What an excellent Christmas present. I hope that you enjoy using it and I must say that I look forward to hearing your feedback on the rice cooker.
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Rice Cookers
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What an excellent Christmas present. I hope that you enjoy using it and I must say that I look forward to hearing your feedback on the rice cooker.
My pleasure. I'm glad I could help. And I did the same thing, spend a loooong time comparing the various models. I was initially rather tempted by the larger models that also had the 'cake baking' feature. But I figured that since I already have a perfectly capable oven it was probably wasted on me.
As for rice, I'm currently working my way through some 'Shinmei Akafuji Koshihikari' Rice I bought from the Japan Centre on Piccadilly Circus in London. I walk past it on my commute to work, so it made sense to pop in there and work my way through the various brands on offer. The Japanese sales lady in the store recommended rinsing and draining the rice in the cooker pan 5 times with cold water before adding the required amount of water to cook with. It is pretty sticky, so lends itself very well for eating with 箸 (Hashi/chopsticks) or making Sushi with. Itadakimasu!
https://www.japancentre.com/en/products/3249-shinmei-akafuji-koshihikari-rice-niigata
Well, this afternoon, I printed off the specs of several of the five cup Zojirushi models - the carer had said that a five cup model would be more than sufficient for our needs, and I am inclined to agree with her - and handed them to her for her thoughts on the matter.
As she eats rice daily, it makes sense to get a really good model for her (and indeed, for us, too). For that matter, until I read this thread, I had no idea that there was such a difference between rice cookers.
Anyway, @Lone Deranger - once again I am most grateful to you, both for more detailed information on Zojirushi rice cookers, and for making me aware of a company in the UK which will save a lot of grief, and no small sum of money.
Got a rice cooker last year. Definitely the best kitchen investment, together with two Crockpots and my Espresso machine.
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Hmmm not sure, never done it as I have a separate steam cooker - also very useful btw.
Oh, I didn't even know that Steam Cookers existed... I am looking to improve my diet by eating more veggies... I usually use the excuse that it takes too long to cook 'em so a steam cooker might solve my (fabricated) mental stop.
Amazon, here I come!
Depending on the cut.
Chicken breasts, 15 mins and they're done, less if thin (even less with a Foreman grill). Filet Mignon about 12-15 mins. for medium rare. Ribeye you can do it in about 18/20 mins for medium rare if relatively thick. A full bodied chicken will take an hour or so.
Ribs in the crockpot about 8 hours etc.
Well I don't know how you're trying to cook vegetables or which vegetables you're trying to cook, but most don't typically take that long.
You know you cut veggies too, eh?
Well I don't know how you're trying to cook vegetables or which vegetables you're trying to cook, but most don't typically take that long.
You know you cut veggies too, eh?
Oh, it's 100% psychological. I'd rather cook and eat meat than a single carrot
1 min cooking vegetables = 100 mins cooking meat.
Well, this is something that I really keep meaning to invest in - just a single good one would suffice.
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Do you mean in the same container?
My rice cooker has a plastic add-on that you can put inside the rice cooker to steam the veggies. However I am not sure that I can steam the veggies at the same time the rice is cooking.
Well, I daresay that it's very easy to over-steam vegetables and over-steamed vegetables are fairly undesirable.Oh, it's 100% psychological. I'd rather cook and eat meat than a single carrot
1 min cooking vegetables = 100 mins cooking meat.
Hm.
Apart from convenience, why would you want to?
My sense would be that vegetables - as an accompaniment, or a main dish - with rice, would partner it best if they were had a fair bit of flavour - either by roasting, sautéing, or par-boiling and then, finishing them off in a pan.
Agreed. Neither appetising, nor inviting, let alone palatable.
An insane amount of Teriyaki sauce could help
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Pure convenience when the schedule is hectic
An insane amount of Teriyaki sauce could help
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Pure convenience when the schedule is hectic
Well, yes. I can well imagine that - soya sauce, pickled ginger, some garlic, spring onions, can all be of some help, too.
However, any thoughts - or recommendations - on a particular model from the Zojirushi range?
Well steamed veggie mush with teriyaki doesn't sound much improved.An insane amount of Teriyaki sauce could help
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Pure convenience when the schedule is hectic
I like the Zojirushi NP-NVC10 induction heating pressure cooker. It spendy but worth it. Has nice features like scorch setting to toast rice to a crispy brown.
Taco Rice, you have to try it.
1. Small rice grains cooked to sick together.
2. Taco lettuce
3. Shredded cheese for Tacos
4. Taco Sauce
Needs a Rectangle disk about the size of a bread cooker with rice on third bottom to with Lettuce, shredded cheese and top with taco sauce!
Makes a great one person meal!
I finally received - and used - a three level steamer. Quite a neat machine.
I cooked four hot dogs, white rice, three hard boiled eggs, a sweet potato, some veggies (zucchini, onions etc.) all at once with minimal cleaning.
As a protein I cooked lightly marinated chicken breasts in my Foreman Grill.
Wow, everything came out almost perfect (potato needed some extra time), and cleaning time? Three minutes.
I am impressed.
Good stuff! Nice to cook easily - and eat proper food rather than going the take out route!