How to Steam Chicken in a Rice Cooker

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Owning a rice cooker can provide perfectly cooked rice every single time. For that reason alone, it’s a handy piece of kitchen equipment to have in your home.

If you don’t eat rice that often, you may wonder if there is anything else you can do with your rice cooker to get more use.

Many people would be surprised at how many things you can cook in a rice cooker.

Thus, we looked at different ways to utilize your rice cooker to its maximum potential, including how to steam chicken in a rice cooker and make an easy meal.

We also have a great recipe for barbeque ribs.

Let’s get into it!

Rice Cooker Recipes

Here are three ways to steam your chicken in a rice cooker today.

1. Steamed Chicken

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Surprisingly, you can steam any cut of chicken you want in a rice cooker. Breasts, wings, thighs, even a whole chicken if your cooker is big enough!

Steaming meat is a great way of cooking as it keeps the meat tender and moist, as opposed to baking or roasting meat in hot air, which can dry it out. You can also use the leftover water from steaming to make soup or gravy later.

For this recipe, you will need a rack to place your chicken to raise it from the water. If your rice cooker didn’t have a rack, you could improvise with balled-up tin foil and a small plate.

How to steam chicken in a rice cooker in five easy steps:

  1. Put two-and-a-half cups of water into your rice cooker.
  2. Place a rack (or improvised rack) into the cooker.
  3. Put your chosen cuts of chicken onto the rack.
  4. Add your chosen seasoning (salt, garlic, and others) to the water or directly on top of the chicken.
  5. Place the lid on top and press cook.

It’s that simple! The cooking time for steamed chicken is approximately 20 minutes, but it will depend on the cut size.

Always check that the meat is thoroughly cooked, using a meat thermometer if unsure. Once you remove your chicken from the rice cooker, you’ll find that the tender, juicy meat falls away from the bone easily.

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2. Chicken and Rice

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This simple recipe allows you to cook a whole meal in your rice cooker simultaneously. You can place all ingredients in the cooker, press cook, and then walk away.

Once return at the end of the rice cooking cycle, you have a meal ready for the family of four to enjoy.

Here are the simple steps:

  1. Place a cup of rice and three cups of water into the cooker.
  2. Add in some salt and your chosen flavorings.
  3. Place half a chicken on top of the rice.
  4. Put the lid on the cooker and press cook.
  5. Once your rice is cooked, your chicken will be steamed to perfection, and the rice below will have a delicious savory flavor from your flavorings and the chicken juices.

A delicious flavoring you could try is adding a spring onion, a small knob of ginger, and a couple of pandan leaves for a simple Chinese-style dish served with spicy chili and soy dipping sauce.

You could also experiment with anything, from barbeque to taco or fajita seasonings. Almost anything will work in this simple dish.

3. Barbeque Ribs

You can cook almost any kind of meat in a rice cooker, and in this recipe, we looked at how to cook country-style barbeque ribs.

Here are the steps in making lip-smacking, finger-licking goodness in under 15 minutes of prep time:

  1. Switch your rice cooker on and preheat.
  2. Take one slab of baby back ribs and roughly cut it into pieces.
  3. Coat the ribs in brown sugar.
  4. Add some oil to your rice cooker and the sugary ribs.
  5. Once the ribs are lightly browned, add a beer bottle (the darker, the better), half or two-thirds of a cup of barbeque sauce, and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.
  6. Place the lid on and leave to cook for around an hour.
  7. Let the ribs stand in the sauce for a bit longer, and wait for the sauce to thicken.

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Rice Cookers…Hacked!

You can turn your barely-used rice cooker into one of your home’s most regularly used kitchen appliances if you know how.

Steaming chicken in a rice cooker can be achieved in five easy steps, but why stop there when you can prepare a whole meal by adding some rice to your cooker first?

Try our recipe for barbeque ribs and experiment with other meats, flavors, and sauces.

The best thing about cooking in a rice cooker is adding all the ingredients and then walking away and relaxing until it’s cooked to perfection.

I hope you enjoy them!

Last update on 2024-11-20 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API

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