300 Best Rice Cooker Recipes: Also Including Legumes and Whole Grains

I just bought my first-ever rice cooker (a very nice Zojirushi model). Since some of the reviews of this cookbook have been negative and completely without reasonable basis (giving it one star because so many others gave it five stars--what is the logic to that?!?!), I decided to wait to review it until I had time to study the informative portions of the book and could try a few recipes.My first three efforts included a risotto, a pilaf and a polenta. First, Lemony Risotto with Shrimp, pictured on the front of the book. I figured if it made the cover, it had to be good, and it was! Just the right hint of lemon along with a delicious, creamy risotto and perfectly cooked shrimp, all without the constant stirring usually required when making risotto. Next was Orange Pistachio Pilaf, made with plain old white rice. An easy and delicious side dish! Last was Polenta Primavera, a little more work, but a wonderful vegetarian entrée.Pros: The beginning pages of this book are worth the price alone. The author starts with a discussion of rice cookers in general. There follow pages of descriptions of various rices (I had no idea there were so many different kinds of rice!), grains, and legumes that can be cooked in your rice cooker. Along the way, she educates about the proper way to prepare these foods. For example, she states that all rices should be rinsed before cooking, except Arborio and Carnaroli, and she explains why.The index is very detailed and accurate. There are 2 small sections with color photographs tucked inside the book. There are recipes for breakfasts, desserts, and everything in between. Some of the recipes require a large-capacity rice cooker, and some require a unit that features fuzzy-logic. But most can be made in a medium size unit, even one that just has an on-off setting.Con: My only disappointment is that there are a number recipes where the only use of the rice cooker is to cook plain rice, and then use it with the recipe--such as a stir fry, cooked in a wok, and served over steamed rice. To me, that isn't a rice cooker recipe. But they look so good, I still give this cookbook five stars!

Bought as a present, and the recipient absolutely loves it.

I'm brand new at cooking with my new rice cooker. It was a really great Christmas present. I started with making the Shrimp Jambalaya Salad with Wild Pecan Rice. It was even better the day after chilled. Just scrumptious! Then I wowed my husband with a perfectly made chicken risotto. I have to admit that I spent a lot of extra time in the aisles of the supermarket trying to locate many of these "new to me" ingredients. No fault of the author. I honestly didn't know the difference between arugula and spinach! Still half the fun in the learning process right? The folks I met in the store got a pretty big hoot out me. I started out asking what on earth was Crème Fraich'e anyway? (BTW, It wasn't on their shelf and this was a major chain). The Dairy manager passed me by nearly an hour and half later and laughed out loud at the same perplexed look I had as I neared my way to the register exhausted! Ready to rock and roll this weekend and make some more recipes. Yay for the possibilities ahead. A new way to enjoy eating without any of the guilt. I highly recommend this book.

I bought this cookbook to see what kind of foods (other than plain rice) that I could make with a rice cooker. I have wanted to buy a cooker for a while, but didn't want to waste my money. Well, the recipes really impressed me, but if you are expecting a throw it all in and turn it on kind of deal, this book isn't for you. There are steps in some of the recipes, like sautéing, that take time. I personally don't mind the extra work; I stay at home. But for working adults a lot of the recipes wouldn't be as quickly assembled as they might wish.

My zojirushi rice cooker didn't respond well to the ones where you had to start the cooking again. For example, the soups didn't work. The rice cooker detected that it was too hot and had been running too long. I wonder if theses are even a good idea to try if you spent a lot of money on your rice cooker.That being said, I took the soup out of the rice cooker when it would no longer let me cook it there, finished it on the stove, and it was delicious. So it was a good recipe, but not worth trying to force my rice cooker to make it when I could make it in a pot just as easily.

I've always been fascinated by kitchen gadgets, so when I recently bought a rice cooker, I was disappointed that it came unaccompanied by a recipe booklet. A quick search on Google pointed me in the right direction and Amazon supplied the book. Katie Chin's "300 Best Rice Cooker Recipes" is a perfect fit to any rice cooker. I highly recommend it. In fact, every rice cooker sold should come with a recommendation for it, inside the box.

I am inspired!!! I bought this book as a gift since I do not have a rice cooker... yet. After spending a short time flipping through to check it out and then getting caught up in the creative use of a rice cooker and the yummy sounding recipes, I'm planning to get myself a rice cooker and another copy of this book. A rice cooker is not, as Alton Brown might say, a uni-tasker and this cookbook will show you the way! I can't wait to get a rice cooker and try these recipes out!!

This book was written for people who are much more experienced cooks than I am. I'm sure some professional person, or a person smarter than I am, would really love this book as it has a lot of recipes. I did not find it useful for myself. It is too complicated with too much detail. I like a lot of pictures; there were only a few. I like simple and uncomplicated recipe books. This is not one of them. Some recipes were not rice cooker recipes. They were wok recipes.

A lovely book with nice picture'sHowever, for me its over complicated, I was expecting simpler recipesIf you have plenty of time this is the book for you if you like rice and pulses, but I was overwhelmed by it hence the loss of a star

My son asked me to buy him this book for Christmas last year. I asked him the other day how he was getting on with it. He replied that it is super and he uses it a lot for cooking meals in his new rice cooker. Good buy.

Happy that I bought this book. Although it's a bit dated, it gives you great ideas for rice cooker meals. I personally don't fry onions in it (I just skip that part) and I adjust the recipes to fit my taste and requirements. It has many great ideas form stews to soups to rice dishes, meat dishes and desserts.

found various rice available interestingmy interest was Chinese recipes of which there are a fair few

It was a gift for my son, he uses it all the time and loves it. Just the right size for him and his daughter.