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Cholent with rice intead of barley?

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cbmom

Thu, Dec 24 2009, 9:11 am

I've seen people mention that they use rice instead of barley.
Can I use brown rice? will any type work?
also, does it need more, less, or the same amount of water as barley.
thanks!

Mrs Bissli

Thu, Dec 24 2009, 5:00 pm

You can definitely use brown rice. Either basmati or parboiled long-grain would do, but NOT boil-in-the-bag type. Don't add too much water otherwise they'll go mushy. If you really hate mushy rice, one way is to put rice and seasoning in a gauze bag and twist tight (so it doesn't absorb too much water).

ra_mom

Thu, Dec 24 2009, 6:02 pm

I only use short grain brown rice, bec the other grains "bust" and everything becomes one big mush.

precious

Thu, Oct 18 2012, 6:19 pm

how exactly would I make a cholent with rice?

finprof

Thu, Oct 18 2012, 6:29 pm

I use it when I make chicken cholent. I use brown rice and put it on top and don't mix it in.

chocolate moose

Thu, Oct 18 2012, 6:31 pm

we never had luck with that, but wheat berries and farfel are good.

ElTam

Thu, Oct 18 2012, 7:00 pm

Another vote not to use any sort of white rice, even basmati. Turns to mush. What we do do is to make rice and wrap it in foil, then just lay it on top in the morning (still in foil) so it is warm and can mix in right before serving.

Thu, Oct 18 2012, 7:19 pm

I use brown rice, but I make soup/stew rather than chulent per se. The texture with rice is different than with barley, but still good.

Keep in mind that barley absorbs a lot more water than rice.

ra_mom

Thu, Oct 18 2012, 7:31 pm

sticky brown rice stew
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....+rice

sunny90

Fri, Oct 19 2012, 2:12 am

My SIL who is celiac uses brown rice and it comes out really good!

londoner

Fri, Oct 19 2012, 6:12 am

Dh does tbeet using basmati rice. Comes out very nicely. I do a moroccan adafina which you must use long-grain for and you put the rice in a roasting bag or else it goes mushy and soaks up all liquid. Basmati turns to rice pudding in this recipe

Happy 2B

Fri, Oct 19 2012, 10:45 am

I know a lot of people who use brown rice instead of barley we don't really do anything different. We just put the rice in same way you would put the barley most people can't tell the difference.

MiracleMama

Fri, Oct 19 2012, 10:50 am

cm wrote:

I use brown rice, but I make soup/stew rather than chulent per se. The texture with rice is different than with barley, but still good.

Keep in mind that barley absorbs a lot more water than rice.

Yeah, when I subbed rice the texture was ok (used short grain brown) but the cholent was too soupy for me. Definitely use less water.

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