The method of cooking rice in a Hamilton Beach product is the same one you would use with other rice cooker or pressure cooker products — except for products from this brand, it is way easier and fool-proof, guaranteed to reduce the time you spend in the kitchen and make your rice cooking process easier and more pleasant.
If it’s your first time, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to make rice in your Hamilton Beach Rice Cooker:
- Take some uncooked rice grains of any variety you prefer. How much rice to put would depend on how much cooked rice servings you’re looking to yield. For example, if you’re looking to yield rice for your family of 5, you need to pop at least 2.5 to 3 cups of uncooked rice to serve a little over 1 cup of rice per head. Here’s a cheat sheet that can help you determine how much uncooked rice to put:
- Yield 3 cups = add 1.5 cups uncooked
- 4 cup = add 2 cups uncooked
- 6 cups = add 3 cups uncooked
- 8 cups = add 4 cup uncooked
- 10 cup = add 5 cups uncooked
- 12 cups = 6 cups uncooked
- 16 cups = add 8 cups uncooked
- 20 cup = add 10 cup uncooked
2. Put your uncooked rice in a rice washer for rinsing. If you don’t have one, you can use the stainless steel inner pot of your rice cooker.
3. To rinse your rice, put water in your rice washer or inner pot. Fill it until your rice is completely submerged.
4. Using your hands, take two handfuls of rice grains and rub them against each other to completely clean them and get rid of impurities and other debris.
5. The cloudiness of the water is a sign that the rice came from a dirty place. So you want to pour the dirty water out. Be careful not to spill the rice.
6. Repeat steps 3 to 6 over and over again until the water you use to clean your rice is no longer cloudy or muddy. When it becomes clear, it’s safe to say that your rice is now clean and you can now begin cooking.
7. If you used a rice washer or separate pot to clean your rice, transfer them to your Hamilton Beach rice cooker’s inner pot.
8. Now it’s time to add water to your pot — the quantity of which will depend on the type of rice you’re cooking. Different kinds of rice varieties require different quantities of water to cook perfectly. Here’s your cheat sheet:
9. White rice/ Long rice like Basmati and Jasmine – 2 cups water to 1 cup rice
10. Short rice like sushi or Japanese rice – 1 ¼ cups water to 1 cup rice
11. Brown rice – 1 ¾ cups water to 1 cup long grain brown rice; 2 cups water to 1 cup short-grain brown rice
12. Put the inner pot in the rice cooker. If you’re looking to make use of the steamer basket to steam your viand like meat, fish, or veggies, pop those ingredients in the steamer basket and put it on top of the inner pot.
13. When everything you’re looking to make is in the rice cooker, close the lid. Depending on the features of your rice cooker, click on the button or flick the switch to begin the cooking cycle. Luckily, many Hamilton Beach rice cookers are incredibly fool-proof, so you don’t have to worry about the complexities of beginning the cooking cycle.
14. Now all you really have to do is wait. It could take 30 minutes to 45 minutes for your rice to be done cooking. But with a Hamilton Beach model, you don’t have to sit in the kitchen and observe the cooking cycle. You can let your rice cooker do it for you, while you go and do other things.
15. When the cooking cycle is finished, the automatic keep warm setting will automatically begin to keep your rice at optimal serving temperature when you’re ready to eat. This also prevents the bottom of the pan from overcooking, making rice cooking easier than ever.
And that’s it! Cooking rice in a Hamilton Beach rice cooker is incredibly easy and fool-proof, you don’t even have to worry about anything.
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