How to Make Brown Rice Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

If you’ve run out of brown rice flour, or don’t want to spend money buying the storebought version, here’s how to make brown rice flour at home. All you need is 5 minutes, a blender, and a sieve, and your homemade rice flour is ready! Totally gluten-free and vegan too.

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• What Do You Need for Homemade Brown Rice Flour?
• How to Make Brown Rice Flour
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• Homemade Brown Rice Flour (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Gluten-free Flours

If you follow a gluten-free diet, there are many types of gluten-free flours that you can use for baking – including but not limited to rice flour, almond flour, cashew flour, corn flour, buckwheat flour, sorghum flour, millet flour, and amaranth flour, just to name a few.

Among the numerous gluten-free flours that are available, rice flour is probably the one I use the most (and I imagine it’s also what people on a gluten-free diet are most accustomed to).

MakeYour Own Rice Flour at Home

While white rice flour is very easily found, brown rice flour may not be that commonly available. I like using brown rice flour in certain recipes because it has a higher fiber content and a less starchy feel.

If you enjoy using brown rice flour too, but sometimes find yourself out of it, and not able to get it in the stores, here’s a quick solution – I’ll show you how to make brown rice flour at home!

What Do You Need for Homemade Brown Rice Flour?

The only ingredient you’ll need to make homemade brown rice flour is literally just uncooked brown rice. If you prefer to make white rice flour instead, all you need to do is use uncooked white rice instead of brown.

As for kitchen tools required, you’ll need a high-speed blender and a fine-mesh sieve for optimum results.

How to Make Brown Rice Flour

1. First Round Processing:

Place 1 cup uncooked brown rice in your high-speed blender. 

Process the rice grains for 30 seconds to 1 minute until you get a flour. It will not be super smooth yet, but don’t worry.

2. Sift the Flour

Pass the flour through a fine-mesh sieve to filter out any large grains that were not fully processed.

3. Second-Round Processing

Return the sifted brown rice flour to the blender and process it for another 30 seconds to 1 minute until very smooth.

4. Repeat Until Done

Repeat the above process with the remaining rice until all the rice has been processed into a smooth flour.

5. Use or Store

Use the rice flour according to your recipe or if not using immediately, store the homemade rice flour in an airtight jar at room temperature.

Dish by Dish Tips/Tricks

• Double or Triple the Recipe as Required: If you use brown rice flour frequently (as I do in baking gluten-free breads and other baked goods), I would recommend that you double or triple the recipe (which makes 2 1/4 cup of homemade brown rice flour). This ensures that you have sufficient brown rice flour on hand for at least a few baked goods. Alternatively, if you don’t use brown rice flour that often and only require it for a certain recipe, make just enough so you don’t have to worry about it turning bad.

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