How to Use rice cooker in a Sentence

rice cooker

noun
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  • The beans sit on the stove next to the sacred rice cooker.
    — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2021
  • One place to start is to invest in a great rice cooker.
    — Becca Miller and Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2023
  • Bust out your rice cooker for this one-pot meal: The chicken cooks on the steamer rack above the grains and they're done at the same time.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Then start the rice in a rice cooker before making the chicken.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Cook the rice according to the instructions on the rice cooker.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • The space was cramped, stuffed with bunk beds, a fridge, a microwave, a hot plate, a rice cooker, and cleaning supplies.
    — Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Zojirushi rice cooker One of our staffers swears by this rice cooker for no-fuss fluffy rice.
    — Leslie Yazel, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In just 15 minutes, this microwave rice cooker makes a fluffy batch of rice to pair with their protein.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2022
  • More rice cooking tips Use a heavy-bottomed pot or rice cooker.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • These days, of course, satchels of glutinous rice can be found at most markets, and a rice cooker with a sticky or sweet rice setting will cook the rice in no time.
    — Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • My favorite piece of equipment in the kitchen is my electronic rice cooker.
    — Kathy Mooreand, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • From my Instant Pot to my rice cooker to my sous vide wand, I’d no longer be accused of being a culinary luddite.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The couple made meals with a toaster oven, microwave, electric frying pan and rice cooker.
    — Rob Perez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Florence refused to reconnect it, so Martha had to make do with a microwave, a rice cooker, and an air fryer.
    — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022
  • To wit, Wu has teamed up with QVC on a range of countertop-worthy cookware, from pots and pans to bamboo utensil sets, to a sleek rice cooker.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Cooking rice on a stove requires attention, a rice cooker does not.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 14 Nov. 2023
  • To cook rice the best way — the Filipino way, according to her — fill a rice cooker with water just below the second knuckle of your middle finger.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Aides helped Minister Chen set up a rice cooker on stage, then properly fit his mask inside.
    — Dan Xin Huang, The New Republic, 24 May 2021
  • Daily stoop sales, where neighbors can barter children’s clothes for soap, or a rice cooker for a fan, are increasingly common.
    — Lillian Perlmutter, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2022
  • Having already given away my bread machine, rice cooker and yogurt maker, the idea of an Instant Pot in my small kitchen wasn’t at all appealing.
    — Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In addition to being a pressure cooker, this product is also a rice cooker, a yogurt maker, and a slow cooker.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The restaurant was also using an unapproved household rice cooker, and bowls and plastic containers to scoop food.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Using vegetable peeler, remove 2 stripslemon zest and add to rice cooker along with garlic, rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The latter appliance does seven different jobs — it pressure cooks, slow cooks, and serves as a rice cooker, yogurt maker, steamer, sauté pan, and food warmer.
    — Jennifer Maldonado, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2022
  • There are so many settings that will make many of your appliances redundant as it can be used as a pressure cooker, slow cooker, steamer, rice cooker, and even as a sterilizer.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
  • This 6-quart pressure cooker has 4.7 stars and serves as eight kitchen appliances in one: Pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, cake maker, Saute pan, steamer and warmer.
    — Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 29 Apr. 2022
  • After the water is absorbed, the temperature in the rice cooker begins to increase, and the cooker automatically shuts off.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 5 July 2022
  • Modern technology holds out the promise of a world without error, where every outcome is predictable and assured, where even the amount of scorch at the bottom of the pot can be calculated to the second by a fuzzy-logic rice cooker.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Zojirushi Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with their micom machines.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The 9-in-1 device is a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, steamer, sauté pan, yogurt maker, sterilizer, and food warmer.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024

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