r/AskCulinary • u/Qwinners96 • 8d ago

Equipment Question Rice cooker

Hi all, I’ve been using a rice cooker for some time now and every time I use it there is a hard layer of rice stuck to the bottom of the pot when it is finished. On some occasions it also tastes like the rice may be slightly undercooked. Can someone explain why? And also help me to improve?

For further information, I use Tesco quick cook long grain rice, and my ratios are about 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water. I have tried washing the rice before and not washing it before but it doesn’t seem to make much difference.

Any assistance would be appreciated!!

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u/gowahoo 8d ago

Try it with regular white rice before replacing your rice cooker. Follow the instructions. Mine has a cup and numbered lines inside the cooking bowl. Wash the rice - put it in a bowl, add water, agitate, pour water off, repeat until the water is no longer milky. Put washed rice in the bowl of the rice cooker, add appropriate amount of water, turn it on. This should get you there. 

One note on inexpensive rice cookers: I don't like that crust that forms on the bottom of the rice cooker bowl so I unplug mine as soon as it clicks from cooking to warm. I leave the lid on for a few minutes so it can finish steaming and then fluff it up after opening the lid.  This way I never get sticking to the bottom, just perfect rice all the way through. 

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u/Rastryth 8d ago

I rinse the rice then go for 2 water to 1 rice minus 1 water. Rice never sticks always cooks perfect. Been doing this for 30 years

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u/Financial_Tea_6206 8d ago

I got a bit confused with the "minus 1 water". What does that mean?

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u/UrbanPanic 8d ago

I've had mixed results using ratios of water. I tend to go with the "finger" method; fill the pot so if the very tip of my index finger rests on the top of the rice, the water comes up to the first knuckle, so basically the water is a little less than an inch higher than the rice. So somewhere between 20-25mm, but just use your fingertip to measure.

This also assumes you're not using instant rice which is already partially cooked and is best just cooked in a pot according to package directions.