so i sorta invented this recipe last night and my (omni) parents cleaned out the pot in about five minutes, even though the amount of rice i used is supposed to serve 6 and there were 3 of us...
Cook's Illustrated has on their website a recipe for foolproof oven-baked brown rice, for those of us who prefer the texture of non-instant brown rice but tend to have problems with the attention that long-cooking rice requires.