudding cane out. Mary/psychomomquilter

anyone got a good recipe for rice pudding?

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-70310-1.htm

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-59183-1.htm

When you refrigerate rice it firms up... maybe use it for stir fry if it firms up enough? :D:D:D

I'm with Amma, I would refrigerate it and it will firm up and clunk up and then it will be great for fried rice or a stir fry.

here is a simple one, done in the crock pot..
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2009...ng-recipe.html

this is also one of my favorite blogs.." a year of slow cooking".

I would mix it right in with the ingredients for a stuffed cabbage roll recipe or stuffed peppers.

add milk and sugar and you have breakfast. Or the pudding sounds even better.

I'd make rice pudding.

stir fry? hmmm, and as much as I do like that! I will check out both the stir fry and rice pudding. again thanks ladies, I just hate the thought of throwing this out, will let you know the results later. the rice pudding I plan to make as a surprise for my brother for Thanksgiving, we both haven't had it in many years. so that will be a first thing.


oh! stuffed peppers! Yes!! so at least I have a solution for this!
again thanks! psychomomquilter

I looked at the crockpot link, wow! some great recipies there,

A lot of the results depend on the type of of rice you use, as rice types are not interchangeable. Starch varies type-to-type, which may be one cause for the mushy texture; some break down more easily, usually the cheaper/discount rices. [You may also have to cut back on the amount of liquid, which is another "mush" factor.] Personally, I'd throw out that first batch (because all the suggestions for what to do - rice pudding, arancini rice balls, etc.- require the rice to have some TEXTURE and body) or put a half cup or into some hot broth for a light soup. BUT TRY THIS NEXT TIME: For each cup of rice, saute the raw/uncooked rice in 1T butter (for sweet or savory dishes) or olive oil (for savory dishes) over medium high heat, stirring constantly until almost all the grains JUST turn white, which takes about a minute or two, not long at all. THEN add the seasonings and liquid, and follow the rest of the recipe. The sauteing "locks in" the starches, making the grains stay "separate" and keeping them from breaking down. Hope this helps for your next batch and good luck!

That mushy rice is what millions of Asians eat. The leftover rice is cooked with broth/water until it becomes a porridge. They will eat it with fish and some type of vegetable condiment.

You can add it to soup for a added flavor.

rice pudding :)

Oh! don't throw it away. You can make Empanada's with it. Just mix it with any kind of meat, season and you can stuff the Empanada's with it. This is something similar to a fried pie. But you can fry them, or bake them. Nobody will ever know the difference. Or you can use wonton wrappers. Works good on my boo, boos.. Enjoy...

This happened t me this past week and I have a can of tomato soup so I used milk in it and added the rice, made cream of tomato rice soup. Better than the store bought stuff because I added basil to it. Yum!!! Jan Oh you might wash your rice first or maybe too much water!

you can make dog or cat food, add some burger or liver, they will love it

I have a box of Quinoa in my pantry but have never made it. Any suggestions as to how to serve it?

This is easy and so good...Dinah Shore's recipe from the old Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. Won't tell you how long ago I got this recipe from her TV show!

1/2 c. rice (not Minute Rice)
1 c. water with 1 tsp. salt
1 qt. whole milk
4 Tbsp. butter
3 whole eggs
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. cinnamon - optional
3 Tbsp. sugar - optional


Cook the rice according to package directions, but just for half the time. Stir in the milk and butter. Bring up to the boil, reduce heat to very low heat, cover and cook slowly for about one hour. Stir about every 5 minutes to keep mixture from sticking.

Meanwhile, beat the 3 eggs; add sugar and vanilla. Mix some of the hot milk and the rice into the egg mixture to "temper" it, so it will not curdle. Combine the warmed eggs into the rice pudding pot; cook a few more minutes, stirring until the pudding thickens.

Serve hot or cold with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon.

This should serve 6 people.

Note: When the family is free of braces, add 1 cup raisins or dried cherries.

Yummy! That sounds so good.

Did you put too much water in? Rice pudding is nice and also, put brown sugar on top and add milk. It's very nice.

Thanks for this tip.

Copied this recipe, just might make some in the next few days.

wow I hadn't thought of cream of tomato w rice soup either. Thanks ladies for that info, and mix w dog or cat food, gotta try that one as well, still will do the rice pudding, I may have to do another batch of rice though,

anyway thanks ladies for this fine info! Yes I think I did put too much water in it as well.

psychomomquilter/Mary