How To Cook Brown Rice I A Rice Cooker
Spray your rice cooker pot with a non stick cooking spray.
How to cook brown rice i a rice cooker. Close the lid of the cooker plug the cooker in and press the switch to turn it on. Make sure to never open the rice cooker while the rice is cooking or it will mess up the rice. For example if you are cooking 2 cups of rice add in 3 cups of water.
If your rice cooker has a removable cooking pot place the pot of rice and water back into the rice cooker. Activate the rice cooker. With my rice cooker one cup of brown rice usually takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour to get perfectly cooked brown rice on the normal setting.
On a cutting board press the flat edge of a. If you only have the rice or white rice setting just use that if you used the brown rice to water ratio above it should turn out just fine. The switch will click like a toaster when the rice is done.
In general add 50 more water than rice. Then add in a pinch of salt close your cooker and press the cook or start button. Remove and discard the papery skin and drop the smashed clove into the cooker.
This works wonders at keeping your rice from sticking and burning. Add olive oil about 1 tablespoon per 4 cups of rice. Use 1 5 cups of water for each cup of rice.
Add salt to taste. To get the best results i would follow your machine s manual for brown rice settings. Feel free to soak brown rice for 30 minutes before popping it in the rice cooker.