Carribean Brown Rice

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  • Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 Cup Brown Rice2 Cups Chicken Broth (fat free is best)2 tbls Honey 1/4 tsp ground Ginger1/2 tsp ground cinnamonRed Pepper flakes to taste (very few -less than 1/4 tsp- make this fairly spicy!)
Directions
For Slightly Firm Rice:

Soak brown rice for 45 minutes in chicken broth. Bring to a boil with a lid on the pot, let simmer until large starchy bubbles begin to come out of the rice, then turn off the heat. Let rice stand with lid on the pot for another 20 minutes. Fold in all the remaining ingredients and serve.

For a Softer, stickier Rice:

Soak rice in broth for 45 min. Bring to boil, when large starchy bubbles come out of rice...add another cup of chicken broth and simmer on med heat for another 20 minutes. Fold in remaining ingredients and serve.

Each serving is approximately 1/3 cup.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ELLISUNIT1.

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 89.6
  • Total Fat: 0.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 360.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 20.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
  • Protein: 1.6 g

Member Reviews
  • PATRICIAANN46
    This is so good............. - 4/29/20
  • AREC112085
    It came out really nice between sweet and spicy. I love it. - 12/9/17
  • S0122S
    I don't know if I did something wrong- but I thought it tasted awful. Too sweet. I thought it was very strange tastes for rice. - 1/6/10
  • JACOBSS914
    Made it with the chicken, it was very good, a little sweet for my tastes, but my wife liked the sweetness. - 12/12/09
  • LINDSAYHENNIGAN
    We added extra red pepper after serving the kids. They loved it, we loved it with our sweet and spicy Caribbean chicken. - 12/3/09
  • NATALIACOVA
    Too sweet! Maybe okay to eat alone, but if you put it with anything else its too sweet. - 9/2/07
  • CAROG424
    Easy enough to make. A little too sweet for my taste. - 8/28/07
  • APRILPINI
    Very good, but a little spicy for me. - 3/17/07
  • PATTYWMS
    Love brown rice with spices!!! - 3/16/07
  • AHEALTHYNEWME
    Sounds very good. I'll will definitely try this one. - 3/15/07
  • FLEAROY
    Good!!! - 3/14/07
  • BONFIREBAMBI
    MmMmMmMm! - 3/14/07
  • TAMMYINOHIO
    we LOVE it!!..we love spicy food and this was great..okay we added extra red pepper.. - 3/14/07