I've seen various kinds of rice cooker/food warmer and some you can warm your food while the rice is actually cooking. Can I do that with this?
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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
1680687
Well, it certainly is easier because the cooker automatically goes to warm when the rice is finished cooking...therefore, no overcooked (or undercooked) rice. I also use it for quinoa, yum.
733480
WikiHow has a nice tutorial on how to cook rice with a rice cooker. I will try and post the link here, but I don't know if Amazon allows hyperlinks in responses. http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Rice-in-a-Rice-Cooker (If the hyperlink does not work, copy the "http" address into you browser address bar.)
195304
The feature I use mostly is cooking rice, I have such good crockpots, I only use them for slow cooking. I'm sorry to not be more helpful.
1262522
So far, I've only used the Breville Risotto/Rice cooker to make risottos and cook rice. I'm assuming, since there is a recipe book for other items, that you can cook those, too. It seems that this appliance will do anything any slow cooker will do, and I plan to try slow cooker recipes in it in the future.
1005230
You can use a rice cooker with any rice but it'll be almost the same hardness as uncooked. It will puff if you do it on the stove with double the water and double the time.
1778894
The cooker gets up to 300 degrees. Boiling point is only 212. so yes you can cook rice, or warm up canned foods, leftovers etc.
1829238
I suppose you could use it to make oatmeal, but I would definitely keep an eye on it while its cooking. I only ever use this rice cooker to make sushi rice.
614123
Yes you can. As long as you don't over fill it. I also cook lentils in the rice cooker.
1777663
It comes with a very lame cookbook ( don't worry If you didn't get one). Just go online and search for recipes for a thermal cooker. Basically if you have thE one that has a small cooker and a larger one, you use the smaller one for things like rice and the larger one for the soup/beans/main meal. It's best to heat food for several minutes or to boiling, then cover to continue cooking. It's pretty easy and there's lots of info online. Experiment and enjoy!
1815002
This rice cooker is a tried and true unit, once the cook cycle is completed, it will then go to warm mode, you will need to unplug the machine if you want it to turn completely off
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Nope."This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only. Do not use for other than intended purposes." -- NP-NVC manual, pg. 3http://www.zojirushi.com/servicesupport/manuals/manual_pdf/np_nvc.pdf (visit link to read manual)
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This is a rice cooker. You can cook some vegetables on top of the rice but only per the instructions. You can cook porridge in it but once again per the instructions.
1503079
No. This rice cooker is meant for cooking rice. However, you can always add extra water when cooking rice and shut off the rice cooker manually after half and hour. You will get porridge but not a perfect porridge.
2088352
yes, but you would run a small risk of burning. For that little rice, you need to use instant rice in a microwave.
2016509
I rarely use the keep warm feature as most dry out. I would suggest that you add 1/4 cup warm water if you use the keep warm feature. As the rice cooks it utilizes all the water. After it cooks is when I would add water to bottom so the keep warm feature heats and drys that instead of the rice. The real expensive rice cookers have better heat control but most are too big for my use. Hope this helps.
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You can make any kind of rice with a rice cooker. I cook brown rice in mine all the time. As long as you put in the right amount of water, the rice will turn out fine.