can you cook as little as one cup rice in it?
1536410
Yes, but it is more efficient to cook more than you need and then just freeze the leftovers for other recipes. I usually freeze extra grains in 2-cup measures in labeled ziplock freezer bags.
1536411
Yes, you just have to adjust the water proportionately. I eyeball it. The only negative, resulting from no teflon, is the sticking on the bottom . You do lose some rice from it, but not much.
1536412
yes. standard US cup measurement. (the cup that came with the unit is Chinese or Japanese cup standard).The unit has temperature sensor -- when water is boiled away, temp goes up on sensor and unit shuts down to warm mode. Some olive oil (very little) in bottom of pot helps with cleaning, non-sticking.I plug the unit into a timer, set to come on at certain time, have on for half hour (enough time to cook 1 cup of rice and go into warm mode).
1536413
I have cooked 1.5 cups with a cautionary eye. BTW, the reply is from the Professor's wife.
733477
gave mine as a gift..generally speaking two cups of water to a cup of rice is the best solution so to play it safe limit it to 2 1/2 cups of rice x5 water enough for most families firstuse 8 oz cup = rice x2w cook that amount see result inside cooker go from there press button does all for you from there.
1694046
The smallest amount that we have cooked is 2 cups of rice. It cooks 2 cups of rice well. I don't know how much rice you eat, but for my wife and I, 2 cups of rice is too much rice for us.
1437803
sorry, I only used it to cook white rice, mixed rice and brown rice and they all turned out to be perfect. I like it a lot except I wish I had gotten a bigger size than 3-1/2 cup....
1594138
If you cook plain rice then 1cup rice add 2 cups of water. If you add any fresh vegetables (carrots,beans etc) then add littlebit more like 1/2 cup for veg. to cook. Also don't cook on high as the water absorbs very fast and not enough water for rice to cook.
1170301
Very nicely if you stick with a ratio of 2 - 3 cups water to 1 cup rice (depending on how firm or soft you like it). We add a little olive oil and salt at a minimum - seems to cook better, and sometimes substitute veg broth for some of the water for flavor.
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I would say the lowest would be approx 4 cups of cooked rice. The warm function is wonderful because you can eat some for lunch and have some ready for dinner. You can also make some for dinner and leave it in warm for the morning so it doesn't dry out... Great for lunch later. Hope this helps
2139780
Brown rice cooks really well. And you measure it the same as white rice which makes it very easy. The smallest amount you can do is 2 cups.
380611
Likely you could, but my experience with it is that it would cook very unevenly. It is the best I have found for brown rice at two cups rice. One cup it tends to burn. White rice the same thing at one or two cups. Hamilton Beach Set 'n Forget Programmable Slow Cooker, 6-Quart is what I use for things other than rice. I really like it.
1247901
Yes one cup of rice can be cooked - be certain to use the exact amount of water measured on the scale inside the cook pot. Use the measuring cup provided with the cooker for the rice. I prefer to cook 2 cups of rice and allow the rice cooker to hold today's uneaten on warm for consumption tomorrow. It's still really good rice.
2176876
You can make as little as 2 cups. There are measuring lines on how much water or broth to use as well as a chart showing how much dry rice yields cooked rice.
691345
Absolutely. You can steam the rice or you can slow cook but I prefer the steamed one. You can also use the regular cook option to cook it.
1440444
Yes, I can cook 20 cups of uncooked rice. I wait till the "cook" light changes to "warm" light, I never really timed it, but about 15-20 minutes.
652371
Yes, one cup of rice is fine. We might be able to cook only half of a cup but honestly I never tried it my self. The other answers are pretty much accurate. We can cook up to 6 cups and the quality is great, especially for the price. Whenever it's done cooking, make sure you either keep using the "keep warm" feature or just stir the rice up at the beginning so it wont' stick to the bottom and surrounding area of the cooking container. Enjoy!
1698079
The smallest amount if rice I've cooked was 5 cups of Japanese Sweet Rice. The rice cooker really know how to make the best texture & flavor when using the correct type of rice & setting. It's truly amaizing!
1726351
No, you cannot cook small amounts of rice. It is a 6 quart cooker and the manual recommends it be at least one third full for cooking anything. Recommend the Hamilton-Beach Rice Cooker/Steamer (especially for small quantities). The sides will get too hot I think without food at least 1/3 of the pot.
652373
yes, it can cook one cup. i have cooked 5 cups and also one cup in this rice cooker.