I live alone. What is the minimum amount of rice I can cook?
1961434
1 cup is minimum. Suggest you buy a smaller cooker so it's less space in your kitchen. Keep the brand. It's good.
1162053
There is no "minimum amount". As long as what you are cooking can be completely immersed in the oil, then that is all you need...
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.
249845
I HIGHLY recommend a rice cooker for rice. I've not used this particular appliance, but own a rice cooker and it is so much easier, better, and more consistent than cooking it on the stove. Set it and forget it!
2139780
Brown rice cooks really well. And you measure it the same as white rice which makes it very easy. The smallest amount you can do is 2 cups.
1594138
If you cook plain rice then 1cup rice add 2 cups of water. If you add any fresh vegetables (carrots,beans etc) then add littlebit more like 1/2 cup for veg. to cook. Also don't cook on high as the water absorbs very fast and not enough water for rice to cook.
1237062
I make rice just for myself all the time, but I like to have left overs too. It's better to cook a little more rice than to cook just one small serving. I've noticed small servings will have more of a tendency to burn to the bottom. I would recommend this rice cooker to anyone. It's my favorite thing in my kitchen by far!!
597437
Perfect rice in 10 minutes. Brown rice 15 minutes on high pressure. There is a rice button that pressure cooks it on high pressure for 6 minutes (got to remember to push the "start" button!).1 cup white rice + 1.5 cups of water = perfect rice.
766554
I don't believe there is a minimum amount. I have made as little as one cup of rice and it came out fine. I did, however, find that the amount of liquid recommended by Breville is too little. They recommend once cup of liquid per cup of rice. I found that it comes out much better with two cups of liquid to one cup of rice.
1839877
you can easily cook one cup of rice (2 cups water) in this cooker. I love mine, use it for small amounts all the time, you may wish to stir midway through the cook so it does not stick. I love my cooker.
2139778
You can cook as little as 1 cup in cooked rice but I wouldn't recommend any less than 2 cup because it browns on the bottom.
2251945
I am not sure what the max would be but I would guess about 10 cups. I normally cook 5 cups of rice at a time and that fills the drawer half way.
519774
3 uncooked becomes 6 cups cooked rice is maximum. We use ours for 6 cups cooked all the time. Tip. Once finished cooking and auto goes to warm, try to put rice out into covers dish not too long after. If sits on warm too long can overcook rice at bottom on cooker.
652371
Yes, one cup of rice is fine. We might be able to cook only half of a cup but honestly I never tried it my self. The other answers are pretty much accurate. We can cook up to 6 cups and the quality is great, especially for the price. Whenever it's done cooking, make sure you either keep using the "keep warm" feature or just stir the rice up at the beginning so it wont' stick to the bottom and surrounding area of the cooking container. Enjoy!
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.
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.
1594135
Stan-We have been making white (short grain) rice for over 40 years with a rice cooker and our formula is to add an extra 1/2 cup of water for whatever cup(s) of rice you use. So for 1 cup of rice use 1-1/2 cups of water. For 1-1/2 cups of rice use two cups of water. This rice will be quite moist. If you use more water it will still cook OK but will be quite wet at first until it dries out on your plate.Hope this helps.