What Can I Make in a Rice Cooker Besides Rice?

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I received a rice cooker as a gift. I like to know if anything else I can done with it other than, cook rice. you have some ideas?



Best Answer

Almost anything that can be cooked in a slow cooker (on low) can be done in a rice cooker.

Roger Ebert (the film critic) has a cookbook for rice cookers : The Pot and How to Use It

... but there's lots of other ones out there, too.




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What can you cook in rice cooker besides rice?

Other Foods You Can Cook In a Rice Cooker
  • Oatmeal. Because you don't have to watch the rice cooker, you can switch it on when you get up in the morning, have a shower or a cuppa and then come back to hot porridge! ...
  • Quinoa. ...
  • Other Grains. ...
  • Polenta. ...
  • Lentils. ...
  • Stewed Apples. ...
  • Steamed Vegetables. ...
  • Super Easy DIY Mac 'n' Cheese.


How else can you use rice cooker?

5 New Cooking Uses for Your Rice Cooker
  • Make a hot breakfast. To make oatmeal or other hot cereals, add a little less milk or water than you would for stovetop cooking (and some chopped nuts and dried fruit if you want). ...
  • Steam vegetables. ...
  • Make risotto without stirring. ...
  • Slow-cook soups, beans, or stews. ...
  • Poach fruit.


  • Why cooker rice is not good for health?

    It is believed that cooking rice in a pressure cooker creates a harmful chemical that can lead to a lot of diseases. Also, consuming rice prepared in a pressure cooker can cause obesity. When cooking in a pressure cooker, you don't remove the water from the rice and this leads to weight gain.




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    Answer 2

    Any grains that cook by absorption, such as bulgur, work well. You can use it for couscous but as that just needs to be soaked in boiling water there not much point.

    Wetter foods can be cooked in it but the cutoff won't work, so you'll need to keep an eye on them - only worth it if for some reason you can't put a pan on a stove.

    While it is rice-based, risotto is worth a mention: a single pot meal in the rice cooker. It's worth starting from a recipe. Other similar rice-based dishes can also be done.

    It's worth getting a rice cooker recipe book if you're feeling adventurous.

    Answer 3

    I've read that oatmeal works, and probably other types of grains as well. If yours comes with a little steamer insert like mine did, you can steam vegetables in them. There was a fad awhile back of people making cake in them, too.

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