# putting rice in the slow-cooker stew

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 3, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-rice-in-the-slow-cooker-stew/654704 "2013-04-03T04:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-rice-in-the-slow-cooker-stew/654704/1 "2013-04-03T04:20:12Z")

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Tonight’s dinner was Japanese Golden Curry in the slow cooker. Yum, yum. When I went to make the rice I began to wonder whether I could just put the rice and some extra water in the slow cooker and sometime later have rice that’s already infused with the savory taste of curry. But I thought I’d better get advice about proportions and timing, etc. Rice (other than the Minute variety) is still an unfamiliar ingredient for me.

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-rice-in-the-slow-cooker-stew/654704/2 "2013-04-03T04:28:52Z")

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> **[You Can Use Your CrockPot as a Rice Cooker - A Year of Slow Cooking](https://www.ayearofslowcooking.com/2008/03/you-can-use-your-crockpot-as-rice.html)**
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> how to make rice in the crockpot slow cooker as a rice cooker

A slow cooker can be used as a rice cooker. I don’t know how flavorful the rice will be with the residual seasoning from the dinner but it is worth a try.

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**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-rice-in-the-slow-cooker-stew/654704/3 "2013-04-03T10:03:51Z")

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You can add the rice and extra water to the cooker, but to me that generally makes it much more soggy. I much prefer to cook my rice separately from anything else, and serve it separately as well. When you combine at the table, the rice still picks up the flavor, and everyone can decide how much rice / entree they want.