Oddbean new post about login | logout A rice cooker always makes perfect rice. Because, science. 🧪
I tried 3 of them. None of them made rice better than what I can manually do in a regular pan 🤷
Strange. It only failed me one. The first time I used it. Because i was used to water evaporating, so I normally put more water than rice. Then I learned 1:1 made perfect rice since no almost no water escapes.
I don't know. I never liked rice cooker rice. It's too bland. There is something off about it. Maybe it's the frying of the rice I do before adding water. 🤷
Rice cookers are excellent for making perfectly sticky sushi rice. Sushi rice is often short-grain white rice. This same rice is often mixed with 1/3 Jasmine rice when making fried rice, or entirely from long grain rices. Frying rice before cooking is uncommon in America to my knowledge, however, it is used to accomplish arroz rojo, or red rice, used in Hispanic cuisine and TexMex. Japanese sushi rice may include vinegar, salt/MSG, and sugar. Fried rice will of course include more seasonings, potentially white pepper, egg, veg. You want to use a lighter soy sauce instead of a dark soy sauce like Kikkoman, which is more tuned for complimenting sushi. tl;dr rice cookers won't season your food for you! They are great for convenience and scale. I will have to try out your recipe some time.
Oh hell yes frying the rice makes a very different and delicious kind of rice. Especially if I was doing risotto I wouldn't do it any other way. But I use a rice cooker all the time for the brown rice that goes into my "bachelor chow." Because I don't have to bother with it, I know it will take care of itself.
I've never heard of dis frying of the rice before cooking.. will have to try it.