Rating 8 Viral Rice Cooker Recipes

[@IngaLam]

i think this is the first 10/10 i’ve given out in this series… and i can’t believe it’s for kfc 🫣 also, quick question, do we like captions or voiceovers more??

[@NoahBroughton]

Personally I like voiceovers more as it allows me to keep up if I’m multitasking so I can watch while I’m working or cooking. Vs with captions i can’t be doing anything else other then watching/reading or I’ll miss things.

[@gmt8726]

Both? Each achieves a different purpose and feel.

[@studioespxr]

definitely voiceovers

[@vrynnie]

I like voiceovers more but i think captions are nice for the deaf community

[@michellekennedy4426]

Voiceover,I'm a slow reader and sometimes have to pause to read captions,that being said your caption videos give me a cosy feeling so eh both actually,I'm no help clearly😂.

[@gmt8726]

That Oreo is very diabolical. Other than that one the rest all look like a win for college rooms and or new less equipped kitchens.

[@pfreelantz]

Oresotto was right there and feels like a missed opportunity...

[@kspade1788]

3:45 The no-water curry relies heavily on the water content of the vegetables. I think the tomato there was too fresh, a over ripped tomato have more moisture which may work better

[@Ryuu02]

I was thinking it also might have been the salt in the chicken broth that drew out the water from the veg

[@gabrielles1851]

I did the oyakodon recently and you're spot on. The chicken needs to marinate for at least 10 mins. I did 30, and I added more hondashi, soy sauce, and sugar than the recipe called for because I like mine to really have that full flavor. It was spot on like I had made it on the stove. Worth it to toss it in and just walk away. There is another out there by JasmineandTea that uses oyster sauce, ginger, and soy sauce, and garlic. It's also very good and worth a try.

[@WayAlpha101]

I'm absolutely going to make that hainanese chicken rice hack, omg

[@IngaLam]

genuinely so surprised at how good it turned out?!

[@WayAlpha101]

@@IngaLam The pay-off for that time?! Absolutely insane compared to how long the real ones takes!

[@clarechong879]

I do that once every quarter i love it!!

[@canuckkat]

I'm lazy and just buy the prepackaged sauce packet and it honestly tastes pretty good!

[@heatherinsf]

Same!!!!

[@vanna4015]

Could you do a video on airfryer recipes? I have a lot of people tell me that u can make a lot of things in the air fryer, since I'm living as a student. But I'm looking to buy one, so I want to know what I can make in it. Thank you so much for the videos😊

[@gillianc.1519]

I bought an air fryer while in university. I used it to make monkey bread, biscuits, chicken, rosemary thyme potatoes, fried pickles, bacon and french fries. It’s very versatile! My cheap amazon one lasted me all throughout school, until I got a nicer one as a graduation gift.

[@vanna4015]

​@@gillianc.1519 thank you so much for the recommendations! But I think u meant air fryer, guess it was a typo 😄

[@IngaLam]

absolutely! let me get started on curating a new list 👀

[@vanna4015]

@@IngaLam thank you so much! I loved your one pot pasta recipes video and I now make a lot of the OG one pot pasta A LOT now! So thank you, that really helped 😊

[@gillianc.1519]

I did thank you

[@huggledemon32]

I wonder if chopping up the tomato at least a little, might help with the liquid issue- because then the juice would come out more quickly and make the cooking easier/faster?

[@nany____]

It does, i always make this recipe with cut up tomatoes because i hate the seeds and skin so i peel and de-seed the tomato beforehand and it cooks perfectly

[@skygaz3r]

Yes, it does! I add corn and butter and it’s super 👌

[@Heatherey94]

The hello kitty rice cooker 🥹🩷

[@janzoowan]

Singaporean here, love the shoutout! You can also try adding pandan leaves to your hainanese chicken rice to add the fragrance and herbs. May not be as readily available but may make your 70% satisfaction a little higher!

[@_milkysoup]

All these years of people gushing over the airfryer and like two videos of rice cooker recipes have me sold. I did not grown up with one and I don’t have one but this seems so much more accessible to me and fitting to my tastes in food. Love your videos!

