Serious Eaters! Lend me your rice cooker recipes!
My charming and delightful other half has celebrated me moving in with him by buying me a rice cooker. This is useful as cooking rice has never been my forté. I gave it a test run last night and was very pleased with the results, mainly because nothing stuck to the sides and no one died.
However, me being me, I am desperate to use it for something more than just cooking plain rice and steaming vegetables. Do any of you lovely Serious Eaters have any delicious rice cooker based recipes which you can throw my way? I'm contemplating making paella in the thing, but if you know of anything else which is especially yum, then please share!
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12 Comments:
I have not made it, but I have heard from friends that arroz con pollo in the rice cooker is very successful -- found this recipe:
coconutlime.blogspot.com/2009/04/rice-cooker-arroz-con-pollo.html
Again, haven't tried the recipe!
Enjoy your rice cooker! I LOVE my rice cooker. As a side dish for chicken or fish, I'll sometimes make rice with corn and it's great -- 1 cup rice, 1 large can corn niblets (including the "water" w/ the corn), 1 cup water (or a little more -- I make my rice with a 1 cup rice, 2 cups water ratio, but some people like less water), salt, some olive oil and 1 packet Sazon Goya.
gbania at 1:23PM on 08/15/09
Get a copy of The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook....it is great. Explains how they work, and has tons of recipes for rice, grains, steaming, etc. Risotto is surprisingly passable for weeknights, and all the recipes are simple.
Cary at 1:59PM on 08/15/09
Cary-that book looks amazing, and even better you can buy it in the UK! Thanks so much!
gbania - I think I shall be trying out that recipe this evening. It looks delicious!
misscay at 2:06PM on 08/15/09
Found an eggless banana cake recipe made for a Mother with a egg allergy. It's easy and impressive.
net 200g -----3 sml ripe bananas
160g--- soft flour
1 1/2tsp ---baking powder
1/3Tsp--- baking soda
3Tbs--- sugar
2Tbs--- Salad oil
3Tbs---Milk
2 pinches---Salt
1Tsp---Lemon juice
Cooking oil to grease pot
200cc--- Whiping cream
3Tbsb--- sugar
Few Drops Vanilla essence
Few Slices Seasonal Fruit
1. Mash Bananas, add wet ingredients and mix.
2. Sift dry ingredients together.
3. Softly mix wet to dry until well blended.
4. Fill rice cooker bowl and cook full cycle.
5. After cycle has finished, let cool before removal, then upturn (upsidedown-style cake will result) Slice into sandwich form if desired.
6. Slather whipped cream in-between and on top. Top decoratively with
slices seasonal fruits. Then, if desired (to cover any remaining blemishes) dust with Confectioner"s (powdered) sugar.
Not Yukio at 2:11PM on 08/15/09
There's a recipe for red Mexican rice in a Bayless cookbook. Basically, you just add most of a bottle of salsa to your uncooked rice in the rice cooker, cutting the amount of water a bit. The result is amazing!
July at 3:47PM on 08/15/09
make coconut rice: use coconut milk instead of water, and add salt to taste. enjoy w/ curries.
hainanese chicken rice: poach chicken w/ ginger and garlic, shred the cooked chicken, use the stock to cook the rice, season w/ soy sauce and fish sauce.
congee/ rice porridge: like hainanese chicken rice, but add extra water/ stock to make it a porridge instead of just rice.
and if you have a modern rice cooker (multi purpose, with a timer) instead of single-purpose rice cooker, make bread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnWdCXaRB2g
natamari at 5:59AM on 08/16/09
What a nice gift! I had to explain to my OH a year or so ago that buying kitchen/house gifts for a woman is completely ok if she's very into whatever the gift is relevant to (cooking!) or if she's specifically requested it (my dutch oven!). Sounds like your guy walked that fine line with grace, what a great start to sharing your life together! :P
joyyy at 11:10AM on 08/16/09
Joyyy-thank you so much! I write about food for a living, and am always trying out new dishes. One of our first ever conversations was centred around my love of cooking. Plus he knows that if I make something delicious, he gets first dibs on it!
misscay at 2:36PM on 08/16/09
Roger Ebert had a whole column devoted to the topic. It's quite creative and useful, actually. You might like it.
toastykitten at 4:26PM on 08/16/09
I was just wondering, what kind of rice cooker? Does it have a glass lid that comes off? Or one those hinged plastic deals? I think the latter keeps heat and moisture in better. Some recipes won't suit all types of rice cookers. Some recipes are devised by college students getting around the no-hot-plates-rule. Keep that in mind when you use a recipe.
Also, some recipes tell you to prop something in to hold down the "cook" button. It keeps the rice cooker from switching off to "keep warm". Personally, I don't think this is a great idea. I just worry that it may damage the heating element and the thermostat. It might shorten your rice cooker's life span.
Now that you can make good rice, why not try your hand at sushi or maki rolls or kimbap?
In general, I've only ever made rice dishes in the rice cooker. But... my family makes rice nearly every night so its essential for us. :] Have fun.
engmcmuffin at 9:36AM on 08/17/09
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?s_type=%2Frecipes.php&q=rice+cooker&Search=Search&Searcht=
CJ McD at 7:24PM on 08/17/09
http://www.aroma-housewares.com/kitchen/appliances/recipes.html?id=vkWHTLQg
CJ McD at 7:28PM on 08/17/09