Rice cooked in a large batch can be frozen in meal size portions and thawed quickly, as part of a "fast summer meal!"
Prep Time5 minutesminutes
Cook Time50 minutesminutes
Servings - 20servings
Ingredients
2cupsbrown rice (
3cupswhite rice
4cupsfresh spinach leaves
2cupsfresh parsley
4fresh basil leaves
7garlic cloves
Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
In large saucepan or Dutch oven, bring 12 cups of water to boil. Add 2 cups of brown rice and return to boil. Reduce heat to medium and cover. Let cook for about 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, add the 3 cups of white rice. Turn the heat back up and bring water back to boil. Reduce heat to medium and cover again. Let simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring often.
Chop spinach, parsley and basil. Add it to the cooked rice and stir through.
Add crushed garlic cloves and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve a portion of the rice for a meal. Let remaining rice cool while you eat. Then add it to freezer baggies or plastic containers and freeze in batches.