Black and Decker rice cooker review and cooking directions - grits

[Guest guest]

After my wonderful Zojirushi rice cooker died following almost 20 years of

almost daily use, I was lost. It made perfect sticky or regular rice and loved

that all I had to do was toss in water and rice and shut the lid.

 

I now have a Black and Decker rice cooker/steamer and love it. (Black And Decker

Flavor Scenter Steamer Plus Food Rice Cooker - HS800) The rice comes out

perfectly, including brown rice, and the veggies steam perfectly as well. But

today oh my goodness, today it surprised me.

 

The husband person loves grits. I hate cooking grits because even in a no stick

pan, they stick, so I know making him his loved grits means standing there

stirring often (and getting popped by hot grits) followed by a day of soaking

and gentle scraping of the pot. I'd rather use kitchen time for cooking or

making truffles. So today I put one cup of grits in the plastic rice cooker

part, along with a teaspoon of salt and 3 and one half cups water. I filled the

water to the high level and turned the timer to 50 minutes.

 

They were perfectly cooked and the consistency we like and they didn't stick to

the cooking pan! I had the insane idea to poach our eggs in the round drip ring

and sprayed it with vegetable oil spray and broke 4 eggs into the ring, put the

steamer basket on top of that, then the grits pan and lid. I set the timer to 5

minutes and let them sit for an additional 3 minutes. The eggs slipped easily

out and were cooked just right.

 

Now I never could have done this in the Zojirushi, but I had tried doing grits

in it before.

 

So far I have done the grits and eggs, rice, rice casseroles, brown rice and

brown rice casseroles, mushroom and barley casserole, reheated flour and corn

tortillas, reheated somewhat stale yeast rolls, oatmeal, broccoli, carrots,

potatoes, onions, bread pudding and so on. It cleans easily with soap and water

and doesn't take up much counter space. It fits in the cabinet, but I keep it

out since our grandson loves heating his tortillas and making oatmeal in it.

 

It beats the heck out of using several pots and pans for dinner and is worth

buying if all you are going to do is make rice. (Unless you just do rice once a

month or so - we do daily rice.(Beats the dickens out of a couple hundred bucks

for the Zojirushi.)

 

Hugs, Jeanne in GA

 

Grits in rice cooker/steamer

Fill bottom water bowl to high level (marked on side of cooker)

1 cup grits, regular or quick cook, not instant

3 1/2 cups water

1 teaspoon water

Put grits, water and salt in cooking bowl. Put steamer bowl on top of the

cooking base and grits bowl inside steamer bowl. Cook grits. Remove steamer

with grits bowl still inside and spray drip ring with Pam. Crack 4 to 6 eggs in

ring, put steamer bowl back on and turn cooker on for an additional 5 minutes.

Let it sit, uncovered, 3 minutes or so after cooking. Run around eggs with dull

knife and either use egg turner to remove, or put a plate over the top and flip

them out.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Wow Jeanne, it sounds like you have a very versatile rice cooker. I had never

realized a rice cooker could do all of this. Thanks for sharing all the ways

you have found to use one.

Judy

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treazure noname

Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:19 PM

Black and Decker rice cooker review and cooking

directions - grits

 

 

After my wonderful Zojirushi rice cooker died following almost 20 years of

almost daily use, I was lost. It made perfect sticky or regular rice and loved

that all I had to do was toss in water and rice and shut the lid.

 

I now have a Black and Decker rice cooker/steamer and love it. (Black And

Decker Flavor Scenter Steamer Plus Food Rice Cooker - HS800) The rice comes out

perfectly, including brown rice, and the veggies steam perfectly as well. But

today oh my goodness, today it surprised me.

 

The husband person loves grits. I hate cooking grits because even in a no

stick pan, they stick, so I know making him his loved grits means standing there

stirring often (and getting popped by hot grits) followed by a day of soaking

and gentle scraping of the pot. I'd rather use kitchen time for cooking or

making truffles. So today I put one cup of grits in the plastic rice cooker

part, along with a teaspoon of salt and 3 and one half cups water. I filled the

water to the high level and turned the timer to 50 minutes.

 

They were perfectly cooked and the consistency we like and they didn't stick

to the cooking pan! I had the insane idea to poach our eggs in the round drip

ring and sprayed it with vegetable oil spray and broke 4 eggs into the ring, put

the steamer basket on top of that, then the grits pan and lid. I set the timer

to 5 minutes and let them sit for an additional 3 minutes. The eggs slipped

easily out and were cooked just right.

 

Now I never could have done this in the Zojirushi, but I had tried doing grits

in it before.

