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Rice cookers and the Instant Pot When you cook white rice on the stove, the typical ratio is 1 part rice to 2 parts water. With rice cookers you don't need to remember ratios at all. Just measure ...

A rice cooker acts as a food steamer, but it doesn’t maintain pressure like an Instant Pot. You place the rice and liquid inside of the cooker, and it regulates the temperature while cooking the ...

I have often talked about how my life changed when I made Mexican Rice in the Instant Pot for the very first time! It was SO easy and convenient and I loved that the cleanup was such a breeze.

How to Make Instant Pot Rice Start by measuring the rice and water correctly. For white rice, the ratio of rice to water is one cup of rice to one and a half cups of water. Before cooking the rice ...

Takes longer to cook rice: A rice cooker takes longer to cook rice than an Instant Pot — about 30-40 minutes. If you’re in a hurry, an Instant Pot is the better bet. Top rice cookers ...

If you want a stickier, softer rice (which works great for stuffings and rice balls), set the timer for 4 minutes. For brown rice, cook for 15 minutes, and for wild rice, cook for 20 minutes.

Add the cumin and salt. Add the rinsed rice; do not stir. Close the lid and set the Instant Pot to low pressure at 5 minutes. Do not use the “keep warm” function.

The Instant Pot is perfect for cooking rice. Because the rice is cooked in a pressure sealed environment, the liquid to rice ratio is 1 to 1, meaning that you use less liquid.

Deborah Schneider, executive chef at Sol and Solita restaurants that include locations in Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Playa Vista and Valencia, has written an excellent new book, “The ...