What Can You Make With Brown Rice?

Three star chefs get creative with this healthy grain.

Try this protein-packed dish from Spike Mendelsohn, Top Chef Season 4 contestant, chef-owner of Good Stuff Eatery in Washington, D.C. and author of The Good Stuff Cookbook.

Ingredients: Brown rice, lemon juice, olive oil, shrimp, Thai red chile pepper, lemongrass, ginger, red onion, sugar to pan, fish sauce, coconut water, cilantro, mung bean sprouts

Calories: 370

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Cat Cora's inventive rolls work great as a one of a kind appetizer. Cora is the first and only female Iron Chef and author of Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist.

Ingredients: Brown rice, rice vinegar, kosher salt, pine nuts, nori (seaweed), prosciutto, blue cheese, julienned pear, balsamic glaze

Calories: 274

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You can finish off your meal with this healthy grain, too. Check out this recipe from Elizabeth Falkner, chef-owner of San Francisco's Citizen Cake and Orson.

Ingredients: Olive oil, brown rice, ripe banana, unsalted, dry-roasted cashews, dates, light coconut milk, brown sugar, butter, salt, Madras curry powder, lime juice, tangerine segments, coconut flakes

Calories: 430

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