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Things you've cooked using a rice cooker other than rice...

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I discovered a few months ago that you can cook things other than rice inside of your rice cooker and wanted to hear what things besides rice have you guys cooked in your rice cooker. I know it's basically a bowl of boiling water, but nonetheless I'd like to hear the kinds of things you guys have thought of to cook in there.. I mostly cook ramen and other such noddle products and on occasion having cooked ramen with egg but haven't branched out and tried to cook other things as I couldn't think of anything else to boil in there...
 
I have used mine as a veggie steamer before, but I find much more joy in having a full pan set and good oven. But then again, I enjoy cooking 🙂

I use my rice cooker for what it's best used for - rice.
 
Airbags.

It's the only safe way to cook rice.

Although it makes the rice cooker heavier, but a good indirect rice cooker with airbags, like a Zojirushi, kick ass man.
 
tbh, I prefer using my stove for cooking rice over my rice cooker. I feel like I have more control and can get it just the way I want it on the stove.

I've used my ricecooker as a steamer, though, and once in a pinch, as a double boiler.
 
I use my older rice cooker to cook whole chicken with scallion, garlic and ginger.

Originally posted by: loki8481
tbh, I prefer using my stove for cooking rice over my rice cooker. I feel like I have more control and can get it just the way I want it on the stove.
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You must not have a very good rice cooker. I recently bought a new Tiger brand rice cooker from Costco. The rice comes out perfect.
 
Originally posted by: jarfykk
Steel cut oats.
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Damn son, those sound like some bad ass oats. From now on, I will only eat Steel Cut oats, well, at least until they come out with something more bad ass like fire cut waffles.

 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
What's the benefit of a rice cooker? I've never used one.
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Perfect rice...every time. I having to stir, wait, or worry if you've burned rice to the bottom of your pot. Pour your rice and water into the cooker, and it will do it's magic until the rice is cooked, then automatically keep it warm for you when it's done.
 
Originally posted by: Ryan
Originally posted by: lxskllr
What's the benefit of a rice cooker? I've never used one.
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Perfect rice...every time. I having to stir, wait, or worry if you've burned rice to the bottom of your pot. Pour your rice and water into the cooker, and it will do it's magic until the rice is cooked, then automatically keep it warm for you when it's done.
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That sounds interesting. I usually don't like single purpose appliances, but that sounds useful to me. My very quick Google search showed a wide range of prices. Is a $20 unit acceptable, or do you need to pay more to get something worth having?
 
Well a rice cooker will cook for as long as there is water to boil in there, once there is no more boiling water, it switches to "warm". So if your rice isn't coming out right, it's because you've got too much or not enough water in there, but generally I've found that people put way too much water in the rice cooker, making their rice overcooked and it comes out nasty..
 
Originally posted by: Baked
I use my older rice cooker to cook whole chicken with scallion, garlic and ginger.

Originally posted by: loki8481
tbh, I prefer using my stove for cooking rice over my rice cooker. I feel like I have more control and can get it just the way I want it on the stove.
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You must not have a very good rice cooker. I recently bought a new Tiger brand rice cooker from Costco. The rice comes out perfect.
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it's an alright rice cooker (zoroshi, sp), it's just my preferred method of cooking rice is to boil bullion in water and then add the rice to the water. I've never found a way of duplicating the flavor in a rice cooker short of boiling my water in a pot with the bullion and then add it to the rice cooker, but if I've got a pot of boiling water out anyways, why waste 2 dishes?
 
You can get a little metal wire stand so that you can also steam food while your rice cooks. Saves you from using more pots and pans.
 
I've discovered that you can cook rice in a medium saucepan on the stove top.

Edit-If you can't cook something as easy and simple to make as rice without using a gadget then you probably shouldn't be in the kitchen in the first place. 😛
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Baked
I use my older rice cooker to cook whole chicken with scallion, garlic and ginger.

Originally posted by: loki8481
tbh, I prefer using my stove for cooking rice over my rice cooker. I feel like I have more control and can get it just the way I want it on the stove.
Click to expand...

You must not have a very good rice cooker. I recently bought a new Tiger brand rice cooker from Costco. The rice comes out perfect.
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it's an alright rice cooker (zoroshi, sp), it's just my preferred method of cooking rice is to boil bullion in water and then add the rice to the water. I've never found a way of duplicating the flavor in a rice cooker short of boiling my water in a pot with the bullion and then add it to the rice cooker, but if I've got a pot of boiling water out anyways, why waste 2 dishes?
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Instead of bullion, could you use stock mix with water instead?
 
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