Brown rice tends to be a little less sweet than white rice so I like to cook brown rice in chicken stock rather than water. The chicken stock also adds some saltiness to the rice, so there’s no need to add additional salt. As a general rule of thumb, the ratio of rice to liquid as one part rice two parts liquid when cooking. The other key to my success is this awesome little rice cooker by Cuisinart. I have had this rice cooker for 14 years and couldn’t survive in the kitchen without it.