Recently I won a giveaway over at Lisa’s website. I put the money towards the Zojirushi Electric Rice Cooker and Warmer.
Features:
- Easy-to-use single switch control
- Automatic keep warm system keeps rice fresh for hours
- Durable nonstick inner cooking pan
- Side condensation collector
Specifications:
- Capacity: 5.5 cups
I was so excited when it arrived!
Sunday I finally had a chance to use it. It had been about a month since I got it and just never found the time to use it.
Sunday night I wanted an easy dinner because we’d spent all day traveling home from Seattle and doing chores around the house. I used brown rice and did 1.5 cups water and 1 cup of beef broth. It was all I had left in the fridge.
The instructions were really easy to follow.
I’m really glad that I bought the rice maker because it will be an easy way to make dinner in the future.
I made the mistake of not noting what time I turned the rice maker to “cook” so I have no idea how long the rice took to cook. I think maybe 30 minutes? Next time I will have to pay attention. It chimed and turned to the “Warm” setting.
While the rice was cooking I made the salmon. I defrosted the salmon fillets and mixed together the glaze.
I spooned Dijon Mustard into a bowl and mixed in brown sugar until it was smooth.
It was sweet with a little bit of a bite from the mustard. I poured the glaze on top of the fish.
I wrapped the salmon loosely in foil and then baked it at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
I steamed some peas to go with dinner while the salmon baked.
Everything was done at about the same time.
The rice cooker didn’t keep the rice quite as warm as I would have wanted. But maybe next time it will be better.
I poured some of the leftover glaze on the rice.
The salmon turned out perfectly baked. Not dried out, moist and flaky. I mixed the peas in with the rice.
The rice was pretty great. Not hot but not burned, not dried out, it tasted good. I am really happy about the rice maker and the way the rice turned out.
Plus it was super easy to clean the cooker. There wasn’t any rice burned onto the bottom like my old rice cooker used to do.
A great purchase!
QUESTION: What is your favorite rice dish?
Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin
I’ve always wanted a good rice cooker. We have an old crappy one and it burns the rice to the bottom so I normally just make it in a pot or pan. Recently I’ve been loving Cilantro Rice, and I’m always a fan of fried rice with leftovers. Yum!
Lisa Eirene
Good call on the fried rice! It’s been ages since I’ve made that!
My old rice cooker sounds like yours. It was such a disaster!
Carbzilla
I’ve been totally craving rice!
Here’s a great rice recipe from Amy: http://goo.gl/dNTwB.
I’ve made it. It’s awesome! I didn’t run the nutritionals at the time but it can probably be a little tweaked.
Lisa Eirene
You lost me at the mushrooms!!!
Katie J
I use mine a lot for steaming veggies too 🙂
Lisa Eirene
Oh really??? I wonder if I can do that with mine…..
Kat Kastendick
I have one from the same company and I love it! the rice has always been really hot when I made it, that’s odd that yours didn’t get very warm 🙁 As far as how long it takes to cook that will depend on how much you put is as they have something called “fuzzy logic” that somehow knows when the rice is done.
Lisa Eirene
Kat! I got this one because of the one you got. I didn’t buy the exact model you have because it was pretty expensive even with my gift card. But I think my problem was opening the rice cooker to check on it and the heat escaped.
Diane Fit to the Finish
I’ve got a rice cooker! It’s great for making a lot of rice at one time!
Becca
My biggest concern with a rice cooker is that it will boil over and make a mess, as the last microwave rice cooker I had would do that every time! I’m terrible – I cook rice so rarely because of the kerfuffle involved.
My favourite rice dish is kedgeree – rice, fish (I like salmon best, because it has such a creamy texture) and almost-hard-boiled eggs, combined with Indian spices. It’s a great breakfast dish – and the only thing I’d eat at school 😉
Ellen @ fatgirlwearingthin
Oh, I could get into so much trouble with one of those things. My grandmother used to make white rice for breakfast for me – then before she’d serve it, she’d slap on some butter and then sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top. Heavenly, I tell you. Now, even as an adult, everytime I go to a chinese restaurant and look at all of that rice sitting there, I just want to take it home, doctor it up and eat it for dessert!
Congrats on the win! Looks like you’ll be making lots of great stuff with it (don’t you just love it when Christmas comes early?)
Lisa Eirene
I’ve heard of rice being a dessert but it’s hard to imagine for me since it’s always been a dinner/savory thing.
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