If I take rice that is at room temperature and put it in the rice cooker when it is on the Warm setting how long will it take for the rice to become hot? The assumption can be made that the rice cooker had just been used to cook other rice so the rice...
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I used to give it about 10-15 mins. For the rice to warm up to room temp. But, I rather take the rice out and cover it with some plastic wrap and put it in the microwave. If I use the rice cooker to warm it back up it tends to be dry along the bottom and the sides of the pot.
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Start with 1 minute to see if you are ok with the heat, then up the time until you are happy with it. Beware - Heat it for no more than 2 minutes on maximum heat - don't heat it longer because the rice insides will smolder and eventually start a fire!!
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White rice takes about a half hour while brown, wild, or black rice takes about 45 minutes. the beauty is, you set this up to cook while you are fixing dinner and it is ready when the rest of the meal is done! I have also found that if you leave the rice to "rest" in the pot for about 5 minutes before you spoon it out, the rice will not not stick to the bottom of the pot. yes it is a non-stick coating, but reality is it will stick unless you let it sit for a short while.
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What kind of rice cooker are you talking about? I used to cook lentils a "ka-ching" rice cooker and it worked splendidly. I now have a rice/slow cooker combination and it actually seems to take a bit longer to cook--so does rice but that's another story. At any rate, just be sure to plenty of fluid; and your lentils will cook up nicely.
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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!
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Good question, when I bought this I was under the assumption that you can cook the rice and warm your food at the same time, but that is not the case. Your food has to be warmed separately and then you can put it on the already cooked rice in warming setting. If you leave the food container in the same compartment as the rice before steaming, there will be no room for the steam to escape all the rice is cooking and probably will cause some type of malfunction
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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 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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A rice cooker is much easier to use. You put in the rice and water, push the button , and it shifts to warm when done. A traditional pot with a lid may also be used on top of a stove or other burner. You just have to watch it more carefully, turn down the heat as soon as it boils, watch and taste to see when done then remove from heat, keep lid on for awhile to let rice absorb the steam. About 5 minutes. Rice cooker: push the button and forget about it, perfect rice every time. Good luck!
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According to the manual you can set the rice cooker timer so that the rice will finish cooking by a specific time. (Clock on the rice cooker must be set to the current time before setting the timer). We've not used this feature yet, but in theory you could set to whatever time you desired. Hope this helps.
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I cook brown rice mixed with 25% wild rice at the setting of "Brown Rice." The mixture cooks well with 150% of water without presoaking, but it takes 110 min. When time is short, I use a pressure cooker; it takes about 30 min. When I was a child, I used to eat barley at every meal, but I don't know how to cook. I will ask around. We always ate buckwheat in as noodles. I have just bought a bag of quinoa. I will find an answer in a month.
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I never cook rice for one in the pressure cooker. Instead, if you have access to a microwave oven use a vegetable steamer. Place the amount of rice you will consume in the steamer insert tray. Just cover with water. Microwave on "Medium Power" for 10 - 12 minutes. Voila! nice fluffy rice. No waste.
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There are settings for the different types of rice. You push for white brown etc These are pre sets which are pretty right on. I have discovered that for wild rice only it takes longer so it is best to manually set. You have both options just as you can manually set for beans soups or stews once it reaches the pre set time it automatically switches to warm function until you open it. It has an alarm to let you know it is switching.
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I just set it and let it....but I think it takes about 40 minutes for brown rice. When it's done, the pot turns down low and keeps the rice warm. Unless you leave it for a really long time, it should not get dry. My rice always came out mushy, and since I bought this the rice always comes out with a nice texture.
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I hope someone will answer this question! I also often only make 1 cup of dry rice and I would like to know if this cooker would do this well???? Thanks to anyone who can answer this question!
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dont think so,it is not hot enough compare to rice cooker. even reheat food will take longer the cooker
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Worth it? That's up to you. Will it last....had mine 8 years, it is like new!My cuckoo does a great job of keeping warm. Worth a look! This rice cooker does the rice pudding breakfast thing. And that is fabulous. I use two rice cookers. Takes a bit of space but I do rice so often so many ways that I need both. My Zojirushi is a work horse and it is good today as it was some many years ago. To answer your rice warm question....rice is nice for just so long! I like mine right out of the cooker when it is just done. Gosh, you can warm rice in a microwave with a semi sealed container! Worth it? That's up to you. Will it last....had mine 8 years, it is like new!My cuckoo does a great job of keeping warm. Worth a look! This rice cooker does the rice pudding breakfast thing. And that is fabulous. I use two rice cookers. Takes a bit of space but I do rice so often so many ways that I need both. My Zojirushi is a work horse and it is good today as it was some many years ago. To answer your rice warm question....rice is nice for just so long! I like mine right out of the cooker when it is just done. Gosh, you can warm rice in a microwave with a semi sealed container!