rice cooker

outrageous

any good and bad reports on rice cookers, do they make dry rice for house fried rice or do you still need to put in frig overnight to dry out..... thanks.

Richard Fl

I have 3 electric rice cookers and always cook some extra rice to make fried rice the next day or so. I know that most oriental restaurants usually use the daily fresh and just stir fry in the wok with some hot oil, usually peanut, as it will take the high heat and not smoke or burn.

outrageous

richard , thanks, does the electric cookers get the rice "dry", sometimes i can get mine dry cooking the regular way and sometimes it does not get dry enough. i know the chinese places always have dry fluffy rice with their house fried rice.

Little Steven

outrageous,

There is a warm feature on most of them. If you do the rice and leave it on warm until it shuts off you will have dry rice. Guess how I figured that one out.

Steve

outrageous

may i ask how did u figured that out.........thanks for the information, i love fried rice but my rice is not consistent enough to suit me.

Little Steven

Too many beers and forgot to serve dinner. I have the Cuisinart BTW.

Steve

Rick in Crystal Lake

I have a rice cooker but I find that a pressure cooker makes perfect rice every time. It can be made sticky or fluffy depending on if you rince rice first or soak for ablout an hour befor cooking. I find the pressure cooker makes a much better rice than my rice cooker. The best part is that the pressure cooker is much more versitle for other cooks as well including making soups and stocks, quickly. Beside my egg, it's my next best friend..But I have found that I need to let the rice sit in the fridge overnight before making fried rice.

Rick in Crystal Lake

I have the sass cook book, also have the pc cookbook by bob warden from qvc. He has an excellent pepper steak recipe that my wife and i just love. I find the use of bases such as beef, chicken or vegitable in place of water for the liquid make the tase of the foods even better. Especially like the use of chicken stock when making rice, brown or white. And you are right, the pc makes the best brown rice!!