Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Making Rice in a Crockpot

Did you know that you can make rice in a crockpot? I just found that out yesterday.

Sure you can make rice on the stove - but whenever I do I either burn it or hover around it and keep checking it to make sure it doesn't burn.

You can make it in the microwave - and I do sometimes - but it always seems to bubble over and make a huge mess.

You can use a rice steamer - and I do have a small one - but having a piece of kitchen equipment that only does one job - isn't the greatest.

Rice in a crockpot is super easy. I have only experimented with this method using white rice (which we normally do not eat...I had forgotten how absolutely wonderful white rice with a light smear of butter and salt and pepper tastes!) and it turned out perfect!

Step 1 - lightly grease your crockpot with butter
Step 2 - add rice and water (2 c of water per 1 c of rice)
Step 3 - turn on high

That's it! I made a HUGE amount of rice and it took close to 2 hrs to cook. I unplugged the crockpot and the rice stayed warm enough to serve, for about 4 hrs.

I'm not quite sure what I'll do with all the white rice...maybe some rice pudding...I will freeze some of it for future use as well.

4 comments:

ames said...

I'll have to give this a try, it doesn't stick to the bottom at all?

I was very against one-purpose appliances until I got my rice cooker and I have to say I use it *all* the time. I've steamed vegetables and dumplings in it and there are even some one-pot rice cooker meals out there too (kind of like homemade rice a roni).

Kara said...

How cool, I will be trying this!

CanadianGrandma said...

I certainly will try this out...a real timesaver!

Lynda said...

Make fried rice... I am a fan of the absorbtion method.. 1 cup rice - 1.5 cup water... salt -- bring to the boil turn down really low for about 12 minutes.. then turn it off if all the water has been absorbed.. works everytime for me.