From roasting chicken to baking cakes, and cooking sweet soups, the electric rice cooker is your swift culinary companion.
1. Unlock the flavors with an electric rice cooker.
Roasting chicken, baking cakes, and cooking sweet soups are just a plug away with the electric rice cooker.
1. Delectable sponge cakes crafted with the magic of an electric rice cooker
Craving a sponge cake but lacking an oven? Fear not, for the electric rice cooker can effortlessly aid you in this endeavor.
Ingredients:
Flour, cornstarch, fresh milk, eggs, cooking oil, salt, sugar, butter, vanilla.
Crafting a sponge cake with an electric rice cooker follows these steps:
Step 1:
Separate egg yolks and whites.
Step 2:
Using a mixer, beat egg whites at low speed until bubbles appear, then add a pinch of salt and increase speed. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
Step 3:
Add fresh milk, vanilla, and cooking oil to the egg yolk bowl, using a whisk to mix evenly.
Step 4:
Combine cornstarch and flour, then sift this mixture into the egg yolk mixture, folding and stirring until smooth and glossy.
Step 5:
Divide the beaten egg whites into 3 portions, folding each portion into the egg yolk mixture until the batter turns light yellow, loose, and smooth.
Step 6:
Line the bottom of the electric rice cooker with parchment paper to ease cake removal later.
Step 7:
Pour the batter into the electric rice cooker, switch to the cook mode until the cooker transitions to warm mode, then let the cake sit in the cooker for about 30 minutes. To check for doneness, simply insert a toothpick—if it comes out clean, the cake is ready.
2. Sweet soup simmered to perfection with an electric rice cooker
Ingredients:
Black beans, sugar, coconut milk, grated coconut, sea salt, tapioca starch.
Simmering sweet soup with an electric rice cooker follows these steps:
Step 1:
Clean black beans, soak them in water with a pinch of salt for about 4-5 hours before cooking.
Step 2:
Scoop out the beans, rinse thoroughly, then place them into the electric rice cooker. Fill the cooker with water until it reaches two finger joints above the beans, adding a bit of salt to enhance flavor.
Note: You can add a bit of baking soda to hasten the softening process.
Step 3:
Switch the rice cooker to cook mode.
Step 4:
When the cooker switches to warm mode, let it sit for another 15 minutes, then switch back to cook mode once more. Taste a bean—if it's tender, turn off the cooker.
Step 5:
Scoop the beans into another pan, stir-fry with sugar to sweeten. Then, transfer the beans back to the rice cooker, switch to cook mode.
Step 6:
Dissolve tapioca starch in water, then pour into the cooker, stirring until the soup thickens.
Step 7:
Ladle the soup into bowls, add coconut milk and sprinkle grated coconut on top (if desired).
3. Savory roasted chicken courtesy of an electric rice cooker
It's hard to believe that chicken roasted in an electric rice cooker can rival that from an oven or charcoal grill. The special recipe below will ensure you have perfectly roasted chicken!
Ingredients:
Chicken thighs, small ginger, spring onion bulbs, toasted sesame seeds, soy sauce, fish sauce, honey.
Roasting chicken with an electric rice cooker follows these steps:
Step 1:
Mix soy sauce, fish sauce, and honey in a bowl, stirring well.
Step 2:
Clean chicken thighs, pat dry, make some shallow cuts on the skin, then marinate the chicken with the sauce mixture and refrigerate for about 30 minutes for the flavors to infuse.
Step 3:
Slice ginger into thin pieces, cut spring onion bulbs into segments, then layer them at the bottom of the cooker. Next, add the chicken and pour the remaining marinade over it. Switch the cooker to cook mode. Once the cooker transitions to warm mode, open the lid and flip the chicken over with chopsticks.
Step 4:
Add the remaining spring onion for a more aromatic touch. Wait for 10 minutes more, then the chicken is cooked.
4. Crafting sticky rice with an electric rice cooker
If you don't have a traditional steamer or steaming pot, you can still make sticky rice using an electric rice cooker with the following method.
Ingredients: Glutinous rice, mung beans, sea salt.
Crafting sticky rice with an electric rice cooker follows these steps:
Step 1:
Soak glutinous rice for about 1 hour, rinse thoroughly, then place it into the cooker.
Step 2:
Soak mung beans until they swell.
Step 3:
Pour water into the rice cooker, bring it to a boil, then add the glutinous rice. When it boils again, remove the excess water, leaving just enough to cover the rice. Now add the mung beans, stir well, and add a little salt for a richer flavor.
Step 4:
Turn on the cooker with the cook mode, then wait until it switches to warm mode, about 25-30 minutes until the rice is cooked. Occasionally stir the rice during this time.
Wishing you success in applying these recipes with your electric rice cooker!