Amazing New Rice Discovery
Makes dazzling dishes a cinch to prepare!
No Washing!
No Rinsing!
No Draining!
No Steaming!
Perfect Rice every time!
Minute Rice was introduced in 1949 by a company called General Foods. According to Wikipedia it is “is rice that has been precooked and dehydrated so that it cooks more rapidly.” What it lacks in flavor it makes up in cooking time, and ease of preperation.
Interestingly enough while looking for information on the history of Minute Rice I found an article titled – Minute Rice and 19th Century Urdu Poetry. I found this intriging because well, while I don’t have Minute Rice in the house, I do have Urdu poetry (yes in Urdu, though admitedly I would be very hard pressed to read it anymore with the Urdu script and all.) If the article is true then Minute Rice was invented by an Afghani immigrant named Ozai-Durrani who left half of his estate for the translation of two 19th century poets.
Whether you like it or not it seems that Minute Rice is here to stay.
It looks like this was from a color insert from the newspaper or maybe a large magazine. Below are the recipes.
Baked Tomatoes with Rice
Remove seeds and pulp from 6 firm tomatoes. Save pulp. Salt inside of tomatoes. Bake in shallow baking dish at 375 F for 15 minutes. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in saucepan; add ½ cup diced celery, ¼ cup diced green pepper, 2 tablespoons chopped onion. Cook 3 minutes. Add ½ package (2/3 cup) Minute Rice, ¾ cup water, ½ teaspoon salt, dash of pepper. Bring quickly to a boil, uncovered, fluffing once or twice with a fork. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Add tomato pulp. Fill baked shells with mixture. Bake 5 minutes longer. A heavenly dish – with the savory flavor right through the rice! Serves 6
Bacon ‘N Egg Rice
Prepare 1 package (1 1/3 cups) precooked Minute Rice as directed on package. Let stand 10 minutes. Add 5 sliced cooked bacon, diced, and two hard cooked eggs, diced. Melt one package (8 ounces) processed American cheese in double boiler. Add ½ cup milk and blend well. Place rice mixture on platter and top with cheese sauce. Then try to make people believe you turned out this luscious feast, with perfect rice, in so few minutes! Serves 6.
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