Rice Cooker

September 27, 2026 Leave a comment In Rice Cooker, To Try, Vegetable Dishes, Weeknight Meals

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups rice, rinsed
  • 1.25 cups water
  • 1 tsp dashi powder
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp mirin
  • 2 tbsp sake
  • 1 clove garlic, grated
  • About 1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • Green onions, chopped, for garnish

Directions

  • Rinse the rice and add it to the rice cooker inner pot.
  • Add the water, dashi powder, soy sauce, mirin, sake, and grated garlic.
  • Top with the sliced shiitake mushrooms.
  • Cook on the regular white rice setting.
  • Fluff and mix, then serve topped with chopped green onions.

A Japanese-style mushroom rice adapted for the rice cooker. Quantities read from the video's on-screen text. From cabagges.world on Instagram.

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Ingredients

  • Onions, sliced
  • Tomatoes, chopped
  • Butter
  • Protein of choice (beef or chicken), cut into pieces
  • 1 shot espresso
  • Japanese curry cubes (curry roux), to taste
  • Black pepper
  • Cooked rice, to serve
  • Optional: kimchi, to serve

Directions

  • Add the onions, tomatoes, butter, your protein, a shot of espresso, and the curry cubes to the rice cooker. No extra water needed — the liquid cooks out of the tomatoes and onions, so it stays super flavorful.
  • Set the rice cooker to multi-cook (slow cook) for 1 hour.
  • Give everything a good squish/stir, add a couple more curry cubes and black pepper to taste, then cook once more on the regular white-rice setting.
  • When it's done everything will have melded together and the meat will be super tender. Serve over rice (excellent with kimchi on the side).

Method captured from the video (rough). The tomatoes are the game-changer. From Henna Choi on Instagram.

September 27, 2026 Leave a comment In Meats, Rice Cooker, To Try, Weeknight Meals

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lbs lean boneless skinless chicken thighs (cut into 1-inch dice)
  • 1 cup raw rice
  • 3 1/2 tbsp vinegar
  • 6 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 onion
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tsp black pepper

Directions

  • Prep takes 5-10 minutes: dice the chicken and add everything to the rice cooker.
  • Press the button down and let it cook, about 30-45 minutes depending on your rice cooker. (Great to start in the morning before work.)

From Christian Bautista on Instagram.

September 27, 2026 Leave a comment In Meats, Rice Cooker, To Try, Weeknight Meals

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rice + the regular amount of water for that rice, minus 1/2 cup
  • 1 lb chicken
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1/2 cup light soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1.5 tbsp sugar
  • 5-6 cloves garlic
  • 3-4 bay leaves
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

  • Wash the rice, drain, and add it to the rice cooker with the water (the regular amount for 2 cups of rice, minus 1/2 cup).
  • Add the chicken, onion, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar.
  • Give it a mix, season with salt and pepper, and tuck in the bay leaves.
  • Cook on the rice cookers regular white rice setting.
  • Remove the bay leaves and serve.

From Easy Peasy Jordan on Instagram, inspired by @thetastebud. Method transcribed from the video.

September 27, 2026 Leave a comment In Desserts, Rice Cooker, To Try

Ingredients

  • 8 oz taro (vacuum-sealed, peeled taro recommended)
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 3.5 cups water
  • 2.5 Tbsp sago (small tapioca pearls)
  • 3/4 cup full-fat coconut milk

Directions

  • Peel and rinse the taro to remove excess starch, then cut it into 1-inch cubes.
  • Add the taro, sugar, salt, and water to your rice cooker. Start a 'quick cook' cycle (multi-function cooker) or the normal cycle (standard cooker). If your cooker has a timer, add the sago 13 minutes before the cycle ends; if not, add it 15 minutes after starting. Total cook time is about 25-30 minutes.
  • When the cycle finishes, open the lid and gently stir. If the taro is still a bit hard, run the machine another 5 minutes until softened.
  • Pour in the coconut milk gently and serve warm (or chill and serve cold).

From Herman at Home on Instagram; full recipe on hermanathome.com.

September 27, 2026 Leave a comment In Meats, Rice Cooker, To Try, Weeknight Meals

Ingredients

  • Rice, washed
  • Water (the amount you'd normally use to cook the rice)
  • Pork, cut into pieces (sauteed first, or added raw)
  • Maggi Magic Sinigang mix (use more for a more intense sour broth)
  • Vegetables of choice (e.g. kangkong, string beans, eggplant, okra, radish), left whole to sit on top

Directions

  • Saute the pork first so the browning adds flavor (or add it raw and it will still work).
  • Wash the rice and add your measured cooking water to the rice cooker pot.
  • Add the pork, then stir in the Maggi Sinigang mix. For a more intense sour broth, use more mix.
  • Lay the vegetables on top so they steam rather than boil and hold their shape.
  • Press Cook. The rice absorbs the sour broth and pork flavor; because the vegetables sit on top, each one stays distinct. Serve straight from the pot.

A hands-free rice-cooker take on sinigang: you lose the soup, but every grain carries the sour flavor. From Pepper.ph on Instagram.

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