How To Use Silver Crest Rice Cooker

[Giorgina Makara]

Blogposts and links may be sponsored/advertorial. This website contains affiliate links & banner adverts. If you click on them, I may earn a penny or two if you make a purchase. Opinions in reviews are always my own and not brand influenced. Links to brands are not guaranteed & are at my discretion.

Haha, I tend to just use the rice straight from the rice cooker. I have to admit to enjoying not draining, rinsing and redraining, but perhaps not everyone does their rice like that. I guess I just did mine the way my mother did, so never really looked at any other way to cook it.

This website contains affiliate links & banner adverts. If you click on them, I may earn a penny or two if you make a purchase. Opinions in reviews are always my own and not brand influenced. Links to brands are not guaranteed & are at my discretion.

I measure out the amount of rice suggested by the little cup thingy. I rinse it with a bowl and a strainer until the water is clear while rinsing. Then I put the rice in and fill it to the appropriate line in my Rice Cooker with fresh water. After cooking for a little while, it immediately begins to boil over and nasty bubbles start popping out of the little hole in the top, dumping yucky, sticky water all over the place.

Put a little bit of butter in before cooking. The fat on the top will prevent the bubbles from surviving for too long and therefore not allow it to boil over. The olive oil should work as well, but I don't know if that has the required amount of fat needed.

I just talked to a pro rice cooker person, he says forget about the instructions, prep the rice as usual, put it in the rice cooker, then add just enough water to cover the rice, turn on the rice cooker, and voila, perfect, fluffy rice every time!

maybe just try reducing the water by a little amount at a time, each time you make it, until it works out right? seems odd to me that even though you are rinsing & measuring your rice, and adding the recommended water, that this would be happening. my rice cooker is foolproof when i follow the directions like that!

This happens to me, too...in fact that is exactly why I am here, because I was googling for a solution! I will try a more through rinsing of the rice and the butter thing next time. BUT I think the real answer is the quality of the rice itself. When I used a higher quality rice (when I first got my rice cooker) I didn't have this problem, of late I have not bought the better rice and I have a mess on my hands. So maybe the more aggressive rinsing will help.

Varieties or preparations of rice use different amounts of water, sometimes varying by quite a bit - I've seen them from just under one-cup-per-cup-rice, to three-cups-per-cup-rice. Your rice cooker can't change the lines to suit the rice, and may be making assumptions that don't fit the rice you're using.

Beyond that, you should probably try reducing water, even if your rice recommended amount of water is fairly close to the rice cooker's. You clearly have too much of it for your rice - the amount of water making your rice come out right plus the amount that gets dumped out the vent. And rice is a biological rather than processed product, like flour or tea or vegetables, where different weather, different years, and other minutely different factors in growth, production, and usage means that one batch of even the same variety of rice may end up being different from another batch - so you may need to tweak recommendations to fit what's actually going on.

If you cook 1 cup of rice with 1.5 cups of water, then you can cook 2 cups of the same rice and same method with 2.5 cups of water. This is 1 cup of water per cup of rice, plus 0.5 cups for evaporation loss). If you use 3 cups of water you will have left over water, and in a machine probably overflow

It has been an ordeal to us for a very long time. You can blame the manufacturers because its really a problem. We have used 2 brands and still have this problem. Just put wooden stick on the lid and place the cover, when the cooking is done, remove the stick and return the cover.

Just that really! Struggling in the week eat rice maybe twice a week, but will it just gather dust like my instapot?

Of course if anyone can direct me towards great instapot curries/casseroles then I could have rice AND curry without too much hassle!

I had one from Aldi years ago but it broke after a while and I never replaced it. It was better for larger amounts, so I mainly used it for parties.

Day to day I now use the Sistema microwave rice cooker which is easy to use and fairly foolproof.

Here's how I do rice in my instant pot - put water and trivet in the bottom, get a pyrex bowl (that fits in the instant pot) ready on scales, set to zero. Rince your rice in a sieve, weigh the wet rice. Put twice as much water, plus a bit (twice is the minimum I've found) in the bowl over the rice. Put in instant pot, close lid, press rice button.

Congratulations!

