Can it also cook rice? I'm curious if this Cuisinart electric pressure cooker can also function as a timed rice cooker? I'd like to fill and set it in the morning and enjoy it in the evening.
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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.
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Good question, Raymond. Perhaps I don't need to think of it in terms of the way I think of a traditional rice cooker. FYI for the masses - Cuisinart returned my phone call to let me know that I should *not* use the pressure cooker for full-day rice cooking. As said, though, it's a moot point!
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I have not tried brown, but with regular Jasmine rice I use 1 part rice to 1.3 parts water, cook on high pressure setting for 6 minutes and allow to steam on warm for 10 more. It works great for one to six cups of rice.
996904
I must be doing something wrong. My rice in pressure cooker is awful. But then I usually only make brown rice.
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The Cuisinart pressure cooker makes the best rice! Saute 2 cups of white rice in a little butter on the "saute" setting. Then add a little salt and 3 cups of water, pressure it on high for 3 minutes. Then let it come down naturally for 7 minutes, then quick-release any remaining pressure. YUMMY!
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Why would you want to set it in the morning and have it at night? Cooking rice only takes 7 or 8 minutes plus natural pressure release. And yes that is in the cusinart pressure cooker in the high pressure setting. Its a great unit Ray
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I tried brown jasmine rice in my pressure cooker and it was a disaster. I used the recipe in the manual. It called for 2 cups rice and 6 1/2 cups water for 20 minutes. Since I only wanted 1 cup I used 3.5 cups water. After 20 minutes I has lots of water remaining so DH put it back under pressure to try and cook more. I ended up with a soupy, sticky, gooey mess. Any ideas how to cook brown rice? ?
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The brown rice to water ratio is 1C rice to 1.5C water. You can use slightly less (dryer rice) or more (moister rice) water, but not significantly more or less. Once any amount of brown rice reaches pressure, it generally takes 20 minutes. White rice cooks a lot faster!
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Yes, u can absolutely make any rice with this rice cooker. If you cook only white rice, just buy a plain rice cooker and it will do.
309188
Yes by using the stove function. You put your water and rice in, cover it, set the timer and you'll have perfect rice.
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I purchased this cooker to steam rice, not merely to boil rice. I wanted steamed rice as served in Asian restaurants. It usually takes 20-30 minutes to steam rice, unless you prefer to use less water. All this is described in the enclosed instructions. I like the features of this cooker. It will turn itself off when the rice is done and turn on an indicator light. Easy to clean, too. It will make some noise similar to a lid on a pot of boiling water. Hope this helps.
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Yes, but you will have to set a temperature for the rice to cook, unless you use the slow cook option. I really would not use this as my main rice cooker.
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Cooks white rice in average time. Brown rice ALWAYS takes longer to cook, but I don't recall that it took as long as 90. I love this cooker. Rice made here is delicious. And so many other meals can be made in this. Find a rice cooker cookbook. Very versatile machine.
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This cooker is multi purpose rice cooker. You can make any kind of rice with this.
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I wouldn't use it for anything other than making rice, you could use chicken broth instead of water to flavor the rice, but I don't know what might happen if you put just liquid in it. It is a pressure cooker but specifically designed for rice, and at the price you pay for it, I wouldn't use it "off label" as you'll surely void the warranty. Page #3 of the manual in big letters says: "This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only" and right underneath it has lots of "Don'ts" regarding only using it for rice and not for anything that will possibly expand/splatter/splash up to clog the pressure relief valve.
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The delayed time allows the user to delay the cooking process up to 8 hours in half hour increments. You can use the delay time setting with the following programs: slow cook, rice cook, high and low pressure cooking. You will love this cooker! It's amazing how quickly you can get supper on the table.
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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.
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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.
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I use a rice cooker to make rice, but I imagine it's the same principle, add rice, wash and rinse, fill with an inch of water above the rice level, and it should have an automatic shut off as the rice cooker does. If you have not purchased this yet, I was very unhappy with this product so I don't use it. I do love my Breville show cooker though.
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We don't have it timed but it is really really fast. ... By the way it's the best rice maker we have had so far. You won't be disappointed.
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The Rice Cooker is made to cook no matter what kind of rice you use. It doesn't have a setting for a specific rice. You just have to read the instructions on how much water you use on the packaging label of the rice itself because some use more water than the other brand of rice.
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no. although I imagine you could plug it into a wall timer. It does specify how long white and brown rice take to cook in the manual.
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I think this pressure cooker is not so good for cooking rice. She is very good but for cooking meats, vegetables, beans.
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I don't use this particular rice cooker, but a similar one. I cook oat groats (whole-grain oats) using the "porridge" setting. Works fine (1/3 c. groats, 1 c. water for one person). Steel cut would also work on that setting, I believe. Give it a go.