How to Cooked Rice using a Rice Cooker

Every Filipino Kitchen Essential

This would be a very short food recipe featuring how to cooked plain rice using a rice cooker. Yes, this may be very elementary, but there was a time, I was 8 years old, I was asked to cook rice and I did not know how. It is amazing in the 21 st century, certain individuals still believe that just because I am of a certain gender that I innately know how to cook. In order pacify my 8 years old self, I will address this through a blog post.

In previous blog post, I have featured another method in cooking plain rice and other food recipes that has rice as an ingredient. Using a rice cooker, make the cooking more convenient, yet simple details will be helpful. Here we go:

Cooked (plain) Rice

The recipe yields  4 servings.

Preparation Time:                         5 minutes

Cooking Time:                               20 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cups                                             short-grained white rice

2 cups                                             water

Procedures:

1. Using the inner aluminum pot of the rice cooker, place in the 2 cups of rice and rinse with cold water. Rinse by scrubbing the wet rice between your hands. And then drain. Repeat rinse and drain until the water is almost clear.

2. Drain and add 2 cups of water. The ratio between the rice and water will depends on the variant of rice, but most short grained plain rice follow the 1 is to 1 ratio.

3. Wipe dry the bottom of the pot and place it inside the rice cooker. Level the rice.

4. Plug and turn on the rice cooker and push down to cook, indicated by a light on the “cook” label.

5. The rice is cooked when the “warm” light label turns on. Let it seat for 5 minutes to let excess moisture evaporate.

6. Turn off and unplug the rice cooker. Take the inner pot out and let it cool for 5 minutes before fluffing the rice. Cover to keep it warm.

NTS:

    Best serve hot.

    Cooked rice can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.

   To reheat rice using the rice cooker, place the rice on the rice cooker’s steamer tray and fluff the rice. Add 1/4 cup of water in the inner pot of the cooker and place the tray on the inner pot. Then, turn on the cooker.

Please share your experience in cooking. Feel free to share your thoughts, any corrections, suggestions and reactions, as it will definitely guide and inspire create better content. Thank you so much.

As always enjoy!

Reference and Inspired by:

1. Alex M.

2. Waineru, S. (2018, September 13). Bibimbop. [Blog Post]. Retrieved from

3. Waineru. S. (2018, July 5). How to Cooked Rice. [Blog Post]. Retrieved from http://inourhomesweethome.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-to-cooked-rice.html