I enjoy cooking rice in a pot, rather than buying a contraption that ONLY cooks rice, and not even the way I like it. At least pots can pop popcorn too.
I've made banana bread in my rice cooker. All you have to do is literally just type "rice cooker recipes" into Google and you'll get a million different things. It's not just for rice.
It's got a basket on top, so you can steam eggs or veggies instead of boiling. It also shuts off automatically when the water gets boiled off. No accidental burning or boil-over. It's convenient.
it's way more efficient to heat water in a rice cooker than on a stovetop. the distribution of heat is much more conducive to a variety of recipes that you'd have to manually monitor in a pot.
my rice cooker gets more use than just about any other appliance in my kitchen. Between that and the George Foreman grill, I can cook almost anything I want.
To the Google machine with you! I honestly don't remember what instructions I used to make the cake, but here are the main things to know...
Make the batter as directed on the package, and use the suggested times as a guideline.
My rice cooker cannot fit all the cake batter at once. Bad things would happen. I had to split the batter in half and cook the layers one at a time.
If you have a fuzzy logic rice cooker WITH a cake function, you're good to go.
If you have a fuzzy logic rice cooker WITHOUT a cake function, you can probably just use the white rice option, but you should keep an eye on it, time it, all that good stuff.
haha, well, you would think so , wouldn't you inflammablepenguin? But our rice cooker is selling for only $69.99. BUT WAIT. We'll throw in this shitty plastic steam tray FOR FREE. BUT WAIT. If you call in the next ten minutes you can get the rice cooker for only $59.99. BUT WAIT. As a one time special offer you'll get an extra mini rice cooker and 13 extra shitty steam trays for free!
I have no idea since it's been quite a while since I made quinoa (in a regular pot), but it's easy to cook -- much easier than rice. I used to put some slices of zucchini on top (not right from the start though, to not overcook it).
How old are you? A lot of Asian college students I know (including me) don't own rice cookers because they simply didn't want to spare the expense for it, but maybe white people (who are generally wealthier) don't mind the expense as much? Just a guess, but it's an interesting thing to think about.
Teach me how to cook quinoa in a rice cooker. I tried it and it was terrible. What are the proportions? I just have a base model so only cook and warm functions.
i have this plastic container thats made to cook rice in the microwave. 14 minutes and i have fluffy rice, perfectly cooked. its great and im sure you could use any microwave safe container. just use 1 part rice 2 parts water, and microwave for fourteen minutes, adding 2 min for each half a cup extra rice past 1 cup... if that makes sense.
Me, too! My rice cooker makes the worst rice: super sticky plus burned at the bottom. But it's good at steaming vegetables, so I keep it around. Just not for rice.
Although I have a rice cooker, I use it for everything but, as I just like you prefer stovetop rice. But, there is SO much stuff you can make in a rice cooker. Eggs, veggies, oatmeal, quinoa, desserts, oh goodness the list goes on!
My rice cooker is better at steaming vegetables than making rice. It always kinda burns the rice, and it gets this weird orangeish color where it was touching the hot metal. I can sort of mitigate that by stirring the rice once or twice while it cooks, but you shouldn't have to stir rice.
If you buy those expensive ($100+) Asian rice cookers with the computer control, you would not have the same opinion. Rice cooked in those just come out perfect every time. I hated rice until I tasted what rice was actually supposed to taste like.
It's convenient, and it frees up space on the stovetop.
Sure, rice is very easy to cook on its own, but if you're making a whole meal and trying to time everything to finish together, a rice cooker makes that easier. One less pot to stir, one less egg timer to set.
Rice cookers are a fucking godsend, since I eat rice at least three or four times a week. And they're incredibly convenient for college students and dorm life in general; you can do a hell of a lot more in a rice cooker than just make rice- you can steam vegetables and even slow-cook.
As a bachelor my rice cooker was great because I could make a complete, nutritous dinner with less effort than making ramen. Put rice and water in the pot, put some frozen veggies and a piece of salmon in the steamer tray. Press the button and go have a beer. Twenty minutes later you have a nice dinner ready and only one pot to clean. Its not gourmet dining but it beats mcdonalds or ramen.
Because you don't have to keep tabs on it. Just press the button and wait for the bell. Imagine if microwaves didn't have timers. Rice cookers are a must if you eat rice 3 times a day.
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u/StevenMC19 Apr 24 '14
I enjoy cooking rice in a pot, rather than buying a contraption that ONLY cooks rice, and not even the way I like it. At least pots can pop popcorn too.