[@vikiworley5930]

It took me ages to buy an air fryer, and rarely use it. I’ve been holding off on a rice cooker because I have an instant pot. But this video is pushing me…

[@JohnZombi88]

​@@vikiworley5930 I use my rice cooker 4 times a week. My air fryer? Haven't touched it since last November

[@OneDollarWilliam]

A surprising advocate of the rice cooker as a multifaceted cooking tool was the famous movie critic Roger Ebert! He wrote a book all about it: The Pot and How To Use It. It's not exactly a cookbook, more an extended monologue on the idea of being creative in the kitchen, but as an experienced cook it gave me some great ideas for expanding how i use my rice cooker

[@Inlov3f3r]

Yes, please.....more quick and simple rice cooking ideas. Thanks Inga!!!

[@saranlove6662]

😂😂 As an ethnic Korean who lives in Russia and has owned a rice cooker all my life I have two riсе cookers. In fact, in Russia they are called multicookers. And they are very popular Here. They cook yogurt, pastries, cereals, cook soups, bake muffins, steam. In fact, these are all the same rice cooker just with different temperature conditions and different cooking timers. To be honest, I don't know how to live without this thing

[@nyamchee]

Давно не живу в России, но ужасно мечтаю о мультиварке…

[@mybirdsofparadise]

@@nyamchee Ninja Foodi if you can order it in your place is kinda similar

[@polka.dot.]

Жила в России, имела мультиварку и готовила в ней почти всё. Переехала в Европу и теперь у меня есть ricecooker и я готовлю в ней только рис... Вы открыли мне глаза!

[@dtw777]

I'm adding that Hainan chicken rice to my cherished recipes right up there with that buldak fire noodle chili oil hack you also introduced me to a little while ago. Thanks a bunch, Inga!

[@pchen88]

Oooh... what video was that chili oil hack from?

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Ditto, where is that fire noodle hack??

[@Dwoalin]

As someone who has more or less lived out of an Instant Pot and air fryer the past 4+ years. These are all great recipe ideas. They're so versatile!

[@raven5279]

I appreciate the commitment to the bite on the oreo one, the skepticism was obvious on your face, but not in the size of the spoonful lmao

[@rukiamauichi14]

The last one looks kinda like the champorado here in the Philippines. I'll probably swap the Oreo with cocoa powder and sugar. I guess that'll work much better.

[@miseentrope]

In 2010, Roger Ebert wrote and crowd-sourced "The Pot and How to Use It." It's a fun read with some trusted recipes. Love your channel. 🍲

[@yoda1mama4]

Thank you, Inga🙌🏻 Will try these recipes…

[@jacquespoulemer]

Hi Inge, I'm probably the only fan of East Asian Cookery who has never owned, nor never used a rice cooker. I am wondering how the machine would fare preparing Turkish Rice Pilaf (which is something I often make) I don't think the Persian Rice Dish (Tachin) with the Saffrony crunchy bottom would do so well. From my own heritage, my mom's Arroz con Gandules (Pidgeon Peas). I bet the Peruvian Chinese (Chifa) and Japanese (Nikkei) are way ahead of us with their own dishes. I'm retired here to Mexico, been here 37 years. And sometimes we run out of gas (tanks delivered to the home) so I pull out the electronica. At 72 years I'm always willing to try a new-fangled contraption hehehe . Love your vids Inga, you always teach me something new Jacques o' Napes

[@atomicsnipe]

You can 100% get the flavor of a pilau from a rice cooker but you lose a lot of texture unless you cheat it a bit. A cheap rice cooker well work with the lid off so you can sweat the onion etc and toast the rice, then add the stock pot the lid on and start the cycle over. Ironically the cheap ones will also give you that bottom texture you want. The only reason to spend more than 20 (American) is if you can't stand a socarrat on every batch of rice.

[@jacquespoulemer]

@@atomicsnipe Thanks for the info. I'll file it in my huge head archive under Socorrat (just love that word). All the best Jacques Mexico retired and still eating very very well.

[@kennethchongweithart7905]

I would boil some rice in milk, cardamom, and sprinkle nuts and raisins... Kheer rice pudding...

[@Vanessasweet__]

This sounds so yummy!!

[@katiekawaii]

Ooh!

