Could this pot be used to cook small portions of grains, like oats or rice?
1720010
I don't think anything Lodge Logic makes is NOT perfect for cooking. My cornbread muffin pans are awesome and about 15 years old. I have never had to wash them or season them. Perfect stuff, every single day.
1720011
It's more of a saucepan but heck, I'm adventurous. You'd have 2 create a seal. I'd use tin foil then a small lid or plate weighting it down as nec. if it doesn't worl you've still got a bitchin lil pot!
1720012
Rice requires a tight fitting lid to cook properly unless you cook it like pasta in a lot of water. This pot does not have a lid and if it did there is no way to keep the steam in with the pour spouts. No idea about oats. I usually make them in the microwave.
1720013
A handful of grains is about as much as you are going to get to boil in this, I do oatmeal for myself in it
1720014
I don't see a problem, but you will need a 4-inch Lodge lid. Place rice and water in pot, cover, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer.
1099036
I believe so... I've never tried... but the little pot is rated for high temps... so that leads me to believe you can.
965161
You probably can, but you actually won't be steaming the rice as the water and rice needs to boil together first. Use just the base and lid, but unless you're cooking a lot of rice, the base might be too wide (unless you have the personal size steamer set). I use a rice cooker (so easy) and they come in different sizes.
1365093
Yes, definitely. The steaming part is used when you need to steam something otherwise just use put the rice on the "bowl" into the base and cover with the glass top. Don't forget to press the switch to cook :)
1572268
I have not tried it with rice, but small grains would probably fall through until they have cooked.
942127
No, unfortunately the holes are too big for rice and other small grains. Beans would be the smallest you could rinse with this particular strainer. Hope this helps.
1410101
Use it for smaller side dishes such as potatoes, rice and for making small portions of gravy & chutneys. The smaller size somes up to pressure quicker per ratio of food to be cooked. It can be used without the pressure lid as a regular stainless fry pan.
614124
Yes.. You can.It is a mini rice cooker. You may have to soak it a few minutes depending on how hard it is.
695031
I would. It is also nice for canning as you can put 7 pint small mouth jars in this in the rack. I wouldn't use real high heat. When canning in mine I always wash it out and dry it just like any pot I would use so that I could cook in it some day.
497359
It can be adjusted for a finer grain and should work. I have not tried rice with it, only corn and millet.
2139778
You can cook as little as 1 cup in cooked rice but I wouldn't recommend any less than 2 cup because it browns on the bottom.
674730
Never tried - would not imagine how you could. It is a steamer for dim sum, buns, etc. I would not use it for rice.Get a rice cooker - I like the 14 cup stainless steel one from Aroma - available at Amazon, but we got ours from Walmart.com
763561
I also use it for various breakfast cereals - oatmeal, quinoa, steel cut oats,etc. 2 parts water to 1 part cereal has worked for me in every case. It's important for a cooker this size to use no more than a rounded 1/3 cup or less of cereal to avoid boil over. If you want to make cereal for more than one person get a larger cooker.
2280678
Sorry. I never tried. I only use it to cook white rice and brown rice and they turn out perfectly.
2079130
Yes, this pot would work fine to cook rice; As with any recipe, you would want to use the correct proportions of water to your amt of rice per your recipe. The amt of water needs to take into account that the water will come to a full boil before you turn the heat down to simmer. Since this pot holds 2 qts. ( 8 cups), you probably would only use about 4 cups of water max to make sure it doesn't boil over.
532436
The actual cooking surface is just under 10" so this unit would not be appropriate for the size pot you are wanting to use. Andy
1365096
Absolutely. That is actually the intended use. The steamer insert is for vegetables or fish you might want to steam while cooking rice or another grain below.