We do not eat rice but this was given to me. Can I heat a can of soup, make spaghetti or steam baked potatoes in it or heat cans of baked beans?
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I use this to cook rice and quinoa and my daughter uses it to cook dried beans. It can be used as a slow cooker, so you could heat soup or baked beans in it, but you'd have to be very patient. The microwave would be much quicker. I doubt you could do spaghetti; I don't think it could boil water in a timely fashion. This is one of the few rice cookers that can properly cook brown rice. I'd recommend re-gifting it to a rice eating family.
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You can warm up soup. Steam vegetables, including baked potatoes, however, you are going to have to monitor the water level and the time you need to steam a potato. I have never tried it but there are times listed on the cookbook, or you can search on line for how long that would take. It also has a slow-cooker option if you want to use it to make traditional slow-cooker recipes. It is not just for white rice. I have made Spanish rice, rice and beans, etc. The delay function allows me to have steel-cut oat in the morning by leaving everything ready the night before. I hope this answered your question and gave you some new options. You can warm up soup. Steam vegetables, including baked potatoes, however, you are going to have to monitor the water level and the time you need to steam a potato. I have never tried it but there are times listed on the cookbook, or you can search on line for how long that would take. It also has a slow-cooker option if you want to use it to make traditional slow-cooker recipes. It is not just for white rice. I have made Spanish rice, rice and beans, etc. The delay function allows me to have steel-cut oat in the morning by leaving everything ready the night before. I hope this answered... » Read More You can warm up soup. Steam vegetables, including baked potatoes, however, you are going to have to monitor the water level and the time you need to steam a potato. I have never tried it but there are times listed on the cookbook, or you can search on line for how long that would take. It also has a slow-cooker option if you want to use it to make traditional slow-cooker recipes. It is not just for white rice. I have made Spanish rice, rice and beans, etc. The delay function allows me to have steel-cut oat in the morning by leaving everything ready the night before. I hope this answered your question and gave you some new options. « Show Less
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It is also has the flexibility of a slow cooker, or you can steam vegetables or meat with it. Read the included recipe book for ideas.
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Yes, it can. Not only rice but other grains as well. You can also make stews and soups. Most slow-cooker recipes can be cooked in this model.
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Good question, when I bought this I was under the assumption that you can cook the rice and warm your food at the same time, but that is not the case. Your food has to be warmed separately and then you can put it on the already cooked rice in warming setting. If you leave the food container in the same compartment as the rice before steaming, there will be no room for the steam to escape all the rice is cooking and probably will cause some type of malfunction
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you can steam chicken (on a plate) and fish (on a plate) but I have not yet tried steaming rice. Sorry.
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I have not tried it, though I think microwaveable or minute rice would probably work. I'm not sure about other rice
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I've not consider cooking meat, but if there is liquid involved with the cooking, there's no reason why you couldn't. I've cooked steamed vegetables, rice and pasta.
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Did you use the stainless pot? I have never tried making soup with it - just rice and steam (buns, left overs, eggs, meat etc). I don't think it would be good to make soup because soups usually take hours and the water outside the stainless inner pot will dry out before the soup is ready. You can make congee with it but soup is probably better with regular pot or a croakpot. Hope that helps.
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Hi, Alex...the product comes with a little empty bag that they suggest putting uncooked rice in and then heating it in the microwave for a few seconds to warm it up. I have not tried to heat the rice another way but I would suspect you could carefully saut it, dry, in a pan until warm but be careful. to to burn it, and then add the rice to the bag.
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Hello. I honestly have never tried. I do steam rice in it and it turns out wonderful. Sorry I could not be more helpful.
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I just follow the directions. I normally put broth instead of water with rice and it says you can delay the cook time for 15 hrs. I haven't done this but you should be okay but I would be real careful because soaking rice can get mushy. the rest I am not sure I steam veggies in the basket. I use a little olive oil
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I don't believe it would be advisable. You should the pot/crock that came with it. That said, you can prepare very small amounts, down to 1/2 cup of dry rice.
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It really depends on what you are cooking. The minimum is 1 cup, which I would use, for example, to steam string beans in a collapsible steamer basket. Legumes on the other hand can require 2 to 3 times the liquid compared to the quantity of legumes put in the pot. If I am making soup for two, I will probably use a quart of chicken broth and then add in raw vegetables and maybe a 1/2 cup of rice or chopped potatoes. I always double-check myself by looking in one of Lorna Sass's cookbooks--mine (the vegetarian edition) has a handy chart just inside the cover.
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This is a rice cooker and only has two settings which is warm and cook. It would not work soups/stews/chilies. I would recommend a 22 quart roaster oven. I know that would work great for the examples you provided.
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Yes soup or even oatmeal if you don't mind the clean up after. This thermos is a great product for keeping food stuff of the liquid or semi liquid variety warm for hours at a time. Hope this helps.
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Yes, you can. I have cooked everything from rice to fresh vegetables in mine. I absolutely love mine.
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yes if it is just broth. If it is chunky then don't waste your time. the chunks stick to the heating element and you end up with a burnt tasting soup and good luck trying to clean it
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Hmmm, I don't know how well that would work. Whether you heat in a toaster or nuke it, it would likely get either steamy and wet or just cool off. With this one, the key seems to be to fill it completely. Oatmeal, soup, stew all do really well. Pasta stays warm, but not as warm. Even without first heating the thermos by pouring in boiling hot water and then pouring it out just before adding your heated food. I haven't tried pizza, but judging from how pasta or mac n cheese don't stay as hot as a soup, stew or oatmeal, I'd say pizza might be more appealing cold or toasted in the morning and then eaten for lunch at room temp. If you try it, I'd love to know how pizza does. :) Hmmm, I don't know how well that would work. Whether you heat in a toaster or nuke it, it would likely get either steamy and wet or just cool off. With this one, the key seems to be to fill it completely. Oatmeal, soup, stew all do really well. Pasta stays warm, but not as warm. Even without first heating the thermos by pouring in boiling hot water and then pouring it out just before adding your heated food. I haven't tried pizza, but judging from how pasta or mac n cheese don't stay as hot as a soup, stew or oatmeal, I'd say pizza might be more appealing cold or toasted in the morning and... » Read More Hmmm, I don't know how well that would work. Whether you heat in a toaster or nuke it, it would likely get either steamy and wet or just cool off. With this one, the key seems to be to fill it completely. Oatmeal, soup, stew all do really well. Pasta stays warm, but not as warm. Even without first heating the thermos by pouring in boiling hot water and then pouring it out just before adding your heated food. I haven't tried pizza, but judging from how pasta or mac n cheese don't stay as hot as a soup, stew or oatmeal, I'd say pizza might be more appealing cold or toasted in the morning and then eaten for lunch at room temp. If you try it, I'd love to know how pizza does. :) « Show Less