Perfectly cooked Thermomix brown rice, every single time, ready in just over 30 minutes.
We eat a lot of brown rice in our house (I prefer it over white). It's the perfect base for my Brown Rice Salad or a bed for Slow Cooker Butter Chicken.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
✅ Recipe Name: Thermomix Brown Rice
🕒 Ready In: 32 minutes
👪 Serves: 4
🍚 Calories: 335kcal per serve
🥣 Main Ingredients: brown rice, butter, salt, boiling water
📖 Dietary Info: vegetarian, gluten-free (dairy-free if you skip the butter)
⭐ Why You'll Love It: A genuine set-and-forget side, no stirring, no checking, no soggy or gluggy rice.
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Great tips and taste, thanks!
- Naomi
Whether it's a bed for Slow Cooker Honey Soy Garlic Chicken or stirred through homemade sushi, brown rice really is the most versatile thing to have on hand. Now you can make it in your Thermomix using just brown rice, butter, a pinch of salt and boiling water.
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Why You're Going To Love This Recipe
- Versatile - use it in all your favourite salads, or to soak up the sauce from curries, casseroles and oven bakes.
- Suitable for all Thermomix models - works in everything from the TM31 to the TM6.
- Genuinely hands-off - no stirring, no checking, just set and forget.
Rice Ingredients
Say hello to the easiest Thermomix brown rice recipe.
Note: Scroll to the recipe card at the bottom for the ingredient quantities and full detailed method.
- Brown rice - any brand works. Rinse it under cold water until the water runs clear, this removes the starch and stops your rice going gluggy.
- Boiling water - using boiling (not cold) water speeds up the cooking time.
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How To Make Brown Rice In A Thermomix
Let's make brown rice in the Thermomix!
Note: Scroll to the recipe card at the bottom for the ingredient quantities and full detailed method.
- Step 1: Rinse the rice. Place the simmering basket into the Thermomix bowl, set the scales to zero and weigh the rice directly into the basket. Remove the basket and rinse the rice under cold water until it runs clear, then place it back into the bowl.
- Step 2: Add the butter, salt and boiling water. Place the butter and salt on top of the rinsed rice, then pour in boiling water until it sits 1cm above the rice. Don't exceed the MAX line, this matters most on the TM31 as its bowl is slightly smaller.
- Step 3: Cook the rice. Cook for 25 minutes with the MC removed (for safety), then check if it's done to your liking. If you'd like it softer, cook for a further 5 minutes.
- Step 4: Fluff and serve. Carefully remove the hot simmering basket, fluff the rice up with a fork and serve immediately.
Expert Tips
- Rinse until the water runs clear - this removes the starch and stops your rice from being gluggy.
- You'll need approximately 1-1.25 litres of boiling water - keep adding until it's 1cm above the rice.
- Never exceed the MAX line - particularly important on TM31 models, as the bowl is slightly smaller.
- Cook with the MC off - this is a safety measure when cooking at high temperatures.
- Got a TM6 or TM7? You can also use the built-in Rice Cooker mode if you prefer a guided function over the manual method here; both get you to the same fluffy result.
- Doubling the batch? Keep the same 1cm-above-the-rice water rule; just check you're not approaching the MAX line with the larger volume.
- Be careful removing the simmering basket once cooked; it will be very hot. Hook the spatula into the basket and lift it out carefully.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 1 day. This recipe isn't suitable for freezing.
FAQs
It's a line on the inside of the Thermomix bowl showing the very maximum limit you can fill it to, for safety reasons. If you have a TM31, your bowl is smaller, so be extra careful not to exceed it.
The MC is the measuring cup that sits in the hole in the Thermomix lid. It's important to remove it when cooking at high temperatures, for safety reasons.
Brown rice still has its outer bran layer intact (white rice has had it polished off), and that layer takes longer to soften. It's also why brown rice has more fibre and a chewier bite than white rice.
Yes, this works in any Thermomix model. Just be extra careful not to exceed the MAX line, as the TM31 bowl is slightly smaller than newer models.
More Recipes To Serve With Brown Rice
Now that you've got a big batch of brown rice, here's some tasty ways to put it to use:
Thermomix Brown Rice
Ingredients
- 350 g brown rice
- 10 g butter
- pinch of salt
- boiling water
Instructions
- Place the rice basket (simmering basket) into the Thermomix bowl.
- Weigh the brown rice into the basket.
- Remove the rice basket and rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs clear. Place the basket back into the Thermomix bowl.Add the butter and the pinch of salt.
- Pour over the boiling water until it's covered the rice by 1cm (do NOT exceed the MAX line). Note: you will need approximately 1-1.25 litres of boiling water (depending on the size of your TM bowl).
- Cook for 25-30 minutes, 110 degrees, Speed 4 (with the MC removed but the splatter guard in place). Check the rice at the 25 minute mark and if you'd prefer it slightly more tender continue cooking for the final 5 minutes.
- Carefully remove the rice basket (steaming basket), fluff with a fork and serve immediately.
Notes
- Rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs clear - this removes the start and stops your rice from being gluggy.
- You will need approximately 1-1.25 litres of boiling water. Keep adding water until it's 1cm above the rice.
- Do NOT at any stage exceed the MAX line - this is particularly important for TM31 models as the bowl is slightly smaller.
- Cook the rice with the MC off - this is for safety reasons when cooking at high temperatures.
- Cook the rice for 25 minutes and then test it. Cook for a further 5 minutes for a softer rice.
- Fluff the rice with a fork and serve immediately.
- Be very careful when removing the simmering basket from the Thermomix machine after the rice has cooked as it will be very hot. Use the spatula to hook into the simmering basket and very carefully remove it.
- Store leftover rice in an airtight container in the fridge for 1 day.
- This recipe is not suitable for freezing.
Naomi says
Great tips and taste, thanks!