The population is now 7billion. So the world is getting smaller day by day and our living places also. Living in a small place and get some self-cooked food is just like a daydream, but IT IS NOT.
Because we have a Rice Cooker, which is just named after rice but can cook almost every dish that needs Heat and Steam, Even cakes!
As rice cooker is designed to make perfect rice so it boils the rice as much as it needs and automatically reduces the heat to a simmer then slowly reduces the heat and keeps the rice warm without burning till serving.
With a smart approach and applying some tricks with the Thermostats, you can make the rice cooker to do whatever you want to and get the pleasure of enjoying delicious food in short time in a small place.
From breakfast to dinner everything is possible with a rice cooker. Sharing his experience in the New York Times on an article by Julia Moskin, John Yungsun Park said:
“You just want to see what it can do,” Mr. Park said. In fact, it can poach, steam and simmer, as well as turn out a crisp nooroong ji.
“People love that toasted-rice taste,” he said. “It’s even a flavor of ice cream in Seoul.”
Let’s help you with some utterly butterly healthy rice cooker recipes below.
Contents
For Breakfast
It is hard to believe but it’s true that breakfasts can also be made with a rice cooker.
Poached Egg
5 Minutes for Preparation
10 Minutes for Cooking
1 Serving
Ingredients
1 medium egg.
2 tablespoons of olive oil to coat the bowl.
⅛ tablespoons of black pepper to taste.
⅛ teaspoon of salt to taste.
⅛ teaspoon of Furikake to taste. (a mixture of dried fish, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed, sugar, salt, and monosodium glutamate)
Steps
1. Coat the bowl with olive oil.
2. Pour the egg on the bowl.
3. Add all the seasoning.
4. Put inside a rice cooker with water 2/3 of the bowl. Close the lid and set it on the cook.
After a while, get your egg ready to enjoy.
Frittatas
10 Minutes for Preparation
25 Minutes for Cooking
2 Servings
Ingredients
1 cup of nicely chopped mixed veggies.
2 large eggs.
2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Grated mozzarella cheese.
⅛ teaspoon of black pepper to taste.
⅛ teaspoon of salt to taste.
Steps
1. Heat up the frying pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
2. Add the vegetables (The vegetables must have to be cut as thinly and small as possible so that they cook fast. Season with salt and pepper).
3. Get ready the egg mixture: 2 eggs * 2 Tbs. grated cheese *salt and pepper * 1 Tbs. olive oil Add some salt.
4. Put 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the rice cooker bowl and spread it well.
5. Put the egg mixture on the bowl.
6. Add the vegetables and distribute them evenly in the egg mixture.
7. Set the cooker on regular rice setting.
Your frittata is done! Let it cool before cutting. A rice cooker recipe by Just Bento.
Note: It can be stored for 3-4 days in the refrigerator if needed.
Sweet Sticky Rice
10 Minutes for Preparation
30 Minutes for Cooking
2 Servings
Ingredients
1 cup of small grain rice.
2 cups of milk.
2 tablespoons of vanilla flavoring.
2 tablespoons of brown sugar.
½ Cup Dry fruits (cranberries, almonds, cashew nuts, walnuts, etc).
Steps
1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Press cook in the cooker.
After 20 minutes you delicious healthy breakfast rice is ready to eat.
Note: This one is highly nutritious and healthy for everyone.
Lunchtime
Let’s get something lunchy.
Taco Meatballs
30 Minutes for Preparation
30 Minutes for Cooking
4 Serving
Ingredients
¼ cup bread crumbs.
¼ cup whole milk.
1 pound of ground beef.
2 tablespoons of nicely diced onion.
2 tablespoons of grated red bell pepper.
1 large egg.
2 tablespoons of grated cheddar cheese.
1 tablespoon of taco seasoning.
1 teaspoon ground cumin.
2 tablespoons of olive oil.
15 ounces of can diced tomatoes with juice.
½ cup of water.
¼ cup of fresh cilantro.
Steps
1. In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs and milk and stir to mix.
2. Add beef, onion, bell pepper, cheese, egg, taco seasoning, cumin and mix well with hand.
3. Form 20 meatballs with the mixture.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the cooker bowl, cover the cooker and set to cook until the pot is warm.
5. Cook ten meatballs for 4 minutes on all sides.
6. Repeat the process for other remaining meatballs with the oil left.
7. Put all the meatballs on the cooker bowl.
8. Add the diced tomatoes with the meatball.
8. Add some water.
9. Cook for 10 minutes.
Meatballs are ready to jump on your stomach. Transfer them to a serving dish and garnish with the cilantro.
