How to use an inexpensive cheap rice cooker?

[godwhomismike]

I keep burning the rice with it. It was a cheap 8-cup rice cooker given to me as a present. Doesn't have full instructions, and the minimal instructions given always results in burnt rice.

 

How much water for how many cups and how long generally?

 

I am using 3/4 cup rice w/ 1 cup water. Rice always ends up hard as a rock and burnt to the bottom.

 

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[Scotty]

Does it come with it's own measuring cup? Use that to measure the rice. Then fill the water up to the corresponding level in the pot.

[sactojesse]

It should have graduations on the side of the cooker that demark the proper water level for the number of cups of rice. Rice cookers typically come w/ a small, approximately 200 ml cup for measuring rice "cups." If you don't have it, don't worry. Just add rice, rinse the crap out of it, dump the dirty rinse water, and fill it up with enough water so that the water level is approximately 1 inch above the rice. For 3 cups or less, you can probably reduce this to 3/4 inch. For 6 cups or more, you might want to go 1 1/4 inch over.

[GBY]

I'm no expert but try 2/1 with the water and use good quality rice, I typically use Basmati.

[GBY]

I hope you're cooking rice now Mike so you can tell us how it works out:lol:

[godwhomismike]

Cool, thanks folks. Will try tomorrow.

[godwhomismike]

I hope you're cooking rice now Mike so you can tell us how it works out:lol:

 

At work. But, I burnt rice the last two evenings.

[Spec B]

Also...you should try washing/rinsing the rice before putting it in the cooker. Sometimes the starch causes the bottom to burn. Washing it before cooking it helps sometimes...

[Bbc84]

If your cooking long grain, wash the rice, and when you fill water make sure rice is spread evenly on bottom of the cooker, then stick your index finger in, tip of finger should touch top layer of the rice (dont poke finger down to bottom of pot). Put enough water so that water comes up to the first joint (line) of your index finger, so probably just above your index nail cuticle. That should give you perfect rice everytime.

[ultimakf7]

Note.. if you feel the rice is too dry, add more water next time, and the opposite if the rice is too damp. You can do it by trial and error. The water should generally cover the rice by 5-10 mm. for small batches.. (2-4 cups of rice)

[Guest heightsgtltd]

We eat a lot of rice, and got this rice machine by a company called Zohirushi (sp?) that makes perfect rice every time. It's pretty cool.

[urfsin]

you can always cook your rice this way.....

 

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[kienai]

Try 1 cub of rice with 1.5 cub of water. Depending on quality of the rice, try not rinsing it sometimes, I think it gives it more flavor and it cooks a bit differently.

[pillboy]

Rice-a-Roni in a frying pan.

[lamw001]

If your cooking long grain, wash the rice, and when you fill water make sure rice is spread evenly on bottom of the cooker, then stick your index finger in, tip of finger should touch top layer of the rice (dont poke finger down to bottom of pot). Put enough water so that water comes up to the first joint (line) of your index finger, so probably just above your index nail cuticle. That should give you perfect rice everytime.

 

 

^^^+1 That is exactly how I cook for the past 20 year too.

[gusgusdude]

I found the brand of rice is important ... see attached picture

Also forget the measuring cups

First using your finger as a guide, fill the pot with rice until the first knuckle is covered

Second rinse the rice until the water runs mostly clear

Third Fill the pot with water until your second knuckle is covered

Perfect rice every time

[Avishar]

Mt Fuji method works well too, wash the rice until it is clear enough to barely see the rice through the water, then place your hand flat on the rice and fill until it touches your second middle knuckle, perfect every time!

[Tam2007]

Ok its been a few months now, how is the rice situation?

I bought a plastic ricecooker for the microwave once. When i first moved out on my own.

The instructions were easy to follow and the rice actually turned out ok. I only used it a few times because my mom bought me a real rice cooker.

Probably feared the microwave's magical Yeet Hay powers.

[coxx]

what's a rice cooker? Whats wrong with just making rice the regular way?

[coxx]

Silly yuppies and their starbucks, ipods and rice cookers

:lol::lol:

[Tam2007]

Are you suggesting they make a Starbucks brand rice cooker with i-tunes? I like it!

Where do i line up?

[Guest heightsgtltd]

Silly yuppies and their starbucks, ipods and rice cookers

 

except rice cookers have been used in Asia for years

[myUsername]

When the rice cooker's switch pops, let it sit 10 to 15 minutes before serving. Otherwise, the center part of the rice will not be cooked. I think this is where most noobs screw up their rice using rice cookers.

[coxx]

except rice cookers have been used in Asia for years

wow the asians are too much cooler than us

[Guest heightsgtltd]

 

It's a great way to cook rice (mine does it perfectly), and you can have it waiting for you done when you get home from work when you set it in the morning. What's so odd about that?