What’s Cookin’ - How to Use a Rice Cooker
Rice is among the most fundamental and nutritious food staples of the human diet; a tried and true staple of Asian cuisine that has become very popular here in the United States as well. That’s why it’s important for everyone to learn how to use a rice cooker.
How to Use a Rice Cooker
It’s a good thing, then, that the art of how to use a rice cooker is a basic and easily mastered one. Just be sure to start off with those basic, simple steps that will serve to prep your cooker—as well as your food. You first should spray the pot with cooking oil spray, to prevent the rice from sticking to the sides of the pot. And you always should remember to rinse one’s rice until the water runs in a clear stream; washing away all excess starch and producing lighter, fluffier rice.
The cooker comes complete with a handy tray where the cook can pour in two to three handfuls of rice (a plastic measuring cup also is provided with most models, to facilitate easy measuring), as well as a 2:1 ratio of water to rice (which translates to six cups of water to three cups of rice); this assures that the rice will be nice and fluffy, the way most people prefer. Others prefer to add just as much water as the specific directions of their recipes dictate; or enough water to reach the first line or—in some cases, the last knuckle–of your middle finger.
The rice cooker also comes with a whistle that effectively relieves the cooker of excess steam and—after four to five whistles have resounded—then you know that your rice is cooked and ready to eat. This process of preparing rice—originated in Japan circa the 1950s–is much easier and faster than that of preparing rice in a conventional pot or pan, where one has to watch the rice cook. Indeed, after learning how to use a rice cooker, the enterprising cook should have a flawless serving of tasty, fluffy rice in about 20 minutes.
Rice cookers can be used to prepare virtually any type of rice, from classic homemade long grain white rice to popular boxed brands. You even can make tasty brown rice. Once you learn how to use a rice cooker, then you can enjoy delicious, nutritious rice anytime. Learn how to use a rice cooker today!
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