is this a pressure cooker or just rice cooker.
500090
This is a pressure rice cooker. Yes a pressure cooker. I think its still a very good pressure cooker just dont add liquids above the 4 cup mark, this may cause it to boil out the back. Whole grains soak for an hour like brown rice and wild rice. Good luck!
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.
597436
Christina, one of your problems was that you should add two cups of water for every cup of rice. I've made rice in both the high pressure mode and the rice cooker mode and both work great. Brown rice does take longer to cook than white rice. Be brave Christina. try again. I prefer using the high pressure mode, I feel it does a better job. Refer to the manual's directions for making rice in the high pressure mode.
1680683
No. There is not difference in rice whether you cook it with this cooker or otherwise. This one just saves your time because of auto-off function and saves a place on your stove.
937561
I think its stainless? either way its an awesome product. My main inteest in buying it was to make brown rice I can cook white rice successfully but my brown was a mess. However, since buying this cooker my brown rice is now awesome! It can also cook rice with multiple ingredients and the rice still comes out awesome! i love it.
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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!
54374
Yes, you can cook any type of rice and rice recipes in this cooker, it is great!
434251
I've only cooked rice in my pressure cooker once and I used a 1-2 ratio (rice to water). It took about 8 minutes and I did not add water to the bottom. Just put the rice and water in the removable pot, move the dial to 'pressure' and set timer at 8 minutes...it was perfectly cooked.
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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!
2167993
Yes it is! It is a GREAT pressure cooker. All of the safety features is a big plus!
1642335
It has 2 buttons cook & warm. Just push cook, a beep will sound when the cooking is finished & the cooker switches to warm. The directions recommend waiting 10 minutes before opening cooker.I make brown rice in it, I soak the rice for a few hours then wash it in a special bowl for washing rice that I found online when I ordered this rice cooker. The instruction book that comes with the rice cooker is very informative.
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The cooker is a little slow than the regular pressure cooker, it is a little bigfor a small family and I hope that they have an option for a different size but I never have had food burning it works good so far but not strong as the regular pressure cooker. This cooker is pretty saftey and you do not pay too much attention like you cooked with regular pressure cooker
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.
2245874
It depends on what I am cooking and how long it is going to have to cook. Consult your cooker's instruction book. If you do not have one, you can download it from the company website. In addition, search for pressure cooker recipes on the web.
108238
I had cooked brown and red rice and also quinoa.There is no difference between the regular one and this one. It is rice cooker
350779
If you use a microwave use it as a bowl in which to microwave veggies or anything else for that matter. I do NOT use it as a pressure cooker. You can cook pasta in it. Just cover the pasta with plenty of water and microwave for about the same time it says on the pasta box.
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The package just has instructions for stove top. Sorry do not know about rice cooker. Try e-mailing the company.