My old rice cooker has a porridge setting. I don't see a porridge setting. Will it cook porridge and if so how do I do it from this cooker?
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It has a Boil/Simmer function. Looks like oatmeal (same thing as porridge ?) is five minutes.
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Just add plenty of water and cook it at normal, that's how I did with porridge.
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I cook mine 14 min. high pressure. Not the rice cooker. It is a bit moist at first, but let it set a while. 2 to 1 ration.
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To Sandy P - I have had this rice cooker since 2007 and use it often. I bought it from Amazon, too. I have never had a single time that the rice has gone mushy, even a small part of it. The rice is always thoroughly cooked and the grains are cooked through and separate grains. I do adjust the water if it is unusually humid or the weather is very dry (not often here in Florida). I have left the rice in the cooker over night by mistake and it still does not get mushy. The best thing to do for me, is the fluff the rice up right away when it has finished cooking. I usually just grab a pair of chop sticks and it makes quick work to reach even the rice in the bottom of the cooking bowl. After I fluff it up, I put it in a container to store it. I make sure that the container has a top that seals tightly. I keep it in the refrigerator and then warm it up in the microwave. If it drys out too much in the refrigerator, I put it in a pot on the stove with lots of water, bring it to a boil, turn off the heat, then let it absorb whatever water it needs to reconstitute itself, and then I pour the extra water out through a fine strainer so as not to lose any of the cooked rice. It's like having perfect, almost instant rice, though much, much better! I would not be with out my rice cooker. Yumm. And so easy! If you have the small 3 -Cup size ... be sure and keep the overflow area clean, along with emptying and cleaning the little cup on the back of the rice cooker. If the valves in the lid or back openings get stopped up, I think that might give anyone some trouble with moisture collecting somewhere else, rather than being drained off and discarded by the user. Just saying. Ruth Ditmore Craig
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There is a glaze of sorts, but it's still porous. You need to finish or season the interiour by boiling some rice porridge in it for at least an hour. The starches from the rice will bond with the pores and seal the inside of the pot. After you do that you just rinse and wipe out the excess starch then let it completely dry. Then it will be ready for cooking.
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This cooker has a timer feature that lets you program the time of day/night you want your rice to be ready. So if you think you're having dinner @ 7:30, you set it all up and @ 7:30 the rice is done. As soon as it's done, it's a good idea to fluff it and then just close it again. It will keep warm and fluffy until you're ready to eat it. I am about ready to try making rice porridge - congi sp? - and I'm going to set it up and time it to be ready in the morning.
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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.
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Need to use Japanese rice. ( short grain type ). Set according to directions on rice cooker.
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Watch out for boiling over into main pot ( the cooker has a smaller insert in the main pot). I would not want to deal with cleaning burnt oatmeal out of the main unit. I would experiment the first time around. Rice is quite different from oatmeal and can be left alone in the pot until done-- oatmeal will cook faster.
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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!
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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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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.
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Hi Kang ... Yes, I make porridge (actually steel cut oats) almost every morning in this rice maker. I also make grits and much more since it's nice that all is automatic and I have no worries once I hit the 'start' button. ENJOY! Chris P
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I puchased a indirect stainless cooker,not knowing that,would far prefer diect rice cooker.so a booboo from me ,so check which type you want before puchase, i have gone back to my old non stainless rice cooker.try to justify buying a new stailess steel direct ricecooker
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Yes, you can cook any type of rice and rice recipes in this cooker, it is great!
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I don't know as I've never tried to cook rice in a pressure cooker. I do know that this Aroma rice cooker does a great job cooking rice and most anything else you want to cook in it.
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We use it to cook quinoa all the time. It works great. We set it for white rice. two to one. we mix spices shallots garlic bayleaf cumin stuff like that in it. Then turn it off 10 minutes before it would have finished. Open and stir to separate the grains and so it doesn't get too sticky and overcooked. Proabably twenty minutes total. Could use the porridge setting maybe. This is if you like chewy/grainy not overly soft. WE toss with our favorte veggies/ green leafies mostly and garbanzos or other beans. Garnish with cliantro or parsley. One of our mainstays. Enjoy!!
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I have cooked quinoa with this cooker, it's great. Just use the white rice setting!