Cookworks 1.5L Rice 500 Watts Cooker - Black

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This kettle doesn’t have fancy built-in features but it surely gets the job done and the water boiling. We used the guidelines based on an 800w microwave and it produced both basmati and long grain rice to a good standard. Though a rice cooker may not be a staple kitchen gadget, for anyone who eats rice regularly – or wants to try cooking a wider range of Asian dishes – it’s an essential item.

This article will show you how to cook rice with a rice cooker so that you can minimize the chance of burnt rice and ruined pots. Their kitchen collection is way cheaper compared to other brands, but of course, at the same time they don’t compromise on quality. Essentially, you’re steaming the rice rather than boiling it on the hob, which often produces better results. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.If the water looks discolored or filled with floating bits of broken rice or dirt, rinse a second or third time until new water added looks relatively clear. Its pressure cooking function works like a dream, breaking down even the toughest cuts and the preset functions for rice produce fluffy white grains for three people in around 22 mins. The water is absorbed into the rice until it becomes tender, but unlike a normal pan, it is self-regulating, so you don't need to watch it, leaving you free to do something else. If you eat rice frequently, or you enjoy different types of rice dishes, such as sushi, risottos and paella, then a rice cooker can be a great addition to your kitchen. It’s not the prettiest appliance but the easy-to-use interface more than makes up for its clunky aesthetics.

Not only is this handy microwave cooker stylish, but it’s also dishwasher safe and small enough to be suitable for all small kitchens and households. Dishwasher-safe' is debatable As rice cookers are electrical appliances, none of them is entirely dishwasher-safe. Delightfully egg-shaped, the blue light touch-button control panel is easy to read and use and it has fuzzy logic. The best rice cookers will help to take the guesswork out of cooking all sorts of rice, grains and some even pasta, too. Some of the best rice cookers in our guide stray from Asian cooking to create creamy smooth risotto, completely hands-free.

Rice cookers can be a very convenient and stress-free way to get rice the way you like it, time after time.

We measure the time taken to cook both two scoops of long grain rice and then two scoops of short-grain white rice – common, inexpensive types of rice that are found in almost all supermarkets.We found some classic brands such as Russell Hobbs, Lakeland, Cookworks and Crockpot, while there are many other individual online brands like Klarstein, Judge and SQ. Say goodbye to standing over a hot hob to make sure your rice doesn't burn and the water doesn't boil over the side.

It has 25 programmes, including baking, frying pressure cooking and steaming plus a keep warm button does exactly what it says. While each brand will have its own instruction manual specific to the model in question, there are a number of basics that work with any rice cooker. There’s a 'keep warm' function, too, ensuring the last person to the pot has rice as warm as the first. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Countertop machines are generally made to cook at least two portions, with some bigger models producing up to 10 portions.

One-button operation keeps things super simple but provides you with 13 smart options, so if you want to branch out of just cooking rice, this nifty cooker can do it all.