Arroz con pollo in slow cooker - 8 hours and rice still hard

[Anonymous]

There was plenty of liquid. Followed recipe perfectly, which said to stir rice in with onions in a skillet "to coat," then add to crock pot, then add the liquid to crock pot. Cook for 6-8 hours. I am on hour 8 and rice is still hard. This happened when I made it last year but I used lomg white rice and figured this time I would try basmati rice since it cooks so much faster regularly.

I'm thinking I just need a new recipe, but this came from a slow cooker book.

Thoughts? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

The recipe should have told you to add the liquid to the sauted rice while still in the pot and bring to a good boil for five minutes before adding to the slow cooker. If your slow cooker never gets above a simmer on the low setting, the rice will never reach the boiling point and thus never start cooking. The recipe might have been tested with a cooker that runs hotter than yours.

[Anonymous]

Do you know that your crock pot gets hot? I had similar problems a couple of times with an old crockpot. Replaced the crock pot and the same recipes worked. The pot was getting warm and not hot.

[Anonymous]

the only luck I've had with rice in a crock pot using parboiled rice (Uncle Ben's).

[Anonymous]

^ sorry, that was incoherent- I've only had luck with parboiled rice in my crock pot.

[Anonymous]

OP,

Which slow cooker do you use and which cookbook?