Do I want a rice cooker?

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Anonymous wrote:New PP. I usually make flavored rice, so I'm not sure if a rice cooker can do that.

I sautee a little onion in oil or butter, add the rice, saute the rice for a bit, and cook in chicken broth.

Not sure if a rice cooker can do that. If it can I'd be interested because the rice doesn't always come out just rice on the stove.

most rice cookers have a sautee setting. I’ve even made Briyani in my rice cooker. Great one pot cooker. No need to dirty pans , plus it can sit on warm for hours.

You people have convinced me and I went out and bought a rice cooker. Looking forward to trying it out tonight for my flavored rice.

report back, please. I'm the PP who also flavors rice with sauteed veggies and broth.

PP, I'm reporting back. Another PP stated Aldi's is currently carrying a 2-cup rice cooker. I found it just as PP said! I made 3/4 cup of long grain rice. First rinsed it and let it dry on paper towels. I sauteed the onions in a combination oil and butter for a few minutes, added the rice, continuing to saute. Microwaved College Inn chicken broth to heat it up while rice was sauteing. Added a diced carrot to the rice and sauteed briefly. Transferred the rice to the rice cooker, and added the chicken broth in a 2:1 ratio to the rice. Covered and let it cook. When rice was done the cooker automatically flipped over to warm mode.

Good news and bad news. The good news is the rice cooked up fluffy, the way I prefer it. The bad news is it was on the dry side, and the bottom layer was a little browned. I'm certain I wasn't supposed to heat the chicken broth, but tried anyway. That likely caused the rice to dry out and the bottom to burn a bit. This was the learning curve: don't try to speed up the process by heating the liquid, lol.

But it handled the sauteed rice and the broth just fine!