Rice is a pretty simple dish to make if you’re making a standard long grain rice. Add one part rice to two parts water in a pot. Bring it to a boil, then put a tight-fitting lid on it and turn the heat to low. Check it around 20 minutes later and you’re done. But that doesn’t always work in the commercial world.
Most chefs need all their burners for cooking meals. Occupying a burner just for rice is out of the question. Also, certain kinds of rice require different water and time ratios. And when you’re cooking a lot of rice, it can be difficult to get the top of the rice done without burning the bottom. Enter the rice cooker.
Rice cookers come in both electric and natural gas varieties, and vary by capacity and features. Some models can be programmed for different kinds of rice or to hold rice at a particular temperature. Many rice cookers can also double as emergency steamers. They’re very simple to use. Just add rice and water according to the cookers directions, shut the lid, and start the program. Some buffet restaurants even use their rice cookers as the serving dish. You can also use rice cookers for other dishes that need steam like red beans and rice, paella rice, and more.
So stop wasting a burner. Pick up a rice cooker from our wide selection and you’ll never have to worry about a prep cook burning your rice again.
