Ben's Original Ready Rice Chili Garlic

Yoooo. I like the Spanish rice flavor a lot, and the plain and I think chicken are OK, but this one is not my fav. It's the same easy prep, but the flavor is a little chemically, as another reviewer noted. Even though I don't think there are chemicals/artificial flavors in here?? But it tastes like cleaning fluid or a mechanic's drain tray. A little. I think it might be the chili, or maybe the garlic. There's a spice to it, but also a bad flavor to it. Don't get this. OK, thanks.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 4/10

Uncle Ben's Ready Rice - Original

One real downside of the sickness quarantine at my boyf's house is that his food situation is not at all what my food situation is. For one thing, he didn't have Normal Ass Uncle Ben's Rice. But when he went to the grocery store he got this nice original rice packet, which is way better than nothing, Plus it takes only 90 seconds to cook and no stovetop. The taste is decent and the texture is a little bit dry, but not bad. The weirdness is that it comes from a plastic packet, so it smells a little "off" and seems unhealthy in a way. But the pluses: convenience, portion control, it is available in the quarantine. I'll eat it again I'm sure.

As for me: still alive, and rejected from urgent care! Hope to catch you tomorrow, alive and well. xoxo

Overall
Cost: 5/10 (everything's expensive these days)
Taste: 6/10

Uncle Ben's Ready Rice - Jambalaya

This was spicy! Or more than the other Uncle Ben's rices I've tried so far, anyway, which to be sure is a low bar. It also made my face tingly, but I didn't die so I don't think it was an allergy thing, just a random food/spicy/??? thing. I thought this was a pretty decent rice packet, especially for just 400 calories, 90 seconds, and 1 dollar (yay, sale!). I didn't even add any veg or meat or anything to this, just ate it straight, and it was filling enough even then.





Overall
Cost: 8/10 [1$]
Taste: 6/10

Uncle Ben's Ready Rice - Roasted Chicken

This was OK. It wasn't as good as the Spanish rice flavor, which was a letdown, but it was perfectly serviceable. The real perk to these is the convenience factor - 90 seconds with no added ingredients or prep is a miracle, especially for how decent the texture of the rice is. The flavor was just really bland for me, though, which I guess I should have predicted just based on the picture/ingredients. I was also a little bit sick while eating, so that might have impacted my tastebuds. I added frozen brocco to this, and it was a filling meal.




Overall
Cost: 5/10 [2.22$, which is OK but 2x a Knorr packet]
Taste: 6/10

Uncle Ben's Original Long Grain Rice

This is my go-to rice; I always make sure to have a massive bag of it in the cabinet. It is the only plain rice I've bought that doesn't have a weird or distracting taste, that doesn't clump, and that is effortless to cook. Yay rice! On its own it's still just rice, but as a side to any Asian-y meal or as a base for fried rice it's so solid. Plus, it makes like....dozens of servings, each extremely filling, for like 10 dollars. And all you need is water and a clean pot. Rice is good.

Overall
Cost: 9/10
Taste; 8/10

Uncle Ben's Ready Rice, Spanish Style

This rice is super easy to cook! Wow. It only takes 90 seconds in the microwave and no extra prep or ingredients. So I was pretty skeptical of how said rice would turn out, but I was pleasantly surprised. It tasted pretty good! What's more, it was cooked well. It wasn't mushy at all, but neither was it too firm. This is basically rice and a light spice/sauce coating, along with a few peppers. It makes a decent amount for a meal if you are one of those people who would eat a side dish of rice as a meal (I am one of those people). Good job, Uncle Ben's!

Protip: don't forget to tear the top of the bag to vent if you microwave this.






Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10