Can you make anything other than rice with this? Anyone try to cook anything else in this appliance? Any luck?
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Thanks - that encourages me to experiment. The first thing I tried after rice was oatmeal but got the proportions wrong and it boiled over into a great disaster! With a lot less liquid now I don't use any other method for steel-cut oats - so easy!
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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.
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Hello. I honestly have never tried. I do steam rice in it and it turns out wonderful. Sorry I could not be more helpful.
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I, too, find it difficult to achieve the same results with brown rice that I get with white rice. This last batch of brown rice came closest but still no cigar. It is quite possible that brown rice will never cook to the same fluffyness that white rice cooks to. One thing I did read was to spray the bottom of the cooker with a non stick material (Pam or such) and that helped. Because brown rice needs to cook much longer it is inevitable that some will burn. I'll keep trying and if I can't get the results I'm looking for I'll switch cookers!! And try, try, try.
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I don't use this particular rice cooker, but a similar one. I cook oat groats (whole-grain oats) using the "porridge" setting. Works fine (1/3 c. groats, 1 c. water for one person). Steel cut would also work on that setting, I believe. Give it a go.
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Yes, you can. However, i don't think it cooks rice very well. It doesn't cook it long enough on the top and the bottom gets overlooked.
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Have not used for rice yet .. sorry. Did make a great pasta and chicken dish. I want to try a dessert next !
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Sorry, I have only cooked white rice. I am still happy with its performance.
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I never cooked brown rice, but it cooks white basmati rice very well. So, I assume it should cook other type of rice too.
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My wife does long grain, short (Sticky) grain, Korean Medium grain, Forbidden [Black] rice, Red grain rice, Brown rice, and Lord knows what all. But then she is Korean. It even talks to her in Korean. It is probably the best of the rice cookers available.
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I cook ricebut try quinoa. It comes out nice an fluffy in a short time. Everything steams very quickly.
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I wouldn't use it for anything other than making rice, you could use chicken broth instead of water to flavor the rice, but I don't know what might happen if you put just liquid in it. It is a pressure cooker but specifically designed for rice, and at the price you pay for it, I wouldn't use it "off label" as you'll surely void the warranty. Page #3 of the manual in big letters says: "This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only" and right underneath it has lots of "Don'ts" regarding only using it for rice and not for anything that will possibly expand/splatter/splash up to clog the pressure relief valve.
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Mine broke after the second time I used it. So I returned it..... I did love this rice cooker though.
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I don't cook any rice. I used to cook beans, chicken, beef and other grains.
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I wouldn't use it for anything other than making rice, you could use chicken broth instead of water to flavor the rice, but I don't know what might happen if you put just liquid in it. It is a pressure cooker but specifically designed for rice, and at the price you pay for it, I wouldn't use it "off label" as you'll surely void the warranty. Page #3 of the manual in big letters says: "This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only" and right underneath it has lots of "Don'ts" regarding only using it for rice and not for anything that will possibly expand/splatter/splash up to clog the pressure relief valve. I wouldn't use it for anything other than making rice, you could use chicken broth instead of water to flavor the rice, but I don't know what might happen if you put just liquid in it. It is a pressure cooker but specifically designed for rice, and at the price you pay for it, I wouldn't use it "off label" as you'll surely void the warranty. Page #3 of the manual in big letters says: "This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only" and right underneath it has lots of "Don'ts" regarding only using it for rice and not for anything that will possibly... » Read More I wouldn't use it for anything other than making rice, you could use chicken broth instead of water to flavor the rice, but I don't know what might happen if you put just liquid in it. It is a pressure cooker but specifically designed for rice, and at the price you pay for it, I wouldn't use it "off label" as you'll surely void the warranty. Page #3 of the manual in big letters says: "This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only" and right underneath it has lots of "Don'ts" regarding only using it for rice and not for anything that will possibly expand/splatter/splash up to clog the pressure relief valve. « Show Less
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Yes it does many different types of rice. Mine only lasted 3 months though. Might want to upgrade.
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I didn't cook rice in it as far, but in the grocery I saw that some of the rice possible to cook particular in the steam cooker. Technically you should be able to do so.
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You would have to experiment a bit. I have never had success but you may. I have, however, had success with the Uncle Ben's Converted Wild Rice (the minute knid). I just don't have the patience for the regular kind. I do make rice'n'beans in it. Let me know if you have success.