What's the benefit of using a rice cooker over just using a boiling pot of water??

[torpid]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: purbeast0
i cook my rice a lot different than most people do, and using a rice cooker wouldn't work for the way i cook it.

how is that?

first i put some onions in the pot sliced up and some oil (like to coat the bottom) and i let the onions get soft and heat up.

then i put in the rice and i constantly stir it up while it is heating the rice all over for about 5-10 minutes till al lthe rice is slightly covered in oil and it is starting to brown slightly from the heat.

then i add in the water and keep the top off till it boils, then i put the top on it till the water has all steamed out.

i only use jasmine or long grain brown rice, but for brown rice i need to put water in like 3 times.

my (now) fiancee taught me this when i first met her and i have never cooked rice differently since. it tastes so much better than just steaming rice. i do not even like normal steamed rice because its so damn plain tasting.

and i think there is a name for cooking rice this way but im not sure what it is.

I don't see anything there that would preclude a rice cooker. I saute onions in mine and stir while it is cooking. I also have made soups where you add liquid at different stages.

 

[Shawn]

I have a rice cooker that you just throw in the microwave. 1 cup of rice. 1.5 cups of water. Put it in for 11 mins and walk away.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Shawn
I have a rice cooker that you just throw in the microwave. 1 cup of rice. 1.5 cups of water. Put it in for 11 mins and walk away.

Link for buying? I want one of these!

 

[Ramma2]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Shawn
I have a rice cooker that you just throw in the microwave. 1 cup of rice. 1.5 cups of water. Put it in for 11 mins and walk away.

Link for buying? I want one of these!

Cheap too

 

[wwswimming]

Originally posted by: aphex
My wife and I usually just boil some water and throw the rice in for 20-25 minutes. What's the benefit of going to a rice cooker?

Vitamin C is soluble in water ... boiling leaches out the Vitamin C.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: Ramma2

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Shawn
I have a rice cooker that you just throw in the microwave. 1 cup of rice. 1.5 cups of water. Put it in for 11 mins and walk away.

Link for buying? I want one of these!

Cheap too

I use one of those microwave ones (though not that specific one linked).

It's amazing. As said above, every cup of rice gets 1.5 cups of water. 15:00 min for me in the microwave and out comes perfectly cooked rice.

 

[sonambulo]

Convenience, pure and simple. You just measure the rice and water and press a button. Also, my new one uses a lot less electricity than the crappy stove in my apartment to do the same thing.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: wwswimming

Originally posted by: aphex
My wife and I usually just boil some water and throw the rice in for 20-25 minutes. What's the benefit of going to a rice cooker?

Vitamin C is soluble in water ... boiling leaches out the Vitamin C.

Rice cookers boil too. What's your point?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: wwswimming

Originally posted by: aphex
My wife and I usually just boil some water and throw the rice in for 20-25 minutes. What's the benefit of going to a rice cooker?

Vitamin C is soluble in water ... boiling leaches out the Vitamin C.

Rice cookers boil too. What's your point?

I think he may now be joking. Or something.

 

[Baked]

Fast, efficient, and perfect rice every time (if you follow the rice:water ratio marked on the inside of the rice "bow."

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
you can time it and everything if you get a good rice cooker.

Cleaning rice is pretty common knowledge. However, I have seen people not clean it. Maybe uncle bens does not need to be cleaned. I have no idea.

wow just wow.

you don't clean minute rice.

 

[0roo0roo]

you don't need a toaster...you can toast bread many ways!
if you eat rice often it turns rice cooking into a very fast very easy low aggravation chore. boiling over/burning etc not possible. you can even forget about it and the cooker will just keep it warm instead of totally causing a mess. its like clock work. its a time efficiency thing. and of course it keeps the rice warm better than any pot so it makes cooking more flexible.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: purbeast0
i cook my rice a lot different than most people do, and using a rice cooker wouldn't work for the way i cook it.

how is that?

first i put some onions in the pot sliced up and some oil (like to coat the bottom) and i let the onions get soft and heat up.

then i put in the rice and i constantly stir it up while it is heating the rice all over for about 5-10 minutes till al lthe rice is slightly covered in oil and it is starting to brown slightly from the heat.

then i add in the water and keep the top off till it boils, then i put the top on it till the water has all steamed out.

i only use jasmine or long grain brown rice, but for brown rice i need to put water in like 3 times.

my (now) fiancee taught me this when i first met her and i have never cooked rice differently since. it tastes so much better than just steaming rice. i do not even like normal steamed rice because its so damn plain tasting.

and i think there is a name for cooking rice this way but im not sure what it is.

Rice is a starch meant to supplement a main course or other ingredients. Your argument is like saying water sucks so I only drink iced tea.

 

[0roo0roo]

if u need to flavor your rice, the side dishes aren't done well

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Rice is a starch meant to supplement a main course or other ingredients. Your argument is like saying water sucks so I only drink iced tea.

Ahhh, so you eat your baked potatoes without ANY salt, pepper, butter or sour cream*, because they are "a starch meant to supplement a main course or other ingredients"?

Your argument is like saying water at a meal is a liquid meant to supplement a main course or other ingredients, so I would never have iced tea, a good beer, a nice wine, soda or milk.

See?






