Even though it doesn't have a brown rice setting, people say it can cook brown rice. How do u get it to cook brown rice? And is it easy to get good brown rice every time? compare to NS-LAC05
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I just use the white rice setting. If you want want softer rice add more water, harder rice add less. 2 : 2 for hard, 2:2.5 for softer rice(2 cups rice to 2.5 cups water ie.).
1618279
use the same procedure as for regular rice. after cooking brown rice several times -- you can adjust the amount of water used to achieve the desired results.
555899
I think the programmable features and sensors and logic that turns it to warming mode when the rice is done. The downside with the expensive machines is that the cooking is slower and longer. 90 minutes or more for brown rice, so you need to be someone who plans ahead/is organized.
311040
Yes, I think most rice cookers can cook both brown and white rice. My wife is Japanese, so she cooks a lot of rice. Brown rice takes longer to cook, and a bit more water. She likes to soak the brown rice overnight before cooking. These cookers have some kind of sensor inside to tell them when the rice is cooked. Perhaps the sensor shuts off when all the water is evaporated.
1701619
Yes, that is one of the types of rice it can cook. If you put it on the "quick cook" setting, the brown rice will cook in less time (about 40-60 mins) and be more chewy. On the regular setting (about 80-120 mins), it will be more soft and fluffy.
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Cooks brown rice beautifully; detachable cord. I'm not sure if it's older, but mine works great - love it! Revision: maybe I have a slightly different model because I swear I unplug mine and tuck it inside for storage, but other respondents beg to differ.
1645320
Yes, it does. The instructions include information on how to cook brown rice.
635160
I believe it will cook brown rice, usually it will take around 35 minutes. This Rice cooker is the best in the market, I have been using it in my restaurant for a few years.
2249170
I agree with your naturopathic doctor about the brown rice. I never liked it before either, but the rice cooker does a great job and the brown rice cooks softer and fluffier. Also, I often cook a blend of brown, red, and white rice that comes out beautifully.
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I too found my brown rice to be a little "mushier" than I would have liked. I just use a little less water than the marking on the cooker and have excellent tasting rice that is neither mushy nor hard.
2149550
Hi. I bought this rice cooker a couple years ago but had to return it because it's defective after using it once. You have to contact the seller in order for you to get an answer.
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To Sandy P - I have had this rice cooker since 2007 and use it often. I bought it from Amazon, too. I have never had a single time that the rice has gone mushy, even a small part of it. The rice is always thoroughly cooked and the grains are cooked through and separate grains. I do adjust the water if it is unusually humid or the weather is very dry (not often here in Florida). I have left the rice in the cooker over night by mistake and it still does not get mushy. The best thing to do for me, is the fluff the rice up right away when it has finished cooking. I usually just grab a pair of chop sticks and it makes quick work to reach even the rice in the bottom of the cooking bowl. After I fluff it up, I put it in a container to store it. I make sure that the container has a top that seals tightly. I keep it in the refrigerator and then warm it up in the microwave. If it drys out too much in the refrigerator, I put it in a pot on the stove with lots of water, bring it to a boil, turn off the heat, then let it absorb whatever water it needs to reconstitute itself, and then I pour the extra water out through a fine strainer so as not to lose any of the cooked rice. It's like having perfect, almost instant rice, though much, much better! I would not be with out my rice cooker. Yumm. And so easy! If you have the small 3 -Cup size ... be sure and keep the overflow area clean, along with emptying and cleaning the little cup on the back of the rice cooker. If the valves in the lid or back openings get stopped up, I think that might give anyone some trouble with moisture collecting somewhere else, rather than being drained off and discarded by the user. Just saying. Ruth Ditmore Craig
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I bought 4 kinds of brown rice to test out, and made 2 cups of each with the same amount of water, and each in the GABA mode. The short grain 'sweet brown' came out gummy, the other three came out perfect. My conclusion: the sweet rice was pre-processed so it would work with white rice settings and could not stand up to the extended brown setting from this cooker. Based on this, you need tougher rice or a gentler setting. If you tried GABA mode, try the non GABA brown mode. If you tried the non GABA brown mode, try the Umami mode.
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I have not tried brown, but with regular Jasmine rice I use 1 part rice to 1.3 parts water, cook on high pressure setting for 6 minutes and allow to steam on warm for 10 more. It works great for one to six cups of rice.
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It works well for brown rice. I haven't found a rice it doesn't handle well (except wild rice which is not really a rice). I still need to do more wild to figure that one out.
2280678
Sorry. I never tried. I only use it to cook white rice and brown rice and they turn out perfectly.
108241
I hadn't noticed the comments on the cooker not being suitable for brown/other rices. I typically steam/cook brown rice and it seems to do okay. Some people might comment that the rice is perhaps a little stiff, (its not crunchy by any stretch, but sometimes it seems a bit underdone), but I find the brown rice is very edible. I've also steamed quinoa successfully.
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Sushi rice is a specific type of rice. There is no setting on the rice cooker itself like the more expensive (zo* anyone?) ones. The manual has instruction for proper amount of water to be used based on amount of rice. Then rice cooker automatically shuts off when its cooked. I've never tried to make sushi rice myself, so couldn't tell you the quality of it. I've cook Basmati rice on it and it did well, until pot lost its coating and I had to throw the pot. I've been looking to get a new pot only but it's hard to find. Pot lasted less than two years, if you are curious.