Rice Cooker Meals

[Steve Miller]

I’ve been messing with the rice cooker and have settled on a quick rice bowl I like very much. Quick, cheap, easy, and uses up leftovers. Hundreds of variations are possible, depending on what’s going sideways in the fridge and what flavor I feel like at the moment, but here are the basics.

Sauté mirepoix in bottom of rice cooker in a tiny amount of olive oil. Add garlic (fresh or powder) and sautee a bit longer. Add leftover bits of cooked meat/fish if I have some and heat through. Add leftover or frozen veg. Add rice/water or stock.

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That basic recipe makes a rice bowl WAY better than most takeout. No weird additives, either. Always comes out perfectly.

I’ve been playing with Asian/Mexican/Middle Eastern versions. If anyone has suggestions I’d love to try them!

[Mik]

I've gotten so lazy about rice since I found Trader joes frozen organic brown in 2010. But I light try this for a poke bowl!

[AdagioM]

@Steve-Miller are you sautéeing in the rice cooker, or inner pot on the stove? It has never occurred to me that you can turn it on with the lid open!

[Steve Miller]

In the rice cooker pot in the rice cooker.

It doesn’t get hot enough to sear but it’s perfect for sweating vegetables.