I was in canada last year and bought rice cooker and a pot as i like to cook brown rice and cook steamed broccoli with the pot. The other pot that is available at the apt i rent at, I use to steam salmon fish or chicken breast. The thing is im only going to be in canada for 3 weeks only though it might be 7 weeks… not 100 percent sure.
The reason why i like to cook my own food instead of buying outside food is because i break out quite a bit in my face when eating outside food. I find brown rice, broccoli and steamed chicken breast and salmon good and keeping my breakouts from getting worst. The thing is i dont want to spend a lot of money buying these cooking things as after 3 weeks or 7 weeks, i will be just leaving it behind. Last time i was here over 6 months so obviously i have to rice cooker and pot.
Does anyone know if any rice cooker would allow you to steam vegetables? This is the one i bought from walmart just now. I figure no point of buying a really nice one if i need it for a short time then going to just leave it behind. I had not known one could steam vegetables with a rice cooker as i always just steamed it with water with a regular pot.
The reason why i ask this is b/c if i could do this, then no point of me buying another pot.
So back in canada when i stayed late last year and most of this year, when i cook, i would steam brown rice for 45 minute with the rice cooker, then with my 2 other pots… one would be steaming broccoli or bok choy with water and the other pot would be me steaming salmon or chicken breast. I also always use the same pot for broccoli/bok choy whereas the other pot i use only for salmon/chicken breast.
Does anyone know if i will have an issue with getting just the rice cooker? I will probably have 1 pot that is available at that apartment b/c its a furnished studio but i obviously dont want to use that pot to cook vegetables as to me lot of ppl used it already. I have no issue with using the pot to cook chicken breast/salmon steamed b/c i put the fish/chicken on a small plate on top of this utensil to steam it. Does that make sense? Does anyone know what is the name of this utensil?
Thanks all.
I have a rice cooker that has a steamer basket that came with it: goes in between the pot part and the lid. So, yeah, you could probably get a steamer basket and put it right into the cooker.
Whats the difference between steaming broccoli in a rice cooker vs steaming it with water in a pot?
Also i googled and apparently one could steam salmon as well this way? Im confused but dont u need water in the steamer though or is the water in the brown rice good enough?
So if i want to cook all of these things, i could cook it all at once? Brown rice, broccoli, salmon?
If i only wanted to cook the broccoli, i read it just takes 10 minutes? But what if i want to cook brown rice and broccoli? How would this work? I cant imagine you steam both of them then 10 minute you take out the broccoli then let the rice steam for another 35 minutes?
Im very intrigued by this as i always thought a rice cooker cooked rice only. The rice cookers that i did bought back then, i know there was a steamer basket but i never used it b/c i didn’t know how to use it.
Also healthwise, is using the steamer basket just as good as steaming it regularly with 2 different pots like i did previously?
Well the apt has lot of plates and other things etc. And well u dont know 100 percent where its been etc. Thats why i usually buy my own bowl, cup there etc.
Example the 2 pots i use even back in the usa, i use one pot sole for steaming vegetables like broccoli or bok choy. The other one solely for salmon/chickne breast and other meat.
Anyway, why not just buy an electric skillet? You can cook almost anything in one, they are cheap, and you can cook multiple things. What are you even talking about, taking brocolli out of the rice? You cook your rice until almost done, you add your brocolli or whatever for the last ten minutes of cooking. You are aware that this is possible, yes?
Or just use the utensils and equipment already in the “apt.” What sort of cooties, specifically, do you think you will get from shared cooking equipment and utensils? Do you never eat at restaurants or other peoples houses?
You can totally do what you’re proposing. Any rice cooker you buy should come with an instruction manual and cookbook that details exactly how to do it. Just RTFM.
I have a rice cooker/steamer and the program for quick white rice takes about 30 minutes.
The manual doesn’t talk about rice cooking and steaming at the same time but I just whack the basket in the top with a parcel of fish and some veg etc. and it cooks perfectly well. I don’t mess about with it and the upshot is that broccoli and other gentle veg are slightly over but carrots and fish are perfect.
It is an enclosed, heated, steamy atmosphere so not much can go wrong. As with all steaming, it is quite forgiving with veg and once they get to a certain level of done-ness (i.e. after about 30 mins) they don’t suddenly turn to mush so even if your rice cycle takes longer you should be fine.
top tips, practice with the size of your veg chunk and parcel your fish with ginger, garlic, chilli, soy sauce and coriander.
You don’t even need a basket for things like Broccoli. It’s a student staple in Asia, bang all your stuff into the rice cooker, veggies, meat, whatever. Hit the button you’re done.
It’s not the best, and the veggies will likely be overcooked, but it’s certainly doable.