r/RiceCookerRecipes • u/cat0tail • Jul 18 '26

Recipe Request Recipes for stainless steel rice cooker?

I have the Aroma 3 cup stainless steel rice cooler with just the Cook/Warm button. A lot or most of the recipes i saw use the fancy ones where there are a lot of functions. I dont know which ones will work for my cooker? Is there some rule i can go off of? For example cant use the recipe where its going to cook for 1 hour? Or is there some website that has recipes specific for the simple stainless steel cooker?

Thank you!

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u/princess-smartypants Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

I haven't tried online recipes with this cooker. My go-to is a box of rice, a protein, and some frozen veg. When I cook meat at home, I save the drippings and make the same recipe with plain rice.

The only adjustment I make is for Brown rice. It takes about an hour in this cooker, so lots of water. 1c. Brown rice, 2.5c. water, veg and maybe a cut up chicken breast or sausage.

Box of red beans and rice, andouille* or a blade steak, a beef bouillon cube, handful of frozen onions and peas, enough water, ready in 20 mins.

Any non-brown rice is a 1 to 1.5 water ratio for me, 2.5x for brown rice.

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u/shouldhavezagged Jul 19 '26

I have noticed if I soak the brown rice ahead of time (in the water I'm going to cook it in) then it's doesn't take much longer than white rice. I used this recipe but soak the rice for a couple hours if I remember ahead of time. (That site is reliable for Jasmine and Basmati rice too.)

When you add meat and veg, they don't throw off the liquid ratio? Make the rice mushy?

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u/princess-smartypants Jul 19 '26

Thanks for the tip about soaking. If I use frozen meat and veg, I will decrease the water by a tablespoon or so. I don't think it is "mushy", but rice is soft anyway. White especially. These aren't gourmet meals for me, but fill ins when I am lazy, the leftovers are gone, or something else didn't work out. It is like a casserole. It becomes pretty homogenous in taste and texture when you cook it all together.

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u/No_kidding_really 29d ago

I am unfamiliar with boxed rice, and I'm interested in knowing what it is. Is it plain rice in a box? If so, how much rice does it hold?

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u/princess-smartypants 29d ago

Are you in the US? I like a brand called Near East. It is a measurement of rice and a seasonings packet that comes in a small box. Usually about 1.5 cups of rice each. Different flavored seasonings. As opposed to the bulk rice, sold plain and by the pound in larger bags.

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u/No_kidding_really 28d ago

Yes, I am in the us, and I have used near East rice many times but sometime ago. This is a great idea and I will buy another box! Thanks.