The rice cooker isn’t just a one use kitchen appliance. Despite the fact that it was designed for preparing rice. It also serves as an easy way for making a wide variety of foods. Here are a few examples that might convince you to invest in a rice cooker or use yours more often.
Breakfast Dishes
- Boiled Eggs: There are approximately a billion techniques for making the perfect boiled egg. The rice cooker is another one. It allows you cook many eggs at once and producing easy-to-peel eggs. Also, technically, the eggs aren’t boiled, they’re steamed, but eggs will come out like soft, medium, or hard boiled eggs in the rice cooker.
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- Vegetable Frittata: Perhaps you prefer a frittata to boiled eggs? Pre-cook some vegetables or whatever ingredients you want in your frittata, then whisk some eggs right in the rice cooker bowl and add your ingredients to the egg mixture. Cook on the regular rice setting and when it’s done, you’ve got a quick breakfast (or dinner) for at least two people, depending on your cooker size.
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- Oatmeal and other hot breakfast cereals: Simply mix your oat, water and milk (optional) in the rice cooker, and turn it on for about half an hour. There’s no need for constant stirring. The nonstick rice pot is easier to clean and you can make smaller amounts of oatmeal without worrying about the oatmeal crusting on the bottom. You can make other hot breakfast cereals this way—such as custard, breakfast grits, and breakfast rice pudding—and/or mix in fresh fruit, cinnamon, and other flavorings.
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- Giant Pancake: Once you’ve mixed up your pancake batter in the rice cooker, all you have to do is hit the start button and you’re done. No need to pour multiple batches, watch over a pan, or do any flipping. The pancake ends up being more cake-like than the thin, flat rounds we’re used to. You can cut it in wedges and serve it for breakfast just like a cake.
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- Steamed Meats and vegetables: While you cook your rice, why not steam vegetables and meats at the same time? As a bonus, the meats/vegetables enhance the flavor of the rice or you could use meat stock to cook the rice and up the flavor of the entire dish. Here are approximate steaming times from Aroma Housewares:
- Plain Beans: You’ll still need to soak your beans for about 30 minutes and hit the start button. Your beans should be ready in an hour. If your rice cooker has a timer, you can soak the beans and set it to start cooking for when you want the beans to be done.
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- Cheesecake: The rice cooker can mimic the oven when it comes to baked goods. Mix the ingredients (cream cheese, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, heavy cream, and flour) in the rice cooker bowl, switch on the normal rice cooking cycle, and when it’s done, you have perhaps the easiest way to make cheesecake.
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- Chocolate cake: Pour your cake batter into the rice cooker instead of an oven. Start the rice cooker and wait for about a 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean, or the cake has a smooth, dry surface.
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- Banana bread: Mix the ingredients, lightly oil the pot, pour the batter in, and cook on the regular rice setting. Bake in the rice cooker for about an hour and a half.
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- Potatoes: Peel potatoes, cut into pieces, place into rice cooker, add 1 tsp. salt, and 1 cup of water. Cook for about 30 minutes. You won’t believe how simple and tidy it is to make cooked potatoes in the rice cooker. Say goodbye to a pot that boils over and makes a complete mess of your stove top.
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