Easy 1-Hour Oven-Baked Brown Rice--Chicken, Beef, Onion, Garlic, Curried.....

Everyone knows brown rice is better for you, but it takes so long.....as soon as you get home, an hour before you're going to eat, toss this together and pop it in the oven. It will be ready when you are, and you won't need to watch a pot on the stove. The flavour of the rice comes from the broth and spices you add in yourself. I've included some easy options.

Bake in a covered, greased casserole dish for 1 hour at 375 degrees F:

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1-1/2 cups boiling water

Plain rice: add 1/2 tsp. salt to the boiling water.
Chicken or beef rice: Use 1-1/2 cups hot chicken or beef broth instead of boiling water (if you do not have fresh or canned broth, dissolve bouillion cubes or powder in the boiling water as per package directions.)
Onion rice: Finely chop 1 small or 1/2 medium onion, brown in 1 tbsp. butter or oil, stir in the cup of uncooked brown rice, add to the casserole dish with 1-1/2 cups boiling water salted with 1/2 tsp. onion salt.
Garlic rice: Prepare as for onion rice, but substitute 1 clove finely chopped garlic for the onion, and garlic salt for the onion salt.
Curried lemon rice: Prepare as for onion rice, but omit chopped onion and add 1/2 tsp. curry powder and 1 tsp lemon juice in the melted butter, stir in the rice, add to the casserole dish with the boiling water, salted with plain salt.

Combine in a casserole dish, cover, bake at 375 degrees F for 1 hour. Stir and serve.