If you're wondering how to make sticky rice in a rice cooker, you're in the right place. Sticky rice is traditionally steamed, but it's also very easy to make this staple of Asian cuisine in your rice cooker.
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Rice cookers, due to their even cooking mechanisms are the perfect appliance to cook so many things. I use my rice cooker to cook everything from quinoa to couscous, and every single time they come out perfectly with little to no effort. That's why I thought I'd introduce you to cooking sticky rice in your rice cooker.
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What Is Sticky Rice?
Sticky rice (also called glutinous rice, sweet rice or wax rice) is a type of rice grown in East and Southeast Asia that is stickier than traditional rice when cooked. It's frequently used in Asian dessert recipes such as mango sticky rice because it has a milder, sweeter taste than white rice. You can not substitute white rice for sticky rice if you want the true texture and flavor of sticky rice.
Despite the fact that sticky rice is sometimes called glutinous rice, it does not contain gluten, and is safe to eat as part of a gluten free diet.
You can buy sticky rice at most Asian grocery stores. You can also buy it online. It's the perfect accompaniment to curries and stir fries.
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What's The Best Rice Cooker For Sticky Rice?
You can make sticky rice in any rice cooker, but the following rice cookers are particularly recommended if you want to make perfect sticky rice. You can also make couscous, quinoa and lentils in your rice cooker. I use mine almost every day.
Aroma Housewares Digital Cool Touch Rice Cooker
- Holds 4 cups uncooked rice/ 8 cups cooked rice
- Has preset functions for white rice, brown rice, steam and keep warm.
- Has a delay timer that can be set for up to 15 hours in advance for busy families on the go.
- Multifunctional use: can be used to steam veggies or even to make cake.
Toshiba Rice Cooker With Fuzzy Logic
- Professional Japanese premium rice cooker - 7 pre-programmed settings to cook white rice, brown rice, mixed rice, short or long-grained rice, oatmeal, porridge perfectly in terms of texture, flavor and aroma. 12 cups cooked rice.
- Keep warm feature - The rice cooker keep-warm setting activates automatically when cooking is complete, holding contents at an ideal serving temperature for up to 24 hours.
- 2 programmable delay functions - The rice cooker has 2 delay time options, set the timer allowing rice to be ready when needed. Just add rice and water in the morning and come home to delicious ready to eat rice.
TLOG Mini Rice Cooker
- Perfect for if you're cooking sticky rice in your rice cooker for 1-2 people. You can also make soups, pastas and beans in this rice cooker.
- It doesn't take up much space on your countertop.
- Capacity: 2 cups uncooked rice/ 4 cups cooked rice.
How To Make Sticky Rice In A Rice Cooker
Using a steamer is the traditional way to make sticky rice. However, using a steamer involves soaking the rice for long periods of time (6-24 hours), and cooking it in a steamer lined with parchment paper for about 40 minutes.
A quicker, and much simpler way to cook sticky rice is to simply cook it in your rice cooker. It's easy, and most rice cookers even have a preset function, so you can set it to cook and stay warm for when you need it. The bowls of rice cookers wipe clean quite easily, so there's barely any clean up.
Let's get started!
- Measure the rice and pour it into the rice cooker.
- Add the water. Allow the rice to soak in the water for 30 minutes.
- Add the salt, and stir. Turn the rice cooker on. The rice cooker will turn itself to warm automatically. Once it does, allow the rice to sit, with the lid on for 5 minutes.
- Take the lid off the rice cooker and allow the steam to escape for 2 minutes.
- Enjoy your sticky rice!
Serving Suggestions
🧡Serve your rice cooker sticky rice with Chinese Salt And Pepper Tofu or Szechuan Tofu. Sticky rice is the perfect side dish for tofu.
🧡 We love to make these vegan Korean vegetable pancakes, and serve them with dipping sauce and a side of sticky rice.
🧡Serve with this Chinese Jackfruit Stir Fry or Miso Eggplant.
🧡 Glutinous rice would be the perfect side for this Tofu Jalfrezi Curry.
🧡Eggplant with garlic sauce would be delicious served on a bed of perfectly cooked sticky rice.
🧡You can't go wrong serving chop suey or chow mein with rice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sticky rice, sometimes referred to as sweet rice, is frequently used as a dessert rice in Asia. That's because sticky rice has a much sweeter flavor than traditional white rice. It also, as the name implies, is much stickier than white rice.
Yes, despite the fact that sticky rice is sometimes referred to as glutinous rice, it does not contain gluten, and is safe to eat as part of gluten free diet.
Yes, you can. Glutinous rice is another name for sticky rice. While the traditional method of cooking it entails soaking and steaming, glutinous rice can easily be cooked in a rice cooker. Just follow my easy, foolproof method for cooking sticky rice in a rice cooker.
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📖 Recipe
Perfect Sticky Rice In A Rice Cooker
Equipment
- 1 Rice Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 cup glutinous rice *also known as sticky rice or sweet rice
- 1¼ cups water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Measure the rice and pour it into the rice cooker.
- Add the water. Allow the rice to soak in the water for 30 minutes.
- Add the salt, and stir. Turn the rice cooker on. The rice cooker will turn itself to warm automatically. Once it does, allow the rice to sit, with the lid on for 5 minutes.
- Take the lid off the rice cooker and allow the steam to escape for 2 minutes.
- Enjoy your sticky rice!
Notes
- This recipe will yield 2 cups of cooked rice, which is a 4 person serving.
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