Part of the motivation is the Instapot cooks rice MUCH quicker, especially brown

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May 4, 2021
10:04:30am

RUNBYU1 All-American

Part of the motivation is the Instapot cooks rice MUCH quicker, especially brown

rice or other types that normally take a long time.

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RUNBYU1

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My wife wants a rice cooker and I've noticed on Amazon that there are cheaper

5/4/21 9:49am

Can't go wrong with Zojurushi or however you spell it

Gunhog

5/4/21 9:51am

The Zojirushi pressure rice cookers produce a superior quality rice. Of course, higher quality rice is also important as

5/4/21 10:16am

You can get a good Zjirushi for $280. But yeah, get some good calrose, rinse the rice right, put in the right water and

Bert609

5/4/21 10:25am

Calrose is the baseline. Add some premium sushi rice with it (2:1 ratio) and prepare for deliciousness to overwhelm.

5/4/21 10:27am

I'll have to give sushi rice a try. Which rice is the heavy side of the ratio? The cal or sushi? Also, the Koreans

Bert609

5/4/21 10:30am

The barley effect happens when you dump in ice cold water right at the end of the first cooking cycle with brown rice

5/4/21 10:36am

Zojirushi!

Clark Addison

5/4/21 9:51am

The ones that use fuzzy logic seem to have more functionality

Tricky

5/4/21 9:54am

We have an Instapot. Works great, and for tons of other stuff, too.

ReyOso

5/4/21 9:54am

I second this. Ours makes great rice and other stuff too.

TADOW

5/4/21 9:58am

Don't bother with gourmet rice. Uncle Ben's will do.

5/4/21 10:22am

yuck!

fulano

5/4/21 10:26am

Rice is cheap, even the good stuff. Get some basmati or jasmine.

ReyOso

5/4/21 11:03am

Just get an instant pot. Works great for rice.

SpotOnOpinionsGuy

5/4/21 9:54am

This. And not from Amazon.

fbguru

5/4/21 10:00am

Amazon is wonderful. Has simplified my life immensely.

Ozymandias

5/4/21 10:03am

We are particular with our rice, and we use a cheap one. Just buy the good rice.

Mister P

5/4/21 9:54am

We got a small Instapot and threw out our rice cooker, steamer, and slow cooker.

RUNBYU1

5/4/21 10:03am

Part of the motivation is the Instapot cooks rice MUCH quicker, especially brown

RUNBYU1

5/4/21 10:04am

What proportions of rice and water do you use?

Tricky

5/4/21 11:53am

We mix 3 parts Sushi Rice with 1 part Quinoa and do about a 1.5:1 water to rice

RUNBYU1

5/4/21 2:09pm

Here are some reviews

UCLACoug

5/4/21 10:05am

Wife was adamant we get a Tiger and 17 years in, I get it. We use it daily.

narf

5/4/21 10:13am

If you like good rice and cook it frequently, then don't buy a USA rice cooker. You want Asian. Preferably

Bert609

5/4/21 10:22am

Cuckoo makes really good rice cookers.

DB Cooper

5/4/21 10:35am

We use a Hitachi Chime-O-Matic. It is now deemed vintage. I feel old...

SV Coug

5/4/21 10:44am

Zojirushi, Cuckoo and Tiger all are good brands

Jennerstein

5/4/21 11:18am

My first missionary companion in Japan was from Hokkaido (farming country). He said the same thing (finger/not lines).

5/4/21 11:24am

Is this her Mother's Day gift?

Archaea

5/4/21 2:15pm

Hey, she asked for it.

5/4/21 2:33pm

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