*Or, as I often do, squeezed fresh juice of a lemon with pepper.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Ramma2

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Shawn
I have a rice cooker that you just throw in the microwave. 1 cup of rice. 1.5 cups of water. Put it in for 11 mins and walk away.

Link for buying? I want one of these!

Cheap too

whats the special instructions for using it?

whats a good but inexpensive brand of rice cooker?

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: aphex
My wife and I usually just boil some water and throw the rice in for 20-25 minutes. What's the benefit of going to a rice cooker?

Also, I never realized you were supposed to wash rice before cooking it. Is this common knowledge or something?

There is zero benefit in having one.
If you're too lazy to simply rinse rice, throw water in a pot with the rice in it, and go do something else for 25mins while it cooks, then get a rice cooker.

And WTF is up with people "stirring" their rice?

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: purbeast0
i cook my rice a lot different than most people do, and using a rice cooker wouldn't work for the way i cook it.

how is that?

Depends on the rice he's making.
If it's just plain white rice, sure it's ok to use one.

If it's my culture's traditional jollof rice or fried rice, hell no.

 

[TheSiege]

i just bought the microwave one from target, making some brown rice right now....

 

[alkemyst]

We got a slow cooker/rice maker by Krups. It's great for all sorts of meals. People bash non 'asian' ones, but my wife loves it and she has only been in the US for 6 years now. All the rice is nice and fluffy (kokuho rose).

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
first i put some onions in the pot sliced up and some oil (like to coat the bottom) and i let the onions get soft and heat up.

then i put in the rice and i constantly stir it up while it is heating the rice all over for about 5-10 minutes till al lthe rice is slightly covered in oil and it is starting to brown slightly from the heat.

then i add in the water and keep the top off till it boils, then i put the top on it till the water has all steamed out.

i only use jasmine or long grain brown rice, but for brown rice i need to put water in like 3 times.

my (now) fiancee taught me this when i first met her and i have never cooked rice differently since. it tastes so much better than just steaming rice. i do not even like normal steamed rice because its so damn plain tasting.

and i think there is a name for cooking rice this way but im not sure what it is.

The term unrealistic comes to mind. Constantly stir for 10 minutes? Are you not cooking anything else while you're cooking your rice? I'm usually chopping something to cook up along with the rice while the rice and meat are cooking.

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: purbeast0
first i put some onions in the pot sliced up and some oil (like to coat the bottom) and i let the onions get soft and heat up.

then i put in the rice and i constantly stir it up while it is heating the rice all over for about 5-10 minutes till al lthe rice is slightly covered in oil and it is starting to brown slightly from the heat.

then i add in the water and keep the top off till it boils, then i put the top on it till the water has all steamed out.

i only use jasmine or long grain brown rice, but for brown rice i need to put water in like 3 times.

my (now) fiancee taught me this when i first met her and i have never cooked rice differently since. it tastes so much better than just steaming rice. i do not even like normal steamed rice because its so damn plain tasting.

and i think there is a name for cooking rice this way but im not sure what it is.

sounds like you need your own cooking show

It can be called: "How to spend way too much time in the kitchen"

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: purbeast0
first i put some onions in the pot sliced up and some oil (like to coat the bottom) and i let the onions get soft and heat up.

then i put in the rice and i constantly stir it up while it is heating the rice all over for about 5-10 minutes till al lthe rice is slightly covered in oil and it is starting to brown slightly from the heat.

then i add in the water and keep the top off till it boils, then i put the top on it till the water has all steamed out.

i only use jasmine or long grain brown rice, but for brown rice i need to put water in like 3 times.

my (now) fiancee taught me this when i first met her and i have never cooked rice differently since. it tastes so much better than just steaming rice. i do not even like normal steamed rice because its so damn plain tasting.

and i think there is a name for cooking rice this way but im not sure what it is.

The term unrealistic comes to mind. Constantly stir for 10 minutes? Are you not cooking anything else while you're cooking your rice? I'm usually chopping something to cook up along with the rice while the rice and meat are cooking.

OMG 5 WHOLE MINUTES! :Q

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
We got a slow cooker/rice maker by Krups. It's great for all sorts of meals. People bash non 'asian' ones, but my wife loves it and she has only been in the US for 6 years now. All the rice is nice and fluffy (kokuho rose).

We use an Oster Rice Cooker purchased at Target and it works just fine.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: purbeast0
first i put some onions in the pot sliced up and some oil (like to coat the bottom) and i let the onions get soft and heat up.

then i put in the rice and i constantly stir it up while it is heating the rice all over for about 5-10 minutes till al lthe rice is slightly covered in oil and it is starting to brown slightly from the heat.

then i add in the water and keep the top off till it boils, then i put the top on it till the water has all steamed out.

i only use jasmine or long grain brown rice, but for brown rice i need to put water in like 3 times.

my (now) fiancee taught me this when i first met her and i have never cooked rice differently since. it tastes so much better than just steaming rice. i do not even like normal steamed rice because its so damn plain tasting.

and i think there is a name for cooking rice this way but im not sure what it is.

sounds like you need your own cooking show

It can be called: "How to spend way too much time in the kitchen"

Yeah, ten whole minutes for a superior result! What a waste! He could have been posting on OT that whole time.