Recipe: Teriyaki Rice

I was hunting for something to make for dinner tonight. (my menu planning took a vacation this week *wince* )

I wanted to do something with rice. I wanted to have some lentils.  I was planning to make a vegetable stir fry, which meant it would all have an Asian flavor.  I hunted around a bit, but nothing struck my fancy.

Got to thinking about flavoring the rice.  Hey, why not just toss the lentils IN with the rice. That could work.

A bit more thinking and Voila!! A new dish is created.

Teriyaki rice
3 cups brown rice
1 cup lentils
6 cups vegetable broth
1-1.5 cups unsweetened pineapple juice (I save the juice from the canned pineapple I buy)
2 tbs onion powder...
1 tbs garlic powder
1 tbs ginger
1/2 tsp (about) red pepper flakes
2 tbs bragg's aminos

Dump all ingredients into a pot. Stir.  Heat to boiling and then reduce heat to low and let simmer about an hour.  It smells wonderful and the taste was fantastic. Only one 5yo said it was "too spicy" for her. Maybe I decrease the red pepper or ginger next time.  Not sure, as I really didn't use exact measurements when I made it.

Since I'm being honest, I'll let you know that I messed up the liquid measurements in my batch tonight too. I only used the equivalent of 6 cups of liquid because I was thinking that I was only using 3 cups of brown rice.  I added that cup of lentils, though, so I should have increased the liquid by a cup or so. I changed the recipe above to reflect that. 

I also meant to toss in a half bag or so of frozen peas when the rice finished cooking. I forgot to do that.  Next time, hopefully I'll remember.

Still, even though the rice was a little crunchy, it tasted great with the vegetable stir fry we enjoyed tonight.  This one's a keeper. :)