Rice Cooker Fried Rice

"Everyone knows that Rice Cookers are convenient and save time, but did you know you can cook almost anything in them? Even Fried Rice. Try this simple, fast delicious recipe that will have you craving for more. I often make this dish for bbq's and it is ALWAYS a BIG HIT."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
2-4
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ingredients

  • 2 cups rice
  • 2 cups beef stock
  • 1 tablespoon oil (flavoured infused oil works very well)
  • 250 g bacon (cut into strips)
  • 1 onion (sliced)
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (corn kernels and peas will do)
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
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directions

  • Turn Rice Cooker onto cook.
  • Add oil, bacon, onion and garlic to Rice Cooker.
  • Stir frequently until onion is soft.
  • Add rice to Rice Cooker and coat in oil.
  • Add frozen vegetable and beef stock and mix well.
  • Place lid on Rice Cooker and let it do its thing.
  • When finished mix in Soy Sauce and stir.
  • Serve.

Questions & Replies

  1. I know it's a silly question, but I have to ask because I truly don't know - does the recipe call for uncooked or cooked rice? Do I need to cook the rice ahead of time?
     
  2. Can I use vegetable broth and leave out the bacon ? A family member is a vegetarian.
     
  3. I am going to be making this for the first time today. I have all the ingredients i need for this, but I'm confused about how much water to use. Am I only using beef stock and letting it all cook in the beef stock? Or am I gonna be adding more water to it? I'm using jasmine rice the package says 2 cups of rice takes 3 cups of water.
     
  4. I make my own Mexican rice ...with onions tomatoes,peas, and tomato sauce after I saute my ingredients can it go right in the rice cooker?
     
  5. I have a 3 cup rice cooker can I make this in it
     
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Reviews

  1. This was tasty, but I trusted the recipe, and I probably shouldn't have. The cups of rice listed should probably be the measuring cup that came with my rice cooker, not an actual measuring cup; while the cups for the beef stock probably is an actual measuring cup. I used short grain rice, hoping it would cook appropriately, but it was still crunchy after the first pass. While I loved the convenience (and smell) of cooking the bacon and onions and garlic in my rice cooker, it didn't really work very well. I would probably go ahead and saute in a frying pan first and then put it in my rice cooker. The flavor was kind of bland, also. All of that aside, I think this is a great idea and I will probably play around until we find something that works for our family. Thank you for posting! :)
     
  2. Yum! This is a great way to sneak in veggies for your kids. I used the rice cooker measuring cup for the rice, did not use bacon and added an extra cup of veggies. Next time I will try adding chicken for a complete meal.
     
  3. Very good! I left out the bacon, and measured the rice in the cup that came with the cooker, but used a regular measuring cup for the broth. I used chicken broth because I already had some opened in the frig. I also used Seasame oil. Going to try it with some chicken next time.
     
  4. I've made this a few times now and love it. My friend can't tolerate fat so I made it without the oil and bacon and it still tasted fantastic. You definitely need to use rice cooker cups for the rice and regular cups for the stock. Try using stirfry veges it works really well.
     
  5. I have no idea how 2 cups of liquid is supposed to cook 2 cups of rice in the rice cooker...I went against my better judgement and followed the recipe, but had to run the rice cooker through many cycles and add tons more water to try to salvage this, and it still came out crunchy. Did I miss something?
     
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Tweaks

  1. I tweaked it just a bit and it came out restaurant grade fried rice. I did all the cooking in my rice cooker. It has an automatic shutoff for cooking rice. 3 tbsp. real butter in my rice cooker 1/2 onion finely chopped added to melted butter 1 tbsp. garlic finely chopped added to melted butter 4 slices 1/8 thick ham lunch meat cut into strips and added in with onions and garlic Cook until garlic and onion are translucent then add 2 cups water plus 1 tbsp. chicken bullion I added one beaten egg early in the cooking 1 cup rice about five minutes before rice is complete I added 1/2 can peas 1/2 can corn 2 tbsp. soy sauce I added second beaten egg when most of the water was absorbed into the rice. just poured the egg onto the rice and did not stir it in, wanted it to cook in large chunks of egg Wow that was good. Next time I will add some finely chopped green onion for a splash more color and another degree of flavor.
     
    • Review photo by J6gibs
  2. I loved how easy this was. Because of my rice cooker's design I had to cook the onion on the stove, and I substituted ham for the bacon, but this was still very easy to do. I scrambled a couple of eggs while the rice cooked and added them with the soy sauce. I'm also going to add a little bit more broth next time as the top few pieces of rice were a little dry. I wonder how long it would take to cook with brown rice.
     

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