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I'm going to have to dispute the rice - my instant pot has never produced rice at the same quality as my rice cooker. That said, it makes a better pork shoulde
by zdragnar 4y ago
I'm going to have to dispute the rice - my instant pot has never produced rice at the same quality as my rice cooker.
That said, it makes a better pork shoulder than anything else I've ever done!
- ska 4y agoI think the rice cooker is about as good as a generic cheap rice cooker of the north american variety, but not as good as a good japanese/korean/etc. one. Obviously YMMV
- zdragnar 4y agoThe trick in America at least is to go above the $20 price point. Most of the $40 aroma rice cookers will do just as good as the $200+ zojirushi for a simple long grain white / jasmine rice. If you want sticky rice, congee or a korean style multigrain blend, then yeah, most cheaper American cookers will fall short.
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- glxxyz 4y agoYes I've had a Zojirushi induction pressure rice cooker for 6 years and the sticky rice & porridge it makes is incredible. The instant pot is great but we use it for other things.
- satvikpendem 4y agoYou need to use a pot-in-pot method for rice, not raw rice in the pot [0]. This ensures even cooking of the rice because the water around it gets hot first and then distributes that heat to all layers of the rice, not just near the bottom. This is what I do and I get perfect rice every time. [0] https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/how-to-use-the-pot-in-pot-method-in-your-pressure-cooker-instant-pot/ https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/how-to-use-the-pot-in-p...
- zdragnar 4y agoThis sort of trick does make me wish I'd gone for a larger pot. I've got one of the smaller offerings because I have pretty limited space in the kitchen and usually am just cooking for two. There's no way I'm fitting my rice cooker pot inside of my instant pot, that's for sure.
- elevaet 4y agoI have to dispute your dispute, I wonder if you might be doing it wrong? I thought the same thing until I tried precisely following the rice cooking instructions for instant pot. You have to use a lot less water in the instant pot that you would in a rice cooker because it's not loosing water to steam. To me there is no contest, instant pot is a much better rice cooker - faster, more energy efficient and most importantly better texture. We got rid of our rice cooker once we figured that out. I remember in Jiro Dreams of Sushi they use an ad-hoc pressure cooker to make the rice, so I think there really might be something to cooking rice under pressure that improves it. Haven't tried the pot-in-pot method yet, but that's meant to be even better.
- Zircom 4y agoHow much water do you use then if not the recommended amount?
- leetrout 4y agoNot OP but white rice in instant pot is 1:1 rice to water. For brown rice i use a bit more water. Maybe 1:1.25 rice to water.
- aussieshibe 4y agoAre you measuring volume or weight? That doesn't sound like anywhere near enough water to me. I do roughly 1 cup of jasmine rice to 1.5 cups of water in my instant pot, comes out perfect every time.