Rice Cookers

Yes, I wouldn't try it with Zatarains though because the ingredients are different. Other then this, you could definitely cook dirty rice in a rice cooker.

A rice cooker has a thermostat that turns off when the temperature reaches 100C, the boiling point of water. So the rice continues to cook until all the water is absorbed by the rice or boiled away. Then it turns off. The trick is to to have just the right amount of water so your rice is perfectly cooked.

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Mine didn't know when to stop and burned the rice every time. I now use my rice cooker solely as a vegetable steamer.

The older Rival rice cooker steamer should have a base, a lid, steamer basket, and rice bowl.

To cook rice, fill center basin of base with water. Place the rice bowl on basin. Add rice and water as follows. For white rice add water in a 1:1 ratio to rice plus 1/2 cup. For brown rice add water in a 1:1 ratio to rice plus 3/4 cup. Examples: 1 cup white rice, 1-1/2 cup water; 2 cups brown rice, 2-3/4 cups water. Put lid on and plug in and in about 50 minutes you should have delicious rice. I'm not sure how to use the steamer basket.

The steamer basket is really easy. Just add water to the basin, place steamer rack on top add your favorite vegetables to the basket, put the lid and plug it in. I have done cauliflower, broccoli, carrots (they stained the basket, but bleach took out the stains), green beans, and everything comes out perfectly cooked in about 20 to 30 minutes. Some vegetables take a little longer, for example carrots and green beans.

If you check the label on your cooker, it will likely show either the wattage or the amperage. Use a generator that will produce twice the wattage as the appliance. If it shows only amperage, multiply amps times volts to get watts.

I recently purchased the Aroma ARC-856. The way I cook my steel cut oats is, 1/2 cup of steel cut oats and 2 cups of water. I flip the setting on Brown Rice and set the timer to cook 1:30 hours before I wake up. Comes out just right.

Filipino Translation of RICE COOKER: lutuan ng bigas

You dont.

Follow the rule of thumb - LITERALY For whatever given level that you fill the bowl with rice, the water level should be about your thumb's nail higher than that of the level of rice. You can't go wrong doing this, really.

Yep. Pretty much. My rule is to fill up the rice cooker with rice, then add enough water to cover the first joint of your index finger. My SO thinks that produces rice that's too dry. YMMV.

go to the rival website and order a book of that model or check amazon.com