[@kojilewis]

Love the video! Yes, please do a Part 2! This voiceover was perfect. I'm definitely going to try the Hainanese Chicken Rice! I've always wanted to try making this and after I'm done with work...I'm just tired. Hopefully this will help take some stress off the shoulders.

[@officecooking]

Your videos always make me so happy! What a great way to start my morning!

[@arrrressss]

I love just sticking a tomato into my rice cooker! Sometimes I'll also add the whites of a green onion and some chili flakes if I want a bit more flavour. I also find this is a good use for sort of mealy winter tomatoes because it brings out the sweetness.

[@bentoboi2882]

this is the first video of yours I’ve watched, and I’ve been binge watching your channel since! all the food you make looks delicious, I’m in awe of your skills! you’ve been giving me some rlly good recipe ideas too ^_^ (and you’ve also made me rlly want to get a rice cooker and mini broiler/toaster over thing that u have lol)

[@Notsuria]

For the chicken, you can toss it 10 minutes in the max setting on Air fryer, and it will crisp up and really help with texture! The rice gets some time to rest as well , so win win

[@hypersapien]

I made a japanese curry similar to the one you made recently, but the recipe I followed had WAY more liquid in it, and my rice cooker was incapable of boiling it off. I ran the cook routine twice (about 1.5 hours total) and it was still mostly liquid. I poured it into a wok to boil off the water, that only took 5 minutes. The results looked very unappetizing (brown mush), but it was actually pretty tasty.

[@Feelicitasy]

Inga hear me out on this one... Bread in a rice cooker!! It works, i tried it and the recipe is in the manga "Yakitate!! Japan" (like chapter 11 or something, I would need to get the boxes with old manga out of storage to actually look for it). makes some really fluffy bread, similar to Ciabatta, but takes some time to proof. also another desert you can do in your rice cooker is coconut sticky rice with fresh fruit. other than that, i love that you included the rice + tomato recipe. I first learned it watching Strictly Dumpling years and years back and still love it to this day. especially paired with a nice egg drop soup. Thanks for keeping me company studying with your videos, you never fail to make me smile !

I think the dessert recipe would work with sticky rice. It's a very common dessert in Asian countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and the Phillipines that is a sort of sweet sticky rice ball/cake. Though traditionally it's often made with coconut milk and palm sugar.

[@mayko5989]

inga!! I'm currently sick & having a fever, and the rice cooker curry recipe was just what I needed! so easy to make, and the comfort food I needed during this tough time. thanks so much for helping me discover it 💕

[@hugeal8716]

@Inga, wondering just how many rice cookers you HAVE (like the Hello Kitty). 😂 And…if there’s a reason why there aren’t recipes on here anymore. 😞 Yup, this topic deserves a series! 🗳️

[@hiddenmutant]

I've done the rice cooker pancake (cookercake?) with the easy-peasy "just add water/milk" pancake mix, left to cook overnight for the morning, and it was great. Just throwing it out there since it required actual zero effort, just mixed it in the cooker with no greasing, so it might be a better option for others who want to try. For reference, I used 1 cup of instant mix (Millville Buttermilk Pancake Mix from Aldi) plus the required liquid amount (I used whole milk) for a 6 cup Cuckoo rice cooker. Goes extremely well with a handful of chocolate chips thrown in too!

[@forever_stay6793]

I remember I left a comment on your most recent q&a video about testing viral egg or rice recipes and you said a rice cooker recipe video was in the works. I've been looking forward to this video and I'm so excited to test some of these recipes out! Especially the ones involving chicken and tomatoes! We don't talk about the oreo one though lmao...

[@embilbieblimblehead6827]

wait wait wait what about KFC rice WITH the Hainan treatment, e.g. garlic ginger chili soy and scallions on at the end omg

[@irdonna]

It'd be a lot of extra seasoning not found in traditional Hainanese chicken, but it could work! Maybe with enough ginger, seseme oil and green onion cooked within, we could shift it towards asian flavors!

