Roxanne Wyss - Rice Cooker Revival: Delicious One-Pot Recipes You Can Make in Your Rice Cooker, Instant Pot®, and Multicooker

This book is a celebration of our careers, spanning over thirty years, working with small appliances and helping families get delicious dinners on the table, and is dedicated to each of our families for their continued love and support.

Rice Cooker Revival is your guide to surprising and delicious foods. A rice cooker may seem unassuming, but it provides a treasure trove of incredible, perfectly cooked foods.

Why use a rice cooker? Cooking rice on the stove sounds simple. You just combine rice, water, and a little salt in a saucepan. Yet who hasnt boiled the rice dry, scorched white rice until throwing away the pan seems to be the only option, or let the starchy water boil out over the stove? A rice cooker guarantees success and could not be easier to use. Add the rice and water, hit the button, and the cooker does the rest.

Just please do not stop there. A rice cooker is the key to creating many inviting foods and is one of the most versatile appliances in the kitchen. Best of all, it does each task without any fuss or stress. It cooks rice, grains, and risotto for sure, but you also can use this trusty pot for soups, stews, eggs, main dishes, and more. Mouthwatering yet easy recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even dessert will mean nonstop action for this versatile appliance.

The electric, automatic, multifunction rice cooker is a hero with superpowers that can take you on a world tour of flavors without any second-guessing. It is ideal for those with tight spaces, tight schedules, and tight budgets. Delicious meals are just minutes away, and with Rice Cooker Revival as your guide, you will easily achieve tasty, freshly cooked, nutritious meals.

Todays multifunction rice cookers are equipped with electronic controls that make versatile cooking a snap.

Our recipe collection is targeted for these multifunction cookers with settings for rice, steaming, simmering, sauting, and more. We tested and developed the recipes for this cookbook using the multifunction rice cookers.

The rice cooker sometimes resembles its kitchen cousin, the multicooker or pressure cooker. While many people have purchased a new multicooker or electric pressure cooker and love it, others shy away from the intimidating pot. The multifunction rice cooker cooks many of the same dishes, with tempting one-button ease. The best foods you can prepare in the multifunction rice cookerincluding rice, grains, beans, soups, stews, meats, and vegetablesare often the same foods you can cook in a multicooker/pressure cooker.

Some people have a rice cooker, and some have a multicooker/pressure cooker, and both are kitchen workhorses. Many recipes in Rice Cooker Revival include instructions and cooking times for both the rice cooker and multicooker/pressure cooker so can cook as you want, in the appliance that best suits your needs.

IT IS EASY. The rice cooker is simple to use. Put the food in and select the setting. After just one or two uses, you will be an expert and will be able to cook like a pro in your rice cooker.

LOTS OF SETTINGS. Steaming, sauting, simmering, and even slow cooking are easy to do in the newer multifunction rice cookers. These cooking functions are simple to set, and you can cook a wide array of delicious food effortlessly.

RICE COOKS PERFECTLY. No more pans on the stove to watch, fearing a boilover or scorched rice. It shuts off automatically. Cooking rice in your rice cooker is foolproof.

EASY TO CLEAN. Rice cookers often have a nonstick cooking bowl that cleans up in just minutes.

LIGHTWEIGHT. When compared to a multicooker or pressure cooker, the rice cooker weighs less so it is easy to store in a cabinet and get out when you want it.

There are many different brands and models of rice cookers. Refer to the use and care material that came with your rice cooker to discover the features it offers. You might also check with the manufacturer for up-to-date information and great cooking tips that may be posted on their website.

This basic rice cooker is designed to cook rice, and when done, it automatically shuts off. This type usually has one on/off switch, and some have a keep-warm setting as well. It is straightforward and cooks rice perfectly.

These electronic multifunction rice cookers offer added settings and features. They still cook rice and have a warming setting, but they also offer additional settings. You may be able to delay the cooking or select different types of rice, or select steam or simmer settings. This category of electronic or programmable multifunction rice cookers includes basic ones with a limited number of settings and elite, high-performance ones with numerous settings.

Most multifunction electronic rice cookers allow you to simmer, saut, steam, and slow cook, and those functions are important if you want to prepare the variety of recipes offered in this cookbook. These are the rice cookers we used to develop the recipes. If you have a basic on/off rice cooker, it may be time to upgrade to an electronic rice cooker. You dont have to spend hundreds of dollars or buy the elite units, but select one with the settings you will want to use.

What size rice cooker do you need? You can find one that makes just one or two cups of rice, and others that can make twenty cups or more. For this cookbook, we used rice cookers that can cook four to twenty cups of rice. If you have a different size rice cooker, you may need to adjust the recipes to fit yours. Follow the manufacturers directions for the amount of food to cook; do not overfill.

Rice cookers come with a rice cup and a paddle for stirring.

You can use the rice cup for measuring rice. Follow the manufacturers directions for your rice cooker for the amount of rice and water to use.

All measurements in the recipes in this cookbook use standard US customary units.

The paddle is a great tool for fluffing the rice after cooking or can be used to stir any recipe in your rice cooker. The cooking pot typically includes a nonstick coating, so you can prevent scratches by using the paddle or a wooden spoon. Avoid using metal spoons, knives, or utensils in your rice cooker.

Place the rice cooker on a heatproof board. Many countertop manufacturers recommend avoiding operating hot appliances on granite, quartz, or other countertops.

White rice is the most common, so lets start here, and in the United States that typically means long-grain white rice.

Most rice cookers have a removable cooking pot, which makes cleanup a breeze. Always be sure the cooking pot is correctly placed in the rice cooker before adding the food.