Can this be used to steam rice?
1118967
you can steam chicken (on a plate) and fish (on a plate) but I have not yet tried steaming rice. Sorry.
1118968
I steam fish and vegetables in this. They turn out very well, just tender and not overcooked. Hope this helps
1365097
Yes, that's what I do all the time. To be honest, I'm not sure where my steamer part even IS any more as I use this exclusively for rice.
1652365
Yes you can steam together. The rice pot is (I think stainless it is silver & light weight), the steamer is plastic. I never measured the amount to be steamed but my guess is up to 2 cups.
409780
While I like this unit, it is not a true pressure cooker in spite of the name. It is more of a steam cooker, so any recipes for a steam cooker should work just fine. It also makes a fine rice or shell pasta cooker. By adding flavorings and/or other ingredients you can create your own recipes. Just make sure that the added ingredients will cook safely in about the same time as it takes for the rice or pasta to cook.
1057798
Yes, it can although the rice takes longer than the vegetables to cook. In some instances, it depends on the vegetable one may be steaming. I like mine well done. The only rice I steam is the organic brown rice, and this rice requires more water than white rice and a longer time to cook which would definitely overcook the vegetables.
80902
I have never tried, but I would think you could just put the veggies in the top part, water in the bottom part and it should steam them very well. I used mine for meat mostly. I also put a little seasoning in the water.
461323
No, it's a rice cooker and it keeps the rice after it's done cooking. It doesn't steam at all.
2046032
I have used it for almost everything including several types of rice. The water boils and than steams. perfect for rice. Nice in that nothing sticks to te bottom.
757148
you can certainly boil water in it and the lid fits tightly enough, so yes...it would cook a small amount of rice.
228503
It's only about half an inch high, so to steam you'd be really limited in the amount of water. For steaming you might want to stack a couple of them and use a metal colander that has a long base.
1752757
no it won't, as the rice cooker has a heating element; this item is only for items w/o a heating element....
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
757149
It does have a tiny hole in the lid to help release steam so things dont boil over as quick but I would think it would be great to cook rice as the cooking heat is very even.
2204756
Separately no but they show recipes with veggies in rice during cooking. Steaming is so simple you could do that in pot with basket. This rice cooker excels at rice but will steam many ways too just not separately.
1277818
It can cook rice, make boiling water, heat up soup and steam food. That's what I know.
1385518
Yes it does steam brown rice, there are graduated marks on the inside of removable insert. One side is for brown rice opposite side is for all other rice
1741435
Sure! You can use it for steaming, boiling or deep frying. We used it last night for steaming veggies, seafood, and sausage. My dad uses his to deep fry turkey.