[@ree_iiinn]

that would be a really great mix of flavours hmm

[@vistalicahalim5468]

i made that hainan rice and tomato rice in rice cooker soooo many times when im just too lazy too cook. i def gotta try that curry and oyakudon. My fav rice cooker recipe that i made a lot is similar to claypot rice but with glutinous rice, adding pork belly/chicken thigh, ebi, lap cheong, oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic... now i'm hungry

[@MariRueter]

You have a Hello Kitty rice cooker!!! EEEEEE! I think that already makes the cooking process more fun 😍

[@si5599]

The hainanese chicken rice turned out so good. Definitely going to make it again. So delicious!!

[@rainwhitez6165]

I had a $20-dollar small rice cooker, learned the tomato rice hack from my grandma and basically used that everyday when I need some veggies

[@Flareontoast]

That was such an enjoyable video! You could definitely make more of these. Rice cookers are really awesome.

[@radhamuthurajini1965]

Kudos for taking one for the team with the oreo rice fudge! I wouldnt have dared doing it (+ my mom wouldve kicked me out of the house)

[@Dusk.03]

Omg, I dont know if you haven't already but some student hack (rice cooker) recipes would be awesome! I'm so low on energy after classes. Loved the vid

[@Icantthinkofanameman]

failed opportunity to call it oresotto

[@calyth6615]

For the second one (tomato curry), perhaps try cutting them in half so that you maximize the tomato contact to the bottom where the heat’s coming from, which should cause the tomato to release moisture fairly early on.

[@marianesarabia5163]

the oreo risotto is similar to what we have in the philippines- ‘champorado’! however, rather than what it is shown in the video, its sweet rice with cocoa powder then you put powdered milk/evaporated milk/condensed milk on top. it is paired by some with dry, salty fish!

[@LovingGodLovingOthers]

I’m not Filipina but I watched a Filipino movie years back and they ate champorado with coconut milk on top and so I had to look up a recipe and try it, it’s so delicious and I loved it ever since😊 I don’t eat it with fish/sardines though I’m scared to try that lol!!

[@luci0818]

Gotta add shaoxing wine and soy sauce to the Hainanese chicken rice! And for the curry, maybe try with the tomatoes quartered - I feel like it just had difficulty releasing tomato juices

[@TrocarSlushWeasel]

I do the 5th recipe on the regular but just a little different. I put diced tomatoes, mushroom, shishito, ponzu and a bunch of spices in with the rice and cover it with karaage. When I serve it, I cover it with marinara and shredded cheese. I also prefer to hard boil my eggs in my egg cooker than boiling them.

[@SAmaryllis]

ty for sharing these!! Saved this to definitely do the tomato rice in the future since it's just sooo simple, and may try the other savory dishes with meat from impossible burger. I worry that it'll be a pain to clean since I think the lining of my rice cooker pot has patches tho...

[@SVURulez]

I've been doing hainanese chicken rice in the pressure cooker (same idea) for years, but I take the extra step of waiting for the chicken to cook and then using the broth to make the rice. That way both chicken and rice are cooked perfectly and you get extra soup leftover.

[@lequinntessential]

This video made me a subscriber! I like that you show the cooking process without speeding it up, and you were honest with the outcomes, including the struggles you had while cooking like the broken pancake edge. Incidentally, you remind me of Mitski...

[@76409k]

These are my fav type of videos you make !!

[@huyentrangpham7752]

that last oreo one is pure evil. I was enjoying my late night ramen and now my appetite is gone.

[@IngaLam]

im so sorry LOL

[@WalrusJoy]

A rice cooker recipe Iake sometimes is rice, frozen mixed veggies(of whatever kind you want), and bacon cut up and put in a thin layer on top. You can do the white rice or quick cook setting. Then, for seasoning, I've done seseme oil, salt and pepper. Gochujang is great too for a poor man's bibimbap. It's very easy, very readily available ingredients, and versatile.

[@brookierob]

I like voiceovers for these kinds of videos! I really like this type of video! There’s also so many things that can be cooked in a rice cooker I’m realizing! Potatoes, squash - it’s just a steamer.

[@jeffwatkins72]

Rice cooker jambalaya is incredible too! Thanks for these ideas :)

[@hemjoo]

I've been using tomato with more veg like carrots, edamame/peas, corn, Chinese sausage/roast pork and I also add salt, miso, dashi powder to the water. Making it a one pot complete meal!

