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Anyone out there have a Rice Cooker? I have one but lost the measurement instructions. Anyone know how much water and rice I need for two and four cups of cooked rice? I am pretty sure it isn't the 2/1 ratio for doing it on the stove top.

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3 to one is what I use for most rice. e.g. 1 cup rice, 3 cups water = 4 cups rice.

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3 to one is what I use for most rice. e.g. 1 cup rice, 3 cups water = 4 cups rice.

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Do you have one of those fancy Japanese cookers that uses microchips and fuzzy logic??

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Do you have one of those fancy Japanese cookers that uses microchips and fuzzy logic??

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All the rice cookers I've seen have fill lines on the inside. With plain rice, simply fill to the line corresponding to the number of cups of rice. (E.g., use fill line #2 for two cups of rice.) If using the new no-rinse rices, you need more water (25% more, I think). If cooking wild rice, you're on your own.

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All the rice cookers I've seen have fill lines on the inside. With plain rice, simply fill to the line corresponding to the number of cups of rice. (E.g., use fill line #2 for two cups of rice.) If using the new no-rinse rices, you need more water (25% more, I think). If cooking wild rice, you're on your own.

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OK. Put in two cups of rice first. Then fill to the #2 line.

Again, if this is from a bag of 無洗米 (no-rinse rice), use slightly more water.

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Simple way for measuring out the amount of water needed for any quantity of rice with a rice cooker is to use the 1-knuckle method:

Make sure you wash the rice (at least 3 times) until the water drains off clear. In other words, fill a bowl with rice, add some water, slosh around and pour off the water until you see it runs off clear.

Transfer the rice into your rice cooker's pot (I don't recommend washing the rice in the pot as some rice cookers have an anti-stick coating on the inside of the pot that can wear away) and then place your hand on top of the rice, palm side flat to the rice and start to pour water until it comes up to right below the first knuckle on your index finger (closest to your palm). You'll wind up with about 3/4 to an inch of water above the level of rice in the pot depending on a few things (quantity of rice you're cooking, dimensions of your rice cooker's pot, etc).

But you'll get perfect rice each and every time (doesn't matter the size of your hand or anything)- common technique used to make rice in a number of traditional sushi restaurants.

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I like my rice a bit softer. I like 1 cup of rice + a little bit over 2 cups of water. 3 cups of water is WAY too smooshy for me (that is probably oatmeal like). I think sticky rice requires a bit more water too.

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Different types of rice have different requirements, and even the age of the rice has an effect. I start with the instruction on the rice I have purchased, rather than the rice cooker instructions. If you don't use your rice very quickly, as the rice gets older it usually needs more water.

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I usually follow the instructions that come with the rice, since I've found them to be more reliable than the instructions that come with the cooker. (This makes sense, since different varieties of rice are different and the cooker only has one set of markings on the inside.) I've also found the rice cooker to be a lot more forgiving than just cooking the rice in a pot on the stove. I don't sweat the details. I prefer stickier wetter rice (nice sticky jasmine rice = heaven), so if I err, it's on the side of more water. Nothing more disappointing than dry rice, in my book.

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For my Black and Decker rice steamer I use 1/2 cup rice and 3/4 cup water. Steam that for 35 minutes and you end up with about 2 servings.

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ccwf is right-that's what my steamer and most of the ones on the market that I've seen have. Put in the number of cups of rice and then fill to the corresponding line. Add more water if you like smooshier rice.

Another tip-never try to go the full capacity of the steamer. I always end up with a solid chunk of dried, stuck together rice at the top.

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