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How to Use a rice cooker to cook other foods

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You don't need a stove to whip up pasta, soup, vegetables, meat, or even dessert—all you need is a rice cooker! Watch this video to learn how to use a rice cooker to cook foods other than rice.

You Will Need

* A rice cooker

* A willingness to experiment

* Ingredients for your meal

* Time

* Seasonings

Step 1: Get to know your cooker

Get to know your cooker: Basic models have two settings—"cook" and "keep warm"—while high-end ones have more settings and different accessories such as a separate steaming tray. Basic models work fine for most recipes.

Step 2: Cook pasta

Cook pasta: Put hot tap water into the cooker – three quarts for every pound of pasta. When it begins to boil, add the pasta. Leaving uncovered, let it return to a boil and cook until desired tenderness.

Step 3: Make soups

Make a variety of soups. For seafood bisque, sauté garlic and shallots until translucent, add fish, wine, and stock; simmer for about 20 minutes, and add cream.



Step 4: Cook vegetables

Steam vegetables right in your cooker. Then remove the veggies along with the water and saute some garlic and onions in a little olive oil in the cooker. Add the vegetables back and cook for another minute.

Step 5: Braise meat

Braise meat: Sear it in the cooker with either butter or olive oil; remove it while you cook a sauce of onions, brandy, wine, or whatever you like; then return the meat to the cooker and simmer for a few hours.

Step 6: Make a jambalaya

Add shrimp, sausage, peppers, spices, tomato puree, and stock to rice to make jambalaya. Or cook rice in stock, stirring frequently for a creamy risotto.

Step 7: Don't forget dessert

Heat heavy cream and chopped dark chocolate to make fondue. Serve with cut up fruit and chunks of pound cake.

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