Baked Rice

Easy version
Cook everything in the rice cooker (using an upper rack to steam the broccoli & potatoes) and then transfer the cooked rice to a baking pan in the oven. Though it is short cut, the baked rice still tastes good. It is a “double carbo” baked rice because there are two main carbohydrates component in it – potatoes and rice. Although double carbo sounds sinful, it’s actually very nice because the potatoes go well with the rice, plus it is really filling so I ate a smaller portion to be full.

Ingredients (Serves 3)
- 1 cup uncooked rice, washed
- 20g to 30g butter
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 potato, peeled and sliced, 100g broccoli florets, stem trimmed
- 5 gourmet sausages (around 200g)
- 1 to 2 tbsp corn nibblets
- cream of mushroom (undiluted) /Japanese mayonnaise
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, optional Shredded Cheddar Cheese(abt 150g)
- Salt & Pepper

Directions
1. Using a microwave, melt butter to liquid (should be less than a min). In the rice cooker pot, add melted butter, washed rice, water to cook rice (I use slightly more than 1 cup of water – adjust the water amount according to your cooker), garlic cloves, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well.
2. Using the upper rack of my rice cooker, I place broccoli florets and sliced potatoes. Be sure to leave some of the air vent open. If you don’t have an upper rack, you can steam them separately. Cook the rice mixture prepared in step 1 together with the upper rack of vegetables in the rice cooker.
3. When the rice is cooked, mash the steamed broccoli and mix it well into the rice. Then add in the cut sausages and corn nibblets. Mix everything well.
4. Portion out the rice into oven-safe baking dishes (you can also use disposable aluminium tray) until slightly more than half the depth of the dish.
5. Smear some mushroom soup sauce or Japanese mayonnaise on top of the rice.
6. Arrange steamed potato slices on top. Top it with a layer of shredded cheese. Baked in a pre-heated oven at 200C (392F) for about 20-25 minutes, or until all the cheese has melted and is very slightly browned.

U can tried this with different styles like hawaiian etc.
as long as there are pineapples and ham in a dish, the eateries will name the dish as “hawaiian” in the menu. Cliché as it may be, pineapple & ham is a tried-and-tested and wonderful food pairing nevertheless.