Brown Rice...in my crock pot? An experiment...PART 2

Well, if you read my post from yesterday, you know I was experimenting with fixing brown rice in my crock pot.  So the big reveal....

It works!!!!

What a great feeling to have success!!!

I even remembered to "take notes" as I fixed it.

First of all, I followed my procedures as written in my "experiment" and used 1 cup of brown rice, and 2 cups of water.  Since I only had a small amount to make I put some water (about an inch) in the bottom of the crock pot, and my Corning Ware into the water "bath".  (This was advice given to me from a dear friend, who had been to a crock pot class.)

The rice and water went into the smaller Corning Ware.  (This provides optimum cooking when not utilizing the full pot.)  Crock pots work the best when they are 1/2 to 2/3 full.

Because I didn't start this until 2:00 p.m., I turned my crock pot on HIGH.  At first I only covered it with the crock pot cover, but after checking on it a little while later, I decided to also put the Corning Ware cover on it first.

I stirred the rice every hour, or so.  I would say the rice was done at 5:00 p.m.  I unplugged the pot and let it continue to sit in there for a few minutes longer, until we were ready to eat.

Fabulous!!  A little sticky, but I don't mind sticky rice.  AND, there were no crunchy pieces of rice!!!!  :)

Well, I guess I can say that this "Works For Me"!!!!
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Brown Rice...in my crock pot? An experiment...

Well, I feel a little bad writing this post for you, BEFORE I do the experiment. I hope you will check back after I serve supper tonight for the results! :)

Tuesday is my Crock Pot day, and we are still using up our pantry food (Pay Day is tomorrow...yay!) Therefore, I have black beans in the freezer, brown rice and fixings for tacos. We haven't had rice and beans on soft taco shells for awhile, and I thought that sounded good.

I don't really care for fixing rice on the stove as it seems to always boil over...I don't have a rice cooker, and when I have fixed it in the oven before, some of the rice is still crunchy (which DOES NOT go over well with the boys)!

So...I am going to experiment with my good old Rival CrockPot (the picture really isn't the one I have...mine isn't that pristine!  LOL!!).

I looked in my little manual and it suggested using an extra 1/4 cup liquid per 1/4 cup of raw rice. Truthfully, I'm not quite sure what that means, as that would for using rice in a "recipe"...I am just fixing the rice. I also read a couple of online forums and the suggestion has been to add twice as much water as rice.

I only have 1 cup of brown rice, so I will add 2 cups of water along with it in the crock pot.  (I don't think I will start this quite yet, as I have read if you cook it too long, it can get quite sticky.)

So, this will be my experiment (the science teacher in me, loves this!)...

Hypothesis:  Does cooking brown rice in a crock pot give the desired result?***

Materials:
1. 1 cup brown rice
2.  2 cups water
3.  crock pot
4.  butter

Procedures:
1.  Grease crock pot with small amount of butter.
2.  Measure water and rice.
3.  Pour water and rice in crock pot.
4.  Cook on low for 2 - 4 hours.
5.  Check rice at 1 hour intervals.
***This isn't exactly how an experiment should be written up, just so ya know!  :)

Check back later!!!  ***UPDATE:  It worked...Brown Rice PART 2.

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Crock Pot Turkey Tetrazzini

A new recipe that I am trying today is based on this recipe, Easy Crockpot Turkey Tetrazzini.

It looks delicious, as it is slowly getting ready in my crockpot!  I imagine that it will taste good too!  :)

Here is how I made it today:

Crock Pot Turkey Tetrazzini
*2 cups cooked and cubed turkey (or chicken)
*1/3 cup cream soup mix
*1 1/4 cup water (mixed with cream soup mix)
*1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
*dash nutmeg
*1 tsp. dried parsley
*1 tsp. dried onions
*2 cups broken, uncooked linguini noodles

Mix chicken soup base and water, and microwave on high for 2 minutes, stirring after 30 second intervals, until thick.  Add turkey, cheese, nutmeg, parsley and onions.  Add noodles, and mix.  Pour into greased crock pot and cook on high for 4 - 6 hours, until noodles are tender.  It will look something like this:

 I will try and add a picture of it, once it has cooked for 4- 6 hours!  :)

****UPDATE:  This was very nummy, but you need to add more liquid!!!  It also only took about 2 - 4 hours.

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