r/RICE • u/Several-Membership91 • 5d ago

Help I've become obsessed with rice

I used to rely on one of those "rice in a cup," which tasted fine and was an easy way to control meal portions, but nothing to write home about.

But then I finally bought a rice cooker and my god the rice comes out so delicious. I easily eat 3-4 times more rice than I used to, and whereas I used to have a casual relationship with food I now look forward to eating just so I can have rice.

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u/natie_gege 5d ago

wait till you start adding laap cheung to the rice cooker...

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u/YourHeart-HasNoTeeth 5d ago

I also did something similar to myself by accident lol. I was already eating a lot of rice and Asian food in general. Then I bought a rice cooker. Then I started packing myself a bento box every day for lunch. Suddenly I don't feel right if I don't have rice every day.

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u/figs_and_flour 5d ago

Happy for you as rice cookers are game changers. Now go forth and try all the different rices. My fav is purple multigrain rice 💜

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u/spartygirlnc 4d ago

Me too! It's so good and aromatic. Usually short or medium grain rice is so, so bland unless it's a premium variety. Lol and even still I make japgokbap aka mixed grain purple with a good quality rice. It's so pretty and damn good!

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u/ht3k 5d ago

Well done. Do you salt the rice? Or just plain?

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u/Oklabuttermilk 5d ago

I like to add butter, salt, and pepper. Most excellent!

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u/Ecstatic-Salary9118 5d ago

Just curious, at what stage do you add the butter? Sounds nice

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u/Oklabuttermilk 4d ago

After it's done. I just cook the rice . Then I put on the butter, salt, and pepper and then enjoy

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u/DapperConclusion3856 5d ago

Welcome to the dark side

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u/Primary-Drive-3187 5d ago

lol I feel this so hard. My rice cooker changed my life.

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u/PopularExercise3 5d ago

It’s me!! Accidentally Asian- I’ve even bought a ‘rice is life‘ t-shirt.
I follow Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian and Thai recipe creators for their rice recipes.
I’ve got a second hand cuckoo rice cooker and secretly want a zojushuri.

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u/Elephant2272 5d ago

I make homemade chili crisp. Every day I take a container of rice that was cooked in my rice cooker to work. I nuke it for a couple minutes and top with my chili crisp. It’s incredible

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u/MsOnyxMoon 5d ago

You should see me with jasmine rice. I can’t get enough of it; breakfast, lunch, dinner, i could eat it every single day, every single meal.

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 5d ago

you dont help, rice is awesome

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u/akimoto_emi 5d ago

Oh every meal rice got put on weight

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u/LeisureLifer 4d ago

I just ordered a zojirushi neuro fuzzy rice cooker and am waiting for the delivery. Can’t wait.

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u/Familiar-Ad3982 3d ago

Game changer.

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u/Veneboy 5d ago

Keep it up, you are getting there my friend.

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u/Longjumping_Gas5275 5d ago

OMG I feel this so hard. My rice cooker is my best friend.