Can smaller servings ,like a half cup of rice, be cooked with this?
2088352
yes, but you would run a small risk of burning. For that little rice, you need to use instant rice in a microwave.
614124
Yes.. You can.It is a mini rice cooker. You may have to soak it a few minutes depending on how hard it is.
1365094
Yes, you can. However, i don't think it cooks rice very well. It doesn't cook it long enough on the top and the bottom gets overlooked.
971111
No it is not big enough to accommodate that much uncooked rice. I estimate about 4 cups of uncooked rice.
844292
3 measures of the cup that comes with the rice cooker. I have no idea what would happen if you tried to cook more than that but the water and rice have to co somewhere so I am thinking you would create a bit of a mess. I have a larger 5 cup Zojurushi for larger amounts and use this model for myself or an extra person at the most.
187431
This question begets more questions....I guess it depends on how big/busy of a restaurant you are talking about. Remember it IS a SLOW cooker. If you want to prepare soups you need to give yourself 6 hours for the soups to cook and flavors to meld. It will hold 6 quarts (192 ozs) which would only provide 24--8 oz servings. As for rice, I've never tried it to cook only rice, but my guess is you'd be better off with a large electric rice cooker as found in an Asian market....they're large and fast!
1901714
Yes, you can cook as little as 1/2 cup. If you just want to steam vegetables you don't have to cook any rice, just add fluid in the bottom and place the basket on top with your vegetables in it.
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.
759041
Hi LadyChrys. The answer is yes. The steamer basket is small as the rice cooker is only 5 cup. A whole fish for table-presentation will be difficult unless your curve the fish. If you don't mind cutting it into steak-like pieces, you'll be fine. I cut my fish, add onions. mushrooms, a few leeks and various fresh herbs. It always comes out wonderful. One caution however. After steaming fish, ALWAYS use the dishwasher to clean the cook-bowl, the basket and the vacuum seal nested into the lid. If not, the next time you cook rice, you'll might have a slightly fishy taste. The dishwasher, at least for me, does of much better job of deodorizing the unit. When I cook rice, I can just hand wash and it's ready to go. One other thing, even though you did not ask; learn to use the timer function for rice. It's amazing. Set it at night and your rice is all ready for you in the morning. I like to pack a little rice and a veggie for lunch at work. Love this little Sanyo. Purchased it years ago and it's still going strong. Hope this helps.
2059512
I'd imagine, but I haven't tried it myself. It makes a great serving dish for anything cooked on the stove though!
1299238
Yes. I routinely cook one cup of brown rice, or 3/4 cup of steel cut oats. Keep in mind that a "cup" refers to the measuring cup supplied with the machine used for measuring the dry ingredients. It's not an eight ounce cup (it's more like 5-6 oz).
207513
The machine comes with a measuring cup and the smallest amount I have cooked is three cups using the included measure. This was a mixture of barley rice and white rice
1133778
you definitely can cook a one cup measure of rice, but i haven't tried anything less. the umami setting soaks the rice a bit longer and so you get a noticeably softer, moister, cooked rice.
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.
1839876
I too have prepared 1/2 cup of rice without any problems. Just remember to let it sit, unplugged, for a while after cooking otherwise a lot of rice will stick to the bottom.
585849
Yes, but if you are using short grain rice, use 1 & 1/2 cups water. Long grain rice will work with the 1 & 3/4 cups water.
1005231
Yes, just add a little more water and cook for longer than you would white rice. Instead of 2x the water, do 2.5x and cook for closer to 40 minutes