URGENT: do I need to wash brown rice

[tigerdriverII]

Am making a paella with brown rice (I know, it's not paella rice but its what I'm using). I haven't used brown rice for years! Do I need to rinse it before I use it, would rather not as I want the starch. I didn't realise about all the dodgy rice related things you can get until recently, so really have no idea. HELP!

Bump! It's really urgent....

No, you don't have to rinse it. HTH.

Thank you, I was hoping not. Rice going in any moment now.

I never do.

be prepared for long boiling time. ime it takes nearly double the time of white long grain rice.

Yep! I expect it to take ages but it'll be worth waiting for. I always wash basmati rice to get the starch out, but I wouldn't rinse arborio etc. will be late dinner though.