How To Cook Uncle Ben’s Rice?

Wouldn’t you just love having food magically appear before you? Although you can heat the rice up on the stove, Uncle Ben’s rice can actually be made in the microwave. No time no fuss, just plop it in the microwave and ding, it’s ready.

Fortunately, we have Uncle Ben’s delicious rice, that you can have with anything you like, whether it is last night’s leftover chicken, some fried egg, or even some soup that had been tucked away in your freezer. Uncle Ben’s rice is made with premium quality, long grain white fluffy rice that is enriched with vitamins and minerals, meaning you’ve got good things in that microwavable bag!

Table of Contents

• What Is Uncle Ben’s Rice?
• What Can You Have With Uncle Ben’s Rice?
• The Types Of Uncle Ben’s Rice
• Minute Rice Vs Converted Rice
• How To Cook Uncle Ben’s Rice?
  • Microwave Instructions:
  • Skillet Instructions:
• Get Munching
• FAQs

What Is Uncle Ben’s Rice?

Ben’s original, also known as Uncle Ben’s is an American brand of parboiled rice, which is basically the process of soaking, steaming and drying the rice. This is an effective way of preserving the rice, whilst boosting it’s nutritional profile, changing its texture, and making it more resistant to pests like weevils or moths. Here is how to prevent moth infestation at your house.

What Can You Have With Uncle Ben’s Rice?

You can have anything you fancy with Uncle Ben’s rice, from burritos, salads, and vegetables, to soups and curries that can sink into the gorgeous white rice, absorbing all the flavours, for you to eat in every single bite. You can even use them as stuffing for stuffed peppers, thick white grains of cooked rice mixed with ground meat and topped with grated cheese, would make a scrumptious meal.

The Types Of Uncle Ben’s Rice

Uncle Ben’s rice products have a whole range of rice meals to suit what you fancy, using fluffy rice or even pasta, to create instant meals that are convenient for you and your family. Here are the top few Uncle Ben’s rice that is certainly my favourite.

• Uncle Ben’s boil in a bag long grain rice
• Uncle Ben’s whole grain egg fried rice
• Uncle Ben’s express rice long grain
• Uncle Ben’s basmati rice
• Uncle Ben’s mushroom microwave rice

Minute Rice Vs Converted Rice

Uncle Ben’s minute rice is great if you want to save on cooking time and so much more easier for those who don’t have the energy to bring out the pans, its perfect for those long days of work, and coming home to a nice almost instant dinner. All you have to do is cut open the pouch, squeeze the rice through the packet so that they separate and emerge all fluffy and warm from the microwave, you don’t want to get clumps of cold hard rice.

For cooking Uncle Ben’s converted rice the cooking method can vary depending on whether the rice is white or whole grain brown rice. When you’re preparing converted white rice bring the water and rice to a boil on medium low heat, then reduce heat, cover and let it simmer for 20 minutes. After that remove the pan from the stove, let it sit for 5 minutes or until the water has been sucked out by the rice. Fluff the rice with a fork before serving, and add a little chunk of butter to the rice, to make it nice and juicy.

For Uncle Ben’s converted brown rice the method is slightly different, brown rice is about a 1 to 2 ratio of rice to water, and requires an additional 10 minutes of cooking, for a total of 30 minutes simmering on the stove top before serving.

How To Cook Uncle Ben’s Rice?

Uncle Ben’s ready rice uses precooked rice that you can heat in the microwave or skillet. Ready rice products include: white, brown, jasmine, brown basmati, long-grain basmati, and combinations of rice, wild rice amongst other ingredients, and flavourings.

Microwave Instructions:

First, massage the Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice pouch to separate the grains, then cut a 2 inch hole at the top of the pouch to vent whilst it cooks in the microwave. Place the pouch in the microwave and heat on high for 90 seconds. Use oven mitts when removing the pouch from the microwave, and when you’re pouring it into a dish because it is extremely hot. Serve immediately with your favourite salad, or chicken soup to take maximum advantage of the delectable fluffy rice.

Skillet Instructions:

Massage the pouch before opening it to separate the grains of rice, tear or cut the pouch to open it. Pour the contents into a skillet and add 2 tablespoons of water, then cook this over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the water has been absorbed, and the rice is all steamy and fluffy. Serve instantly with your favourite side dish.

Get Munching

Uncle Ben’s collection of rice, and instant meals is a fantastic way for one to calmly make themselves dinner at the end of a long and tiring day. But in now way is Uncle Ben’s rice limited in the varieties of delightful meals one can make with converted or minute rice.

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