Note: It is a delicious mouth-watering dish but not enough healthy.
Vegetable Rice
30 Minutes for Preparation
30 Minutes for Cooking
4 Serving
Ingredients
2 cups of small grain rice.
1 cup of chopped onion.
1 cup of chopped asparagus bean.
1 cup of chopped cabbage.
½ cup of chopped mushrooms.
½ cup of chopped green onions.
½ cup of chopped carrots.
½ cup of diced beef/ chicken.
4 tablespoons of soy sauce.
2 tablespoons of salt mixed with water.
Steps
1. Cook the rice as plain rice cooks on the cooker as usual but do not simmer.
2. Put the veggies on top of the rice.
3. Pour the salt mixed water.
4. Pour the soy sauce on all sides.
5. Cover the cooker.
6. Simmer until veggies cooked.
Once cooked mix the veggies and the rice together and serve it on a dish. Your vegetable rice is ready to enjoy with the meatballs.
Note: Vegetable Rice is a very healthy dish and especially for them who are on a diet.
Snacks Hour
East or west snacks are the best.
Chicken Shrimp Pasta
20 Minutes for Preparation
20 Minutes for Cooking
2 Serving
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
3 cloves of finely chopped garlic.
¼ pound of chopped boneless chicken.
10 medium shrimp peeled and tails left on.
1 teaspoon oyster sauce.
1 cup of chicken stock.
¼ teaspoon of salt.
¼ teaspoon of ground white pepper.
½ pound half cooked pasta.
1 cup of broccoli florets.
1 tablespoon of thinly sliced red chili pepper.
Steps
1. Add oil to the rice cooker pot, cover it, and set to Cook until the base is warm.
2. When the base of the pot gets warm, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add chicken and cook for 5 minutes with continuous stirring.
4. Now add the shrimp with the chicken and cook for 4 minutes until the shrimps get red.
5. Add the sauce and the stock.
6. When starts boiling switch the cooker into warm and simmer for 8 minutes.
7. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix up well.
8. Wait till the liquid soaked up by the pasta.
Once the liquid is soaked pasta is ready to eat. Serve it with the garnishing of red chili peppers.
Note: To preserve the nice green color of the broccoli florets boil it for 30 seconds and give it a cool ice-water bath.
Chocolate Brownies
20 Minutes for Preparation
30 Minutes for Cooking
4 Serving
Ingredients
1 box of chocolate cake mix.
1 large egg.
¼ cup of water.
100 grams of unsalted butter.
1 tablespoon of icing sugar for topping.
Steps
1. Take the cake mix on a bowl.
2. Mix the egg with the mix and stir.
3. Add butter with the mixture.
4. Add water.
5. Mix up all the ingredients.
6. Brush the cooker pot with butter.
7. Put the mixture in the pot.
8. Turn the cook button on. If it turns to warm, then open it and close it again.
9. Then turn on the cook button. After 5 minutes open the rice cooker then close it again and turn on the cook button.
9. Repeat this process three times.
10. Flip the cake from the rice cooker and put it on the plate.
The chocolate brownie is ready to eat. Serve it with the icing sugar.
Note: Serve the cake hot otherwise it will get hard.
Now It’s Time to Get Some
Healthy Seafood
Seafood Jambalaya
30 Minutes for Preparation
30 Minutes for Cooking
10 Serving
Ingredients
1 pound of shrimp.
1 pound of crabmeat.
1.5 cups of raw rice.
1 cup of melted butter.
1 finely chopped medium onion.
1 finely chopped bell-pepper.
1 teaspoon of chopped garlic.
10.5 ounces of canned beef broth.
4 ounces of canned mushroom.
½ cup of chopped onion tops.
Seasoning (as you like it).
Steps
1. Mix up all the ingredients in the cooker.
2. Seasoning to taste (broth is salty).
3. Turn the cooker on.
4. Cook for approximately 30 minutes.
Get the healthiest, easiest, and most tasty seafood ready. It’s a recipe by Genius Kitchen.
Note: Seafood is good for your Heart.
All the rice cooker recipes given here are the reflection of our research to help you with some healthy, easy and time-saving dishes. All the dishes given from breakfast to evening snacks are designed to cover your whole day meal and also to fulfill your body nutrition. Cooking in a rice cooker is a different and smart idea and may feel complicated at first, but following our rice cooker recipes will help you to get over it.
Bonus tips: Rice cooker is a machine and it uses artificial intelligence to get your work done. So you must get to know the proper handling and setting of the cooker to keep yourself Safe and Fast and to enjoy the delicious dishes.
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