Julie Bove wrote:

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> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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> > Julie Bove wrote:
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> >>"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> >>> Gary wrote:
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> >>> > On 12/13/2020 10:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>> Mexican/Spanish rice all the time. Can a rice cooker do that?
> >>> >
> >>> > Sure it can but you don't need any rice cooker to make good
> rice. >>> > I would only consider one if I cooked rice for many
> people often.
> > > >
> >>> Chuckle, agreed. For us, it's 5 times a week at least. Makes
> sense >>> here.
> > >
> > > But how do you do the Mexican rice in it?
> >
> > Depends on what you mean by 'Mexican rice'. If it's just rice
> > grown in Mexico, it' the same as any other. If you mean with
> > tomatoes and chiles, same as you would on a stove, just added to
> > the rice maker instead.
>
> Sigh No. When you make Mexican or Spanish rice on the stove, you
> toast the rice for about 3 miutes in butter or olive oil before
> adding the rest of the ingredients. What you add after that, depends
> on the recipe. My last batch had some dried peppers, dried tomatoes
> and dried onions as well as Knorr tomato and rice boullion.
>
> Would a rice cooker allow you to toast the rice like that?

Some do. OBVIOUSLY if you want to toast it a bit, you do that in
advance then can load in a rice maker. Julie, not all 'Mexican rice'
toasts rice in oil first.


> > This morning I made a Turkey Rice base.
> >
> > 1c Turkey consomme
> > 1c water
> > 1c dry rice
> > 1tsp dried chives
> >
> > Load in rice maker and let it do it's thing. Don and I had 1/2c
> > with our eggs. Don used a sesame seed based Furikake (rice seasoning
> > sprinkle) and I used one more seaweed and sweet plum based one.
> >
> > The rest will be used with lunch, possibly turned to a nice warm
> > thick soup by adding more broth and whatever else looks good.
>
> Interesting.

Lunch was too. Added Asparagus spears and fresh shucked corn to it.
Had it with grill cheese sandwiches.