Rice.

It has to do with the type of the rice, how much water you put in, and how long you cook it. For stickier rice put in more water and cook a little less time, for drier rice put in less water and cook for a little less.

Can anyone tell me what the huge benefit of using a rice cooker over cooking it in a two quart pot is?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Egypt, can you put other food in the rice cooker to cook with the rice? For example, I like to make Jambalaya, and it needs to cook with the sausage, peppers, onions, and other random things to make sure that the flavor is as kickass as possible.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Rikimaru

For Chinese Restuarant, I think they often use "Jasmine" Rice which I think you cannot by in ordinary grocery store. I think Jasmine is the well rounded rice that too much water yield softer and stickier rice. Usually, 1:1 is the water ratio for just the right softness of jasmine rice.

You should be able to find Jasmine rice in a supermarket, I usually don't buy it because it's significantly more expensive, though. I generally keep short grained white rice in the house for when I'm making casseroles or stuff where I just want rice as a filler, and brown rice for when I'm making something really spicy (it goes wonderfully with the jambalaya, the little bit of nuttiness adds so much flavor).

Originally Posted by Bobbet

My mom actually substituted water with chicken broth before. She didn't put meat in with the rice until it was actually done. She said she was too lazy to make fried rice so she uses that as a shortcut to give it more flavor as opposed to just white rice.

I've also seen suggestions for things such as putting apple juice, pineapple juice, and other such things as replacements for 50% of the water used in cooking. I'll usually throw in a chicken bullion cube or two when cooking rice for a casserole since it adds a lot of flavor, haven't tried out the other things yet.

Also, I've found that the amount of water needed really depends on the brand and type of rice. With my brown rice I need 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice, while for the white rice I buy (Giant Eagle brand) 1.5 cups of water per cup of rice works out a little better.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.