By purchasing the SilverCrest SRK 400 C1 rice cooker, hereinafter referred to as rice cooker, you have opted for a high-quality product. Familiarise yourself with the rice cooker before using it for the first time and read this operating manual carefully. Observe the safety instructions and only use the rice cooker in the manner described in this operating manual and for the indicated fields of application. Keep these operating instructions in a safe place. Hand over all documents in the event that you pass on the rice cooker to a third party.

Before using the device for the first time, please read the following instructions carefully and observe all warnings, even if you are familiar with using electronic and household devices. Keep this operating manual in a safe place for future reference. If you give the device away or sell it, please ensure that you also pass on this operating manual. It is part of the product.

Explanation of symbols used

DANGER! This signal word indicates danger involving a high level of risk, which if not avoided, will result in severe injury or even death.

WARNING! This signal word indicates danger involving a medium level of risk, which if not avoided, may result in severe injury or even death.

CAUTION! This signal word indicates danger involving a low level of risk, which if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

CAUTION! This signal word indicates important information for protection against damage to property.

DANGER! This symbol indicates impending danger to health due to an electric shock, which may result in a risk of death and/or damage to property.

Danger, hot surface!

DANGER! This symbol warns against injuries/burns related to hot surfaces.

This symbol indicates products that have been tested in relation to their physical and chemical composition and that in accordance with EC 1935/2004 have been regarded as harmless to health in terms of contact with foodstuffs.

This symbol indicates that further information on the topic is available.

AC voltage

WARNING! Foreseeable misuse

Do not overfill the streamer basket (1). Make sure that the food you are steaming does not extend above the top edge of the streamer basket (1).

To obtain consistent results, cut the vegetables to a small, uniform size or break the broccoli or cauliflower up into florets.Fish/seafood/poultry (weight)Amount of waterSteaming time (approx.)Frozen prawns steam until pink (approx. 100 g)One measuring cup (13)30 minutesSalmon fillet (approx. 150 g)Two measuring cups (13)25 minutesChicken breast (approx. 200 g)Two measuring cups (13)20 minutesAdd the food you are steaming to the steamer basket (1).Place the steamer basket (1) in the inner pot (12) and close the lid.Insert the plug (5) to the power cord inlet (8) and plug the power cord into the socket.Use the ON/OFF switch (10) to switch the rice cooker on.The yellow LED (6) lights up.Press the function selector (7) down. The yellow LED (6) switches off and the red LED (9) switches on. The steaming program has begun.Push the function selector (7) up when the required steaming time is up. The red LED (9) switches off and the yellow LED (6) switches on.

Please note: If you do not manually switch off the steaming program when the set time is up, it will continue until all the water in the inner pot (12) has boiled away. As a result, your food may be overcooked.Use the ON/OFF switch (10) to turn the rice cooker off, open the lid and remove the steamed food.Cleaning WARNING! Risk of burns!Allow the rice cooker to cool down before cleaning. DANGER of electric shockRemove the plug from the socket.Do not immerse the rice cooker in water or clean it under running water.Do not allow any liquids to get inside the rice cooker or onto the heating element. CAUTION! Risk of damage to propertyDo not clean the rice cooker and its accessories in the dishwasher. This may cause irreparable damage to the unit.Do not use harsh and/or chemical cleaning agents or hard and/or abrasive sponges. This may cause irreparable damage to the surface of the rice cooker as well as the non-stick coating of the inner pot (12).Empty the condensation collector (4) after each use. This can be easily removed and reinstalled.Clean the housing of the rice cooker and heating element as required with a slightly damp, soft cloth. The heating element is located inside the rice cooker below the inner pot (12).Remove the cover of the steam vent opening (3) and clean it thoroughly using water. Make sure to correctly place the cover back on again. Press the cover all the way down until it is lying flush in the opening.

Clean the inner pot (12), steamer basket (1), measuring cup (13), and plastic spoon (14) in a basin. Use a mild detergent and a soft cloth.Then rinse all the parts with plenty of clean water to remove any detergent residue.Dry off all the parts to ensure that they are completely dry the next time you use the rice cooker.Storing the device when not in useIf the rice cooker will not be used for a longer period of time, clean it and store it in a clean and dry place.

3a8082e126