 

So far I have done the grits and eggs, rice, rice casseroles, brown rice and

brown rice casseroles, mushroom and barley casserole, reheated flour and corn

tortillas, reheated somewhat stale yeast rolls, oatmeal, broccoli, carrots,

potatoes, onions, bread pudding and so on. It cleans easily with soap and water

and doesn't take up much counter space. It fits in the cabinet, but I keep it

out since our grandson loves heating his tortillas and making oatmeal in it.

 

It beats the heck out of using several pots and pans for dinner and is worth

buying if all you are going to do is make rice. (Unless you just do rice once a

month or so - we do daily rice.(Beats the dickens out of a couple hundred bucks

for the Zojirushi.)

 

Hugs, Jeanne in GA

 

Grits in rice cooker/steamer

Fill bottom water bowl to high level (marked on side of cooker)

1 cup grits, regular or quick cook, not instant

3 1/2 cups water

1 teaspoon water

Put grits, water and salt in cooking bowl. Put steamer bowl on top of the

cooking base and grits bowl inside steamer bowl. Cook grits. Remove steamer with

grits bowl still inside and spray drip ring with Pam. Crack 4 to 6 eggs in ring,

put steamer bowl back on and turn cooker on for an additional 5 minutes. Let it

sit, uncovered, 3 minutes or so after cooking. Run around eggs with dull knife

and either use egg turner to remove, or put a plate over the top and flip them

out.

 

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[Guest guest]

How ingenious, Jeanne. I have a 3-tier steamer similar to yours and I

love it. I steam rice in the bottom tier, reheat stew in a bowl in

the middle tier and steam veggies in the top tier. I've steamed

broccoli, sugar snaps and snow peas, brussels sprouts, carrots,

asparagus, baby corn. I certainly haven't been as adventurous as you,

though. I must experiment more. Your poached eggs were pure genius,

LOL.

Christie in Edinburgh

 

, treazure noname

<treazured wrote:

>

> After my wonderful Zojirushi rice cooker died following almost 20

years of almost daily use, I was lost. It made perfect sticky or

regular rice and loved that all I had to do was toss in water and

rice and shut the lid.

>

> I now have a Black and Decker rice cooker/steamer and love it.

(Black And Decker Flavor Scenter Steamer Plus Food Rice Cooker -

HS800) The rice comes out perfectly, including brown rice, and the

veggies steam perfectly as well. But today oh my goodness, today it

surprised me.

>

> The husband person loves grits. I hate cooking grits because even

in a no stick pan, they stick, so I know making him his loved grits

means standing there stirring often (and getting popped by hot grits)

followed by a day of soaking and gentle scraping of the pot. I'd

rather use kitchen time for cooking or making truffles. So today I

put one cup of grits in the plastic rice cooker part, along with a

teaspoon of salt and 3 and one half cups water. I filled the water

to the high level and turned the timer to 50 minutes.

>

> They were perfectly cooked and the consistency we like and they

didn't stick to the cooking pan! I had the insane idea to poach our

eggs in the round drip ring and sprayed it with vegetable oil spray

and broke 4 eggs into the ring, put the steamer basket on top of

that, then the grits pan and lid. I set the timer to 5 minutes and

let them sit for an additional 3 minutes. The eggs slipped easily

out and were cooked just right.

>

> Now I never could have done this in the Zojirushi, but I had tried

doing grits in it before.

>

> So far I have done the grits and eggs, rice, rice casseroles, brown

rice and brown rice casseroles, mushroom and barley casserole,

reheated flour and corn tortillas, reheated somewhat stale yeast

rolls, oatmeal, broccoli, carrots, potatoes, onions, bread pudding

and so on. It cleans easily with soap and water and doesn't take up

much counter space. It fits in the cabinet, but I keep it out since

our grandson loves heating his tortillas and making oatmeal in it.

>

> It beats the heck out of using several pots and pans for dinner and

is worth buying if all you are going to do is make rice. (Unless you

just do rice once a month or so - we do daily rice.(Beats the dickens

out of a couple hundred bucks for the Zojirushi.)

>

> Hugs, Jeanne in GA

>

> Grits in rice cooker/steamer

> Fill bottom water bowl to high level (marked on side of cooker)

> 1 cup grits, regular or quick cook, not instant

> 3 1/2 cups water

> 1 teaspoon water

> Put grits, water and salt in cooking bowl. Put steamer bowl on top

of the cooking base and grits bowl inside steamer bowl. Cook grits.

Remove steamer with grits bowl still inside and spray drip ring with

Pam. Crack 4 to 6 eggs in ring, put steamer bowl back on and turn

cooker on for an additional 5 minutes. Let it sit, uncovered, 3

minutes or so after cooking. Run around eggs with dull knife and

either use egg turner to remove, or put a plate over the top and flip

them out.

>

>

>

>

> Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

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