2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14
Everyone loves to eat delicious food. And since food is still necessary for life, “recharging”, it is necessary to treat the choice of products and cooking competently and carefully. It is not worth talking in detail about how harmful fast food, chips and other food that destroys the body. After all, even a small child knows what threatens their excessive use.
In this article we will look at how to eat he althy and tasty. In particular, we will learn how to cook a side dish - rice in a slow cooker.
What is a multicooker
A small electronic "saucepan" with a lid has long been an indispensable lifesaver for housewives around the world. This cooking device has also taken root quite well in Russia.
If anyone does not know, then the multicooker looks something like the one shown in the photo.
The only thing is that depending on the manufacturer of the model, its appearance may differ. In addition, the set of functions also varies. But most housewives claim that basically multicookers are almost identical to each other, so take the risk of cooking inyou can use any dish you like from all kinds of culinary sites, as well as from cookbooks.
Is the slow cooker suitable for cooking rice
Some housewives who have discovered a multicooker have a question about what kind of dishes it is intended for. For example, is it possible to boil rice in a slow cooker?
So, if you say that the mulwarka is suitable for cooking almost all types of dishes, it will not be an exaggeration. Because cooks who, over time, study the functions, power, time required for complete readiness, and many other important aspects, say that the slow cooker is a wonderful helper in the kitchen. It produces delicious soups, cereals, side dishes, stewed vegetables, fried meat and fish, and the multicooker is also suitable for various pastries and making yogurt.
And to cook delicious and fluffy rice in a slow cooker, just press the appropriate button.
Is there a difference between the taste of food prepared in the usual way and in a slow cooker
The most important plus of a multicooker is convenience and minimum cooking time. Because the manufacturers of such equipment claim that for the hostess to prepare, for example, soup, you just need to put all the required ingredients in the bowl, close the lid, press the "soup" and "start" buttons, and then wait for the specified time. By the way, the multicooker will inform you about the readiness of the dish with a special sound signal.
The taste of the same dish cooked inslow cooker and in the usual way - on the stove, is slightly different from each other. However, this does not mean at all that rice in a slow cooker will turn out tasteless. It is possible that one member of the family will like it even more, and the other - on the contrary. After all, as you know, all people are different, so everyone perceives the taste of food in their own way.
What you need to cook a rice side dish in a slow cooker
Before considering the recipe for rice in a slow cooker, you should find out what products you need. In fact, the ingredients are exactly the same as in the conventional cooking method. Therefore, it is only important for the hostess to determine what and what kind of rice she needs.
For example, some women prefer to boil plain white rice in advance, freeze it in the freezer, and then take it out at the right time and use it to make cereals, milk soups or pilaf. Then they will need the appropriate kind of rice. If red or wild rice is required for a side dish, then it is necessary to pour it into the multicooker bowl.
The rest of the ingredients are similar: s alt, spices and water. If desired, you can also lay fruits or vegetables, then more water will be required. Basically, the amount of ingredients is indicated in the selected recipe.
How to cook regular rice (white) in a slow cooker
If the hostess has just met with an amazing device and does not know how to cook rice in a slow cooker, the recipe below will help her. It is quite simple, so even beginners can do it.
Formeasuring bulk products in a multicooker, a small plastic glass is provided, which is called a multiglass. The ingredients in the recipe are for one serving.
Ingredients:
- White rice (round grain or long grain) - 1 multi-cup.
- Water - 2 multi-glasses.
- S alt or sugar optional.
Cooking method:
Sort the rice, rinse thoroughly under the tap, then rinse with water from a filter or kettle (most importantly, not hot). Now pour the rice into the multicooker bowl, add water, sugar or s alt to it. Install the rice program and wait for the specified time.
Just in case, especially first-time cooks, you should keep an eye on your dish so that the water does not evaporate and the rice does not burn.
Steam Rice Recipe
Experienced multicooker users know that rice can be cooked not only in water, but also steamed. However, in this case, you will need an additional device - a plastic bowl with holes, very similar to a regular sieve. It comes with almost all multicookers.
How to cook rice in a slow cooker, we found out, now we'll figure out how to steam rice. In this recipe, the ingredients and the initial procedure are exactly the same as described above. However, after preparing the rice, it is not laid out in a bowl, but poured with (not hot) boiled or filtered water and left for an hour. This procedure is necessary in order toso that steaming rice takes less time.
After the specified time, pour 2 multi-glasses of water into the multicooker bowl, then install the tray (plastic bowl with holes) and put rice on it. If the holes in the tray are very large - the rice will fall through, you must first close the bottom with gauze. Next, set the "steam cooking" mode, close the lid and wait for the end of the program.
Beginners should try both ways of cooking regular white rice described to see which one tastes better. However, most experienced housewives claim that steaming produces more fluffy rice in a slow cooker.
Is the slow cooker suitable for cooking brown rice
Brown rice doesn't cook that hard, so you'll need a little more per serving. Approximately one and a half multi-cups. Otherwise, the procedure for cooking brown rice is no different from ordinary white rice.
Some people do not like to eat brown rice in its pure form, so they add vegetables to it. For beginners who do not know which vegetables are suitable, experienced multicooker users will answer - any. The most important thing is to correctly calculate the time for their preparation.
Ingredients:
- Brown rice - 1 multi-cup.
- Water - 2 multi-glasses.
- 1 can of green peas.
- Cherry tomatoes - a few pieces.
Cooking method:
Pour prepared rice into a multicooker bowl, pour water andliquid from peas, stir and set the mode "buckwheat" or "pilaf". At this time, you need to cut the tomatoes into quarters, and then after forty minutes add to the rice. Ten minutes later send the peas. Many housewives claim that rice is the most delicious in the Redmond slow cooker. Readers of this article can, if they wish, check it out.
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