Can it also cook rice? I'm curious if this Cuisinart electric pressure cooker can also function as a timed rice cooker?
838645
Yes. I cook Asian sticky rice. It is fool proof. Once cup rice, 1 1/3 cup water. Six minutes on the high pressure setting. Then let it steam on warm for a few minutes. No stirring, boiling over, or cooking down. You can double, triple (or more) the amount and it's still six minutes. You need to adjust water a little for brown rice.
1995810
There's no timer at all. It doesn't have a programming function and also doesn't show how long it has been cooking or has left to cook. I've also found that it cooks much slower than my other rice cookers. Now that I know to adjust by adding an extra 30-40 minutes of cook time (for brown rice), I like the cooker quite a bit.
1717945
Yes....everything about this cooker is good except that white rice browns too quickly from what I'm used to. I would not buy this again but if you choose to, good luck.
197941
yes, there are direction for cooking rice. I use my steamer for veggies and it makes terrific hard boiled eggs. I haven't had much luck making rice
1073085
Yes you can even though that is not the purpose of a pressure cooker. The best use for this would be to cook meat/vegetable/rice faster with the build up of steam inside.
1722988
Yes it does many different types of rice. Mine only lasted 3 months though. Might want to upgrade.
1551686
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.
243791
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.
894814
This is NOT a dry steamer? You will need to put the rice in a inner pot & put water in the cooker in order to cook/steam. You could do anything with this rice cooker really.
333099
Hi,Haven't tried - just use it for rice. I make mostly brown rice and the instructions don't allow sufficient cook time so I cook mine longer - fyi. Give beans a try!!
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.
2209685
I am also curious about this. I plan on buying this rice cooker regardless of how well it cooks tofu, but if the tofu functions actually works, it'll be even better.
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.
660249
I have not made rice in it, however, there is a control panel function for rice. Rice "one touch setting for cooking rice. Defaults to 12 mins. at high pressure." There is also a recipe for "Perfect Asian Rice."
1663100
I use mine to make brown rice. It cooks the bottom of the rice (closest to the heating element) to a chewy consistency when you wait for the device to completely switch off. You can manually turn it off a few minutes early and the rice will turn out fine. I happen to like the chewy consistency and think it's a plus.
54374
Yes, you can cook any type of rice and rice recipes in this cooker, it is great!
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.