[@rebekahmenn2118]

Thank you for this video. I don't have TikTok and have never seen rice cooker recipes, but I'm definitely going to be looking them up now! I don't have a kitchen in my tiny NY apartment. This is going to change everything. Thanks!!

[@Dreadstone88]

Tried the kfc recipe before. It really is that good. 😍

[@sasentaiko]

I’ve been making more polaos (various South Asian pilafs) in my rice cooker lately. I literally never bothered making them conventionally, until I saw my friends throwing spices into their rice cooker. Then I saw an Afghan Kabuli polao recipe that I modified for my rice cooker and it came out so well. With a bit more effort (eg pre-frying onions and potatoes) I’ve gotten pretty close to Kolkata-style veg biryani. If you already have the right ingredients on hand (whole & ground spices, rose water, kewra water, attar, ghee, or whatever else your nose requires for nostalgia/authenticity), it’s a game changer to realize you can throw it into the rice cooker. It’s a weeknight biryani situation that won’t yield perfect texture, but like everything in this video, is 70% right.

[@tjgan-hn2ib]

Yesterday I made sofrito (roughly chopped onions, celery carrots) rice and tomato sauce ( half can whole peeled tomatoes were added after the rice was cooked with salt and pepper and mix, let it set for few minutes). Lastly, drizzle EVOO and serve

[@shivangisinha9198]

I'm just thinking outloud here but there is a dessert in Indian cuisine called kheer which is cooked with rice in milk (the ratio is different from the recipe in the video), sugar (I sometimes make it with jaggery) and some aromatics like cardomom pods. I wonder if reducing the amount of oreos to just enough to flavour the kheer and adjusting the sugar/ sweetner ratio (or even eliminating it since we are using oreos), might redeem this "... oreo risotto". Thoughts? By the way, thanks for this compilation with your suggestions. I am PhD student and I often end up skipping meals because of the schedule or feeling too tired to cook. But I think with these one pot recipe ideas, I might be able to regulate my meals better! Thanks Inga!

[@ashifahajira7201]

This!!

[@Jo_Alien]

As someone that doesn’t like cooking, I will absolutely be using these recipes. One of my favorites is rice cooker bibimbap!

[@RC-eb5hb]

Inga, have you tried combining the tomato and kfc rice, to make rice? It’s pretty good, imo. Also, try using other fried chicken, spicy jollibee and Popeyes also work well. I was hopeful the Oreo one would be like a rice pudding, but I guess you can’t win them all… 😅

[@VoidBringer_98]

Alot of these look like ingenious life hacks for sure!! Im in love with the idea of great meals in into shortcut. Oreo... The oreo thing... Questionable yeah. My favorite was definitely that chicken one pot dinner

[@marabanara]

This video is gold! Thank you!

[@J_Peace]

Inga's videos always bring a calmness to my soul.

[@kyrastuart1920]

I have made the hainanese chicken a few times. It s so good!

[@ukelilly]

fav would be Hainan chicken, oyakodon..runner up..curry

[@Melessenz]

I already know my postpartum food! Oyakodon! Omg looks perfect! Can’t wait to eat again runny eggs! 🤤🤤

[@natalinegloriana3430]

I used to push the limit of my rice cooker back in the college. From just heating up water, making soup or instant noodle, frying egg and even baking a cake!

[@studioespxr]

Do these not work with the other zojirushi rice cooker? I think I have the same rice cooker that you used for the first one.

[@IngaLam]

oh no, the other one definitely works (probably better too). i just wanted to feature both types!

[@butterflylofu]

They work, I’ve done the Hainan chicken one as well as a slew of other chicken ones with my Z rice cooker

[@nerdydancer900]

I recently made some bone broth in my rice cooker. took the bones and wings and some skin from my rotisserie with some aromatics and some spices and some msg.I burned the bones a little bit by "sauteing" them with the rice cooker on with no liquid, then I did enough water to cover an inch over the bones and then let it cook for a while. Then I strain and freeze it for later use. it came out great!

[@liblabstp]

thank you for compiling these! one pot recipes are always a lot of fun to make (and watch!). gonna try the hainanese chicken rice omg! that oreo one seems very questionable tho haha

[@AV63321]

I actually use the kfc rice all the time, it works well with other fried chicken! My favorite is jollibee and sometimes i toss the gravy in the mixture + frozen vegetables!

