What is the minimum amount of rice you can cook at a time? Can I cook one or two portions in this cooker?
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I have cooked I cup of rice and it came out fine- I would NOT let it sit on warm tho or you'd probably get "rice leather".
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I have cooked as few as 4 "cups" (the cup that they give you with the unit) which makes sizable portions for 2 people or regular servings for 3 or 4 people. Honestly, I like to make a minimum of 6 cups and just put the extra into the fridge or freezer for later use. Chilled rice is best for making fried rice and easy to reheat for other uses.
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I have a slightly older version of this size and model. I have cooked 1 cup of dry rice (using included measure which is 3/4 standard measuring cup), but I find if I leave it on warm while I cook dinner it dries out a bit and may even get crunchy bits. 2 cups (or more) come out perfectly. Right now I am making steel cut oats. One cup is fine for those, because the ratio of water to oats is much higher than water to rice. If you still want to cook one cup of rice at a time, you may have to tweak your ratios. BTW- Packing sticky rice while it is still warm (not hot), allows you to freeze it (after cooling). Warm covered in a microwave- it'll be great. I have a slightly older version of this size and model. I have cooked 1 cup of dry rice (using included measure which is 3/4 standard measuring cup), but I find if I leave it on warm while I cook dinner it dries out a bit and may even get crunchy bits. 2 cups (or more) come out perfectly. Right now I am making steel cut oats. One cup is fine for those, because the ratio of water to oats is much higher than water to rice. If you still want to cook one cup of rice at a time, you may have to tweak your ratios. BTW- Packing sticky rice while it is still warm (not hot), allows you to freeze it... » Read More I have a slightly older version of this size and model. I have cooked 1 cup of dry rice (using included measure which is 3/4 standard measuring cup), but I find if I leave it on warm while I cook dinner it dries out a bit and may even get crunchy bits. 2 cups (or more) come out perfectly. Right now I am making steel cut oats. One cup is fine for those, because the ratio of water to oats is much higher than water to rice. If you still want to cook one cup of rice at a time, you may have to tweak your ratios. BTW- Packing sticky rice while it is still warm (not hot), allows you to freeze it (after cooling). Warm covered in a microwave- it'll be great. « Show Less
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Two cups of rice is what is recommended as the minimum. Like the others I prefer to cook up more for use during the week, saves a lot of time.
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I would say the lowest would be approx 4 cups of cooked rice. The warm function is wonderful because you can eat some for lunch and have some ready for dinner. You can also make some for dinner and leave it in warm for the morning so it doesn't dry out... Great for lunch later. Hope this helps
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Hi. I bought this rice cooker a couple years ago but had to return it because it's defective after using it once. You have to contact the seller in order for you to get an answer.
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Why do people comment if they don't want to offer an answer? First, fill the reservoir with water to the fullest level. The rule of thumb for White Rice regardless of how it's cooked, is 1 Cup uncooked White Rice to 2 Cups cold Water. Always use double the amount of water as you do rice. When it's cooked, you'll end up with approx. 2 Cups of White Rice using this equation. Put rice and water into the included Plastic basket, & set the timer according to directions. If you don't have directions for some reason, I'd look online for a replacement booklet, or use the info on the bag of rice as a guideline., My steamer takes approx 20 mins. for 1 Cup uncooked rice, it's an older version of this unit. Timing can vary for many reasons. I would check the cooking process often, and turn unit off when rice is rice is fluffy with a fork. Rice, as well as veggies will continue to cook even after the timer stops unless you remove the food from the unit. If you're fussy about overcooking, make sure you stay close by. I did have to practice with rice a couple of times before getting it just right. Once you get the timing of your favorite foods down, you'll never want to be without a steamer, and the process becomes second nature. Good luck!
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The smallest amount I cooked was 1 rice measuring cup of rice which is about 3/4 regular cup of rice, and it turned out fine. But if I use keep-warm feature after cooked, I prefer cooking more than 2 measuring cups.
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I think this cooker is pretty drying, so I use a 1:1.5 rice to water ratio, but it also depends on how you would like the rice to be done. I believe you have to rinse the rice, but not too much in case the nutrition might be washed off.
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I find that whether making one cup of rice or more takes my rice cooker 30 minutes. Except for black rice which is harder and that takes 1 hour total. After the first 30 minutes it automatically goes to keep "warm" mode. I reset the cooker again to cook for the extra 30 minutes. Cooker gives me time to chill in between or prepare the rest of my meal while doing its thing.
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I'm sorry but I haven't actually used it for rice -- I use the slow cooker feature -- throw in a bunch of veggies, chicken stock, a package of chicken and a cup of brown rice and cook it for 6 hours -- delicious!! Very easy to clean as well -- but I have no idea how long it takes to cook just rice -- sorry! Hope that helps somehow...
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No. The cooker includes a 3/4 cup "measuring cup," and the instructions say it can cook up to 3 of these, which would be 2 1/4 cups of uncooked rice. They claim this will make 6 cups of cooked rice.
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Yeah I know ..very easy..Wash rice and fill adequate amount of water for the corresponding amount of rice,say 1 cup of rice needs 2 cups of water or so.Wait for the whistle(usually 1 or 2 whistles is needed.It depends on type of rice).Let the cooker gets cool down its own or place it below running water.Remove the whistler first and then the lid,filter excess water if any..If the rice is not done boil rice for another whistle..It all takes only 10-15mins..Enjoy rice!!
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Hi Beryl,I have only used the rice cooker only once because I did not have a rice cup to measure with. When I did try to do an "estimate" it did not turn out well. But there should be instructions in the pamphlet that came with the cooker. In general 1 cup of rice with 1-1/2 cup of water. I have ordered from Amazon a rice cup so I will try again soon.
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Hi Millie. I really hate it when people who don't know the answer answer anyway. It's so useless. Anyway - yes, you can cook it in a rice cooker. Thru trial and error I've discovered that pretty much any whole grain can be cooked that way. I have a small rice cooker and figured out that if I stick to 1 cup grains to 2 cups water it's usually fine. Amaranth doesn't have to be rinsed first but make sure you read the package of any other whole grain to see if that one does need to be rinsed.
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I do use a rice cooker. You can use the exact amount suggested by instructions, but I find I like just a little more water a couple of tablespoons toa 1/4 cup more. I also either add some olive oil to the water or lightly grease the bottom with solid Crisco to help prevent sticking.
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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.
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We have had this cooker for about 2 years. It will cook as little as one cup of rice but we always cook at least two just because rice goes with everything and keeps well in the fridge. We have cooked 5 cups at once but it did take much longer than the smaller amount. The steamer works great, too.
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We cook our brown rice this way: 1 cup of water in the hopper, two cups of rice in three cups of water in the bowl. At the end of the cycle it's still just a bit too wet, but we pop a lump of butter in at that point, and leave it in the warming mode for 10-20 minutes while cooking the rest of dinner. When it's time to eat, it's perfect.Before this cooker, we had one of the fancy fuzzy-logic computerized cookers. I think this one does a better job, really.
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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.
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I have made the single cup size batches many times with perfect results. (The mininum size is 1/2 cup as marked on the cooking bowl.) When I made larger batches, there was no noticable difference in the results. Always perfect! As long as the measuring of rice and water is accurate, I see no reason why the cooker would not cook as little as 1/2 cup at a time.