I completely omitted the basil. Loved it!!!!!!

So good! I made this with the Trader Joe's Brown Rice Medely and used 1 1/2 tbsp. chicken soup mix. I left out the margerine and used fresh chopped basil.

Usually I find rice boring but this was great! I definitely recommend it!

Wow, so easy and YUMMY! Like another reviewer I didn't have the soup, so I used Lipton onion soup mix and a cup of hot water. Plus I didn't add the basil, as it didn't seem to fit with the other ingredients. Regardless this was fantastic!!! EDITED TO ADD - I've done this with brown rice too and it needed to bake for 75 minutes, perfect!

Pretty good.....took longer than 1 hour to cook....that was no problem. I did use brown rice instead of white and only used 2 tblspns of butter. I love a rice dish that you just prepare and pop in the oven....very easy. Thanks!

Followed directions exactly. Cooked for almost 2 hours and still had crunchy rice. Shame too, this recipe had all the makings for a great side. Certainly smelled wonderful "cooking". Won't make again unless I precook rice.

I wanted a brown rice recipe to go with the caramel apple pork chops on this site. This is the one and I'll use it for other things as well. I fried up a little extra sausage and onion with some carrots and celery then added the rest of the ingredients per recipe substituting brown rice for white rice. It took a little more water but was absolutely amazingly wonderful covered with that apple topping from the pork chops. Even my rice-haters liked it! Next time I may just put in more sausage and just make this rice as a main dish...or maybe with some sausage gravy....

I really like rice a a side dish and wanted to try brown for a change. After reading all the reviews I used low sodium broths and used garlic powder rather than garlic salt. Even the butter was unsalted. Needless to say my rice was not salty at all. I did cover while baking. The baking time was 1 1/2 hr. This was very creamy yet not mushy. I will make this again for sure.

Flavor was ok, but on the salty side. I would suggest using reduced sodium.

The basil in this recipe is very overpowering. I think it has potential for us if I took it out completely as the other flavors in this recipe seem to complement each other very well. The rice was soupy after 30 minutes, but did come out cooked perfectly after the hour.

This rice was very good. I did not have beef broth so I used chicken garlic broth. Will use beef next time.

Loved this recipe. I also substituted brown rice. I've made it several times already and is a new family favorite. Quick and easy preparation.

Today is a VERY good day! I made this brown rice for the first time and think this is a superb, great tasting, easy recipe. I did use Lipton’s onion soup mix and it added a great flavor. It is a GREAT day because I had this with two other GREAT recipes from this site: “Bessy’s Zesty Grilled Garlic-Herb Chicken” and “Kecia’s Broccoli Salad”. Three wonderful five star recipes. Thank you ALL!!!

I don't know why, but this did not work for me at all. My rice didn't cook at all... at 30 minutes it was still soupy, but I thought maybe it would thicken in the last 30 minutes. No such luck. I would have tried cooking it longer, but I tasted it after 1 hour and did not like the flavor at all, so I didn't bother trying to save it. It's a shame to waste all those ingredients. Sorry, but I don't think I'll try this again.

This is very good and easy!!

I made this as a side for a country stle crock-pot ribs and it was absolutely perfect and delicious. I used brown rice instead of white and I didn't have french onion soup so I used chicken broth with onion and black pepper spices and worcestershire sauce instead. I also added some fresh parsley into the mix. It was a great side for my dish!