This is a super easy and hearty One-Pot Rice Cooker Meal you can make with your rice cooker! Itβs a great way to pack in those vegetables and protein and also use up any produce you have left. Youβre free to use any vegetables or protein of your choice to make this.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS RICE COOKER MEAL
Growing up we cooked full rice meals such as this in our rice cookers. We cook Kiam Peng, a Fukien dish meaning salty rice (kiam = salty, peng = rice) in our rice cooker. Kiam Peng isnβt actually that salty but it does have a hint of saltiness from the soy sauce. This rice cooker meal is heavily inspired by that.
I wanted to add some veggies and protein to make this a complete hearty meal that I could just leave in the rice cooker and let it do its thing!
RICE TO WATER RATIO
I used short grain or sushi rice for this recipe. You're free to use medium or long grain white rice too! The rice to water ratio is 1:1 for white rice. For brown rice and black rice, I usually double mine to 2:1 for the water to rice ratio since these types of rice usually requite more water to cook.
If you're using brown or black rice, do note that these usually take longer (sometimes double the time) to cook compared to white rice. The vegetables and protein you mix-in will cook for much longer too so these can overcook or turn mushy.
I personally would add the likes of vegan ham or sausages and have no problem leaving these on for double the time. But for vegetables and other protein, you can add this halfway through cooking. If you have a see-through glass lid on your rice cooker or are able to see if the rice grains are half-cooked (still very wet & starchy but are starting to get plump), you can add in the vegetables/ protein and cover the rice cooker again to allow to cook.
HOW TO MAKE THIS
- Wash your rice 2-3 times until the water starts to run clearer. Drain excess water.
- In the rice cooker pot, add the rice, soy sauces, sugar (if using), sesame oil, veg. oyster sauce, and water. Mix well.
- Add your vegetables and protein over the rice. Cover your rice cook and set to cook.
- Once cooked, mix everything together. Feel free to season with more soy sauce to taste, if needed. Serve your rice with some sesame seeds and chili sauce/chili oil of choice. Enjoy!
MIX AND ENJOY YOUR RICE!
Feel free to season with more soy sauce to taste, if needed. Serve your rice with some sesame seeds and chili sauce/chili oil of choice. I had mine with my homemade garlic chilli oil (recipe here)
I also stuffed some of my rice into a bowl and flipped it over to create this dome shape!
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One Pot Rice Cooker Meal
Equipment
- Rice cooker or pot with lid
Ingredients
Rice
- 1 cup short grain rice/sushi rice, or other rice of choice
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp soy sauce or more to taste
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp dark soy sauce optional for colour
- 1-2 tsp sugar optional for a bit of sweetness
- 1 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 cup water equal part/1:1 ratio with the rice
Vegetables & Protein (totally up to you!)
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 scallion chopped
- 1/2 medium carrot diced
- 4 shiitake mushrooms or other mushrooms of choice
- 1 head bok choy chopped
- 2 tbsp edamame
- Diced vegan ham
- Diced bell pepper
Other options:
- Corn
- Vegan sausage
- Smoked extra firm tofu
- Other vegetables of choice
To finish
- Sesame seeds for garnish
- Chili garlic sauce or chilli oil or other hot sauce of choice, optional
Instructions
- Wash your rice 2-3 times until the water starts to run clearer. Drain excess water.
- In the rice cooker pot, add the rice, soy sauces, sugar (if using), sesame oil, veg. oyster sauce, and water. Mix well.
- Add your vegetables and protein over the rice. Cover your rice cook and set to cook.
- Once cooked, mix everything together. Feel free to season with more soy sauce to taste, if needed. Serve your rice with some sesame seeds and chili sauce/chili oil of choice. Enjoy!
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Notes
RICE TO WATER RATIO
I used short grain or sushi rice for this recipe. You're free to use medium or long grain white rice too! The rice to water ratio is 1:1 for white rice. For brown rice and black rice, I usually double mine to 2:1 for the water to rice ratio since these types of rice usually requite more water to cook. If you're using brown or black rice, do note that these usually take longer (sometimes double the time) to cook compared to white rice. The vegetables and protein you mix-in will cook for much longer too so these can overcook or turn mushy. I personally would add the likes of vegan ham or sausages and have no problem leaving these on for double the time. But for vegetables and other protein, you can add this halfway through cooking. If you have a see-through glass lid on your rice cooker or are able to see if the rice grains are half-cooked (still very wet & starchy but are starting to get plump), you can add in the vegetables/ protein and cover the rice cooker again to allow to cook.NUTRITIONAL INFO
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This is a great recipe!! For veggies I used edamame, corn, carrot, criminals mushrooms and garlic. I made mine in the instant pot with a cook time of 5 minutes and then 15 minutes of pressure release. Highly recommend overall!!
**cremini mushrooms!
Glad you liked it, thanks so much Campbell! And gotta love criminal mushrooms haha ?
Easy to follow and delicious.hubby approved.
yay!
One way to add protein with brown rice is green or brown lentils as they have a similar cook time and water ratio.
Thanks for the tip!! β‘Μ
Thanks so much for the tip! I’ll keep this in mind for future recipes.
I made this recipe with sushi rice, carrots, hot dogs, yellow bell peppers, and oyster mushrooms in my instant pot and it was just perfection. 10/10
Yay! Glad you liked it β‘Μ and thanks for the review
What rice cooker do you use? The little one we have finally gave up, so time to get a new one.
Thanks for all you do, Debi
Hi Debi! The one I used for this is actually from a local Filipino brand called Tough Mama. I also have a Panasonic one that’s been around for years and it still works great. I have basic rice cookers without any of those fancy buttons and really happy with them. β‘Μ
I wouldn’t consider this to have any protein… highly recommend being cognitive of the daily recommend protein intake and consider that the amino acid profile of vegan protein is about half that of normal protein.
I HiGhLy rEcOmMeNd
Thanks Dan!! β‘Μ
Edamame are protein
Followed to a tee and it was simply delicious!!!
Thanks Jayme, happy to hear you like it! β‘Μ