What Is The UK’s Best Rice Cooker?
In this guide, we’ll take a look at the best rice cookers. We’ve compared size, cooking functions, style and cost to give you our top recommendations.
Rice Cooker Reviews
Rice Cooker Buyer’s Guide
Who doesn’t like rice, it can be used in so many different ways; steamed or sticky rice for Asian meals, but also traditional puddings, paellas, soups, curries and risottos alike. But cooking rice perfectly, now that’s an art. Luckily with rice cookers that art form is available to all, but what to look for in your rice cooker? Here’s a quick list:
Capacity
Feeding one person occasionally, or a hungry horde on a regular basis? Your rice cooker needs to be capable of cooking enough for everyone, and maybe a bit left over for snacks or the perfect fried rice the next day.
Settings/Options
Too many buttons can be confusing, so look for clear directions and self-explanatory directions. Rice cookers with dedicated settings help take out the worry, so these are great if you like variety in your rice dishes!
Non-Stick
Unless you enjoy spending hours scraping and scrubbing make sure your rice cooker has a non-stick coating on the main cooking bowl. This will ensure you’ll enjoy your meal, and not dread the clean up afterwards.
Ease of cleaning
Apart from the non-stick bowl, look for rice cookers that are easy to wipe down, don’t require much in the way of maintenance cleaning – taking it all apart and scraping out dead rice. A nice touch is being dishwasher safe, though these are rare.
Rice types
Not all rice grains are cooked the same, so rather than discovering you’ve cooked sticky rice when you wanted fluffy steamed, look for rice cookers with dedicated rice settings, White, Brown, Sticky and Sushi are the most common settings.
FAQ
How to use a rice cooker?
Rice cookers are generally straightforward to use. Electric ones will require a nearby power socket to plug into, add your rice, water, and select the desired program. For microwave rice the process is similar; add rice, add water, place in microwave and follow manufacturers directions for timings.