brown rice

how long should you boil brown rice for? Also i had it on for a long time and it looked uncooked but i ate it anyway. Also is there anyway to make it taste good? tasted horrible.

When I make rice I usually make some eggs (hard boiled cause i'm lazy) and add some wasabi peas, carrots, asparagus, and any other vegetable I can find. Delicious. The wasabi peas really add a lot of flavor. Not terrible for calories either. 120 calories for 30 grams. Egg yolks help with the flavor too.

Ate this just now:
90 grams rice - 320 calories
2 eggs - 140 calories
30 grams wasabi peas - 120 calories
Bunch of carrots and asparagus ~ 40 calories

620 calories total. Just over a 1/5 of my daily intake. Pretty big meal, but healthy and yummy.

Check instructions; some brown rice is parboiled, which literally means 'partially boiled', and thus requires a shorter cooking time than non-parboiled rice.  That's why some brands of rice have different cooking times than other brands.  I think parboiling also increases the glycemic index of the rice which results in faster digestion and a spike in glucose levels.  I could be wrong, but for that reason I avoid buying parboiled rice and look for brown rice with the longest cooking times.

As far as flavor, I add various varieties of Mrs Dash salt free seasoning to the rice before I cook it in the microwave (favorite is lemon-pepper).  Add quite a bit; makes it taste pretty much like boxed rice that comes with those seasoning packets except without enough sodium to cause a stroke.