Can you cook packet rice in a rice cooker

WLM21

My wife recently bought a rice cooker and it is great. Basmati rice is very easy.

1 cup of rice + 1 cup of water

turn on, wait for it to finish.

or 2 cups .. 2 cups etc etc

For a change I was going to try one of those packet rices, with added flavouring and vegetables. The instructions on packet worked out at 1 cup rice to 2 cups water.

I decided not to bother, and stuck with plain old Basmati, with a hint of tumeric for colour.

But, can you cook packet rice in the rice cooker and should i use the 1 to 1 ratio mentioned on the instructions, or the 1 2 ratio on the rice packet.

thanks !

FurryCat_2

Not sure if you can cook packet rice but I'd definitely experiment with your rice cooker.

So, one of our favourites is Caribbean rice and peas: replace the water with coconut milk and add black beans. V yum!

Any veg that you'd cook in water seems to work.

PLRFD

Rice and peas is red kidney beans.

wannabe_sybil

I have done packets of savoury rice in the rice cooker - I just bung in the rice and add the amount of water stated on the packet. It's always worked.

chika

PLRFD wrote: »

Rice and peas is red kidney beans.

You can use any "peas" beans you want really. Try Gungo peas, or cow peas - you can get them dried or tinned in the carribean section of big supermarkets. My fave is black eyed peas - yummy. Also add bit of thyme - tastes much better.

mmmsnow

I have a rice cooker and use Pilau Seasoning (from Schwartz) sprinkled in with the rice. It's a quick, easy way to make pilau rice. You can find the seasoning in the herbs and spices aisle at the supermarket and, last time I bought it, it was buy one get one free

http://www.schwartz.co.uk/Products/Herbs-and-Spices/Spices/Pilau-Rice-Seasoning.aspx

dickydonkin

If you are referring to microwavable rice, i.e. Rizzaz-then this rice is already steamed with oil added to assist in the microwave process.

'Cooking' it again in a rice cooker will very likely turn it to mush.

If you mean the flavoured uncooked type of product, then it should be fine.

jenster

we have a microwave rice cooker
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0001IWD7O/ref=asc_df_B0001IWD7O8375628?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&!!!!!hydra0b-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0001IWD7O&hvpos=1o1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2075755719251197782&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=

and we do the packet savory Rices in there, the cup it comes with is normally = to the contents of the packet, then just add 2 cups of water 11 mins later all done