Quick Cooker Rice

Super Easy Quick Cooker Rice

This recipe is my go to for busy days or nights when I don't have a lot of time to cook.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups brown rice

1 can black beans

1 bell pepper

6-8 green onions

minced garlic

bullion cube

spices

Rinse your brown rice throughly!

You can also let it sit for a few hours in water in the fridge, but I decided to made this last minute.

My rice cooker gives me lines to fill the water to, but really you want it about 1/2 inch above the rice.

My particular rice cooker has a setting for brown rice. My suggestion is to follow your cooker's manual if you've never used it for brown rice before.

I start it now, to heat the water and help the bullion dissolve.

I used fake beef broth, but you can use any broth bullion cube. 

You can also replace the water with vegetable broth.

Break the bullion cube up to help it dissolve quicker!

I'm using a red bell pepper and green onions, but if you don't like peppers or can get your hands on green onions, you can use tomatoes and regular onions. Just treat them the same way.

Chop the green onion up roughly- you want about one cup.

Same thing with the pepper!

If you use other veggies, treat them similarly.

Blurry picture! Oh no.

Add the veggies to the bowl.

Add about two teaspoons garlic! Yum :)

Mix gently, then close the top and set it to cook.

Walk away now (set a timer if you need to, mine beeps when done)!

When done, toss gently- fluff with a paddle.

Be careful of the steam! But keep tossing until it's mixed fully.

Now add the spices you like (I used smoked paprika and chill pepper flakes) and the beans (after you rinse them!) and gently stir some more. I tend to close the lid to let the beans heat, though they're precooked so no need to put them in ahead of time. If you do they're liable to get soft and squishy. 

Serve now or refrigerate and eat the next day or so.

Should be good in the fridge for up to a week!

Enjoy!