When cooking the rice, does it steam cook the rice?
1196064
Yes. You put the rice, and water to cover, in the bowl that comes with the steamer. Then, you set the timer for 20-30 minutes. It's simpler than cooking rice in a pot.
1196065
Yes, it steam cooks the rice. Water & rice both go into the rice bowl, then the steam on the bottom heats the water and rice. I've only ever used this kind of steamer to cook rice, I've never had a 'dedicated' rice-only steamer so I'm not sure how they work.
1196066
This was bought as a gift for a family member. I don't know the answer to your question, but the family member is very pleased with the steamer, even happy.
2114124
I have never used mine for rice. It does a great job steaming fish, poultry, and vegatables.
1273503
No, it automatically switches to warm when my rice or vegetables are steamed
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.
739800
While I have not used it for this purpose a rice steamer came inside the unit. The instruction manual also talked about steaming vegetables in this unit.
402923
Of course, it does! It is the most wonderful gadget in my kitchen. Besides cooking perfect rice in it, I also steam vegetables and have even made soup and prepared ramen with it. The list can go on. Even if it is little, it takes in a lot of items. It hardly takes up any space on my counter.
1336734
No it doesn't. I usually stir it after it's done and resting because I've always done that with rice.
516138
The rice cooks in 20 to 30 minutes, think it depends on the amount cooking. Then it steams for ten minutes as recommended, I steam for five.
671706
I didn't cook rice in it as far, but in the grocery I saw that some of the rice possible to cook particular in the steam cooker. Technically you should be able to do so.
1385518
Yes it does steam brown rice, there are graduated marks on the inside of removable insert. One side is for brown rice opposite side is for all other rice
2224787
Kathy, I have not made brown rice in the steamer, but I can tell you that I love the steamer and use it for all my vegetables. No directions are included with the steamer, so I would suggest that you follow the usual directions for cooking brown rice. I hope this helps.
1852690
I reread the owner's manual and it doesn't mention of it being a steamer, only a rice cooker. The manual contains recipes on mixed rice, rice porridge with herbs, sweet rice with mountain vegetables, and mixed brown rice.
430667
No. It is not a rice steamer. The holes are a bit too large so I think some of the rice would fall through the holes. It is a fantastic vegetable steamer. I highly recommend the steamer because we use ours all the time. We cook a lot of our veggies fresh and they taste very good. I cook my rice the old fashioned way. I watch it carefully however as most of the time it needs water adjustments.
388743
You can steam vegetables while you make rice, by using the vegetable steamer. As for meat...if you mean, "Can I cook meat in the rice", then yes, but consider the size of the meat and the cooking time. I love to do stews and what not in this, using the "slow cook" selection. I also do one pot rice dishes.
962055
No. This is the worst steamer of all time and is a waste of money. It doesn't steam anything.
882514
I actually had not done that as I have a separate steamer before I bought my machine. I love my machine very much and it hasn't failed me yet despite that I had it for quite sometime. Even my stepson who is very picky with food likes the way the rice is cooked in the Zojirushi.
1773657
The manual I got with mine did not mention steaming rice. But there were other foods on there like meats, potatoes etc