Can as little as one cup of rice be cooked with this? That's perfect for me, but I'd like the 5.5 c. size for entertaining.
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Yes one cup of rice can be cooked - be certain to use the exact amount of water measured on the scale inside the cook pot. Use the measuring cup provided with the cooker for the rice. I prefer to cook 2 cups of rice and allow the rice cooker to hold today's uneaten on warm for consumption tomorrow. It's still really good rice.
1247902
According to the chart that came with my rice cooker, the 5.5 cup cooker can be used to cook one cup of rice. This is the minimum size for all the three sizes of Zojirushi rice cookers.
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We cook one cup of rice with this all the time and it works just as well as when you cook larger portions.
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I love this rice cooker. It is small. The inside bowl is roughly 6.5 " diameter and 3.5 " high. I put in 1 cup brown rice which yields around 4 servings. I haven't tried to do other grains yet (such as quinoa, barley, etc.) but think those will work well too.
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Now I use a aroma rice cooker which cups might be smaller so that my best answer
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I have not tried it with rice, but small grains would probably fall through until they have cooked.
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The minimum that I have used is 1 cup, and it comes out perfectly. The rice cooker comes with a measuring cup. I have never made more than 3 cups of rice with this cooker, but I've never had the rice or water boil over.
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My rice cooker does up to 5 cups, so that's as high as I've loaded at one time. If you need to made more, no big deal. Just dump the cup into your cooker, and load it up again.
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I also need an answer to this question. I have read recipes for this cooker on an external site that call for 3/4 cup of brown rice. these recipes are for 3 to 4 people.
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As little as one cup of rice, I usually cook two cups of rice daily and it turns out perfect.
844291
The minimum I cook is one cup, and there is never any problem. I don't think it would be worth cooking less. It has never boiled and bubbled to the top
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I cook rice in it everyday. In 2ltrs cooker you can cook 1 cup of dried rice
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I only cook 1 and 1/2 cups of rice with 2 and 1/2 cup of water.. I cook Mahatma Jasmine. Comes out perfect. And the fragrant is wonderful.its long grain. Once you cook this rice you'll never cook any other.
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No, you cannot cook small amounts of rice. It is a 6 quart cooker and the manual recommends it be at least one third full for cooking anything. Recommend the Hamilton-Beach Rice Cooker/Steamer (especially for small quantities). The sides will get too hot I think without food at least 1/3 of the pot.
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yes, you can.you might be able to make less than the 3 cups of regular rice I make in it, but yeah, you can.
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Yes, it works very well for 1 cup dry rice. I would also say that this is 12 cups cooked capacity. I tried 3 cups dry and had to put a tea towel on top to contain the sputtering out of the hole. It did cook it perfectly, but it can get messy the more you put in it.
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Probably one cup and it will probably not boil and bubble to the top. My minimum has been two cups - never have cooked only one cup in any rice cooker.
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I have only cooked 1 cup (8 oz. by my measuring cup) of rice at a time and it works fine. They provide a measuring cup (but I use my own), on one side marked by quarters and the other side reading numerical values up to 160. I filled their cup and poured the contents into mine, and it came to 6 oz. according to my cup. I hope this helps!
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Very nicely if you stick with a ratio of 2 - 3 cups water to 1 cup rice (depending on how firm or soft you like it). We add a little olive oil and salt at a minimum - seems to cook better, and sometimes substitute veg broth for some of the water for flavor.