[@thepokemonfreak117]

Yesss it’s rice cooker time 😍😍

[@twicebang4556]

Thank you!! I’ve just entered uni and am living alone for the first time with my rice cooker. I will try these

[@tsinninggg]

I loveee rice cooker recipes and I'm gonna make everythinggg, maybe except the oreo

[@199944224]

I make crustless cheesecake in my ricecooker. Half of JustOneCookBook's Japanese Cheesecake recipe fits in my ricecooker perfectly. I do have to hit cook twice when I do it, but it comes out beautifully and it's way easier than parchment paper in a springform pan in a bain marine

[@kateymateymusic1]

I make the KFC rice dish all the time! I purposely order extra chicken from KFC so we have leftovers to make this. YUM

[@vuperJf001]

for the pancake, you can also slice the apples and put some sugar and cinammon on the bottom and put the pancake mix you mixed. You can make apple cake stuff

[@JTP1982]

About to sleep and now I'm hungry

[@ayapamungkas2267]

I have a tiny jar of hainanese chicken rice seasoning paste ready in my fridge hahaha.... Basically I use 2 parts of garlic paste, 2 parts of scallions paste, and 1 part of ginger paste. Mix well, you can cook it with tiny bit of vegetable oil to elongate the storage life, put in in a jar then store it in the fridge. Using similar rice cooker method, I only need to wash my rice & chicken, pop into the rice cooker pan, and the water as needed, 1-2 tsp of the paste and salt to taste, sometimes add a bit of oyster sauce as well to enrich the flavor, cook until done. 5 min preparation, 30 mins cooking time (basically you do nothing just wait or do something else). 😬

[@BbGun-lw5vi]

How long does the paste last in fridge? Thanks.

[@cortneykaszowski]

For the pasta one, I cook it with broth instead of milk, absolutely great when you have no energy to cook, or no kitchen

[@saroltavarga5773]

I love that hello kitty rice cooker🤩

[@kevinmccarthy2793]

I wonder about Spanish rice. We use a relatively simple recipe. Though we fo toast the rice before adding the rest. A can of crushed or Dice tomatoes, a cup or two of chicken broth, cumin, paprika, and chili powder to taste.

[@nigl2807]

Hainanese chicken one is the best one imho. Cooked it a few times now myself :D

[@shahinmarshall]

❤❤❤❤❤ love your content as usual brings me joy! hope to see more international dishes, been slipping 😏🇹🇹🇮🇷

[@tralee2006]

I've done the KFC one a few times. My fav is using the hot and crispy or the wicked wings 🇦🇺. Adds some chilli heat

[@mrgarywong]

Omg the Hello Kitty Zojirushi! I need it!

[@itsbananas_banana]

omg i gasped at the hello kitty rice cooker excited to learn more easy recipes

[@patblack781]

Oh thanks this is very helpful! I tried cooking my dinner in only my rice cooker yesterday since I was out of gas and it was okay but a bit bland, I should've added more seasoning

[@katybechnikova2821]

As a person with chronic fatigue, I would do all of them (except maybe the oreo...). This is great.

[@Lil-Dragon]

My one person rice cooker is great, and I definitely am tempted to try a few of these for myself

[@gloriouslyimperfect]

I love my rice cooker and will be adding all of these to my repitore - except the oreos.. Im not a sweets girl id say for the curry a nice can of tomatoes with the juice from the can would probably do the trick and you could add a little cornstartch to the mac and cheese if you want it to be a bit thicker

[@karrissamarks3522]

I just got a rice cooker the day before this and didn't see the notification for the video😂😂ty I'm sure there's a ton of ways to use this,I'd love to see more

[@shadowvampwolf]

glad to see u going strong and still posting inga! (have not seen a video for u since buzzfeed haha)

[@meekaa7010]

Using box cake mix also works in a rice cooker.

[@blackcatseye22]

Love your rice cooker.

[@RajonM]

I need Inga to do a collab with Beryl! Both of you guys are in NYC and have a huge mutual subscription base 😭❤️

[@sarjean]

I was skeptical about the KFC but that looked really good!

[@kaybouie1972]

LET'S GO!!!! Hello Kitty rice cooker😃😃