Rev Up Your Rice!" Recipe Contest- Deadline April 15

Don't forget to enter your creative, easy-to-prepare rice recipes for a chance at cash prizes and a deluxe rice cooker! Enter as many recipes as you wish!

A $5,000 grand prize will be awarded and six finalists, including the "Best Whole Grain Rice Recipe" will each receive $1,000. All winners will also receive an Aroma 10-cup Sensor Logic Deluxe Rice Cooker.

Recipes must be prepared in 30 minutes or less with no more than six ingredients (excluding butter, margarine, oil, water, salt and ground black pepper), and must use at least 1 cup of uncooked (or 3 cups cooked) U.S.-grown rice. Contest is open to U.S. residents 18 years and older. Food professionals (including chefs, food writers, home economists, dietitians and food educators) as well as employees/members of the rice industry or USA Rice Federation are not eligible to compete.

Cooking with rice opens up a world of great ideas, so submit your original, unpublished rice recipes (including appetizers, soups, salads, side dishes, entrees, and desserts) for a chance to win big prizes!

Meanwhile, here is the "Best Whole Grain Rice Recipe" from last year's contest winner, Debra Thomas.

Tilapia with Cheesy Roasted Pepper-Chipotle Rice

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