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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Mini electric hot pot is compact, convenient, suitable for those who live alone or students in dormitories. The pot can cook many dishes from fried dishes, soups, steamed dishes to cooking rice. Let’s join Điện máy XANH into the kitchen to learn how to cook rice with the mini pot quickly!
Ingredients for Cooking rice with a mini hot pot For 1 person
White rice 1.5 cups
How to choose good rice
- You should choose new rice, preferably seasonal rice; do not buy rice that has been stored for a long time as it will lose its nutrients.
You should choose rice that is even, round, and shiny, with a light aroma that can be faintly detected. - Do not choose broken, crushed rice, or rice that is yellow, black, has a musty smell, or strange odors as these indicate spoiled rice that has been stored for too long.
- Do not choose rice that is too white or has a silver belly as it may be bleached or excessively milled, causing the outer bran layer to be lost, resulting in less nutritional value.
- You can chew the rice to determine if it is good; if the rice has a slight sweet taste, feels powdery, and smells fragrant, then it is good rice.
Tools needed
How to Cook Rice with a Mini Hot Pot
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Rinse the Rice
You use a rice bowl or measuring tool to scoop about 1.5 cups of white rice into a large bowl. Next, rinse the rice with water 2 – 3 times until it is clean.
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Cook the Rice
You put all the rinsed rice into the mini hot pot and add just enough water.
Note: You should add water in the ratio of 1 (rice): 1.5 (water) for best results. If you add water in a 1:1 ratio with the rice, it may be too little and the rice when cooked could be dry or undercooked.Finally, plug it in and adjust the temperature to the highest setting. If your mini hot pot has a separate pot insert, make sure to dry around the pot insert before placing it in the outer pot.
You cook the rice for about 10 minutes. When you see the rice boiling and the water starting to evaporate, adjust the temperature to moderate, then use a ladle or chopsticks to stir the rice for even cooking.
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Steaming rice
You continue to cover the lid, adjust the heat to the lowest level, and steam the rice for another 5 – 10 minutes until the rice is completely dry.
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Final product
In just a short time, you have finished cooking a delicious pot of rice. The mini hot pot usually has a non-stick layer inside, so the rice when cooked minimizes the risk of burning at the bottom or sticking to the pot.
The rice cooked with the mini hot pot is still evenly cooked and fragrant. The rice grains are soft, glossy, and have the naturally sweet flavor of the rice.
So you now know how to cook rice with a mini hot pot deliciously and quickly. A mini electric hot pot can cook a lot of dishes, right? Wishing you successful cooking!
