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Helpful Hints
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Using the Keep Warm function for more than 5 hours may cause
discoloration or an odor in the rice.
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You can adjust the amount of water and/or rice to your own
taste preferences.
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When steaming vegetables please reference the steaming chart in
this manual. The charts are merely a guide, you may wish to adjust
the times according to your own taste preferences.
Washing Rice
When rice is milled some bran and residues adhere to the surface of
the rice. You can remove these residues by first washing the rice with
water before cooking. This will remove excess starch & residues,
which will provide you with much whiter, fluffier rice.
Remember to always use the measuring cup provided to accurately
measure the rice. Add the desired amount of rice to the rice cooker
inner pot. Fill with cold water until all of the rice is submerged. Wash
the rice by simply stirring the rice around in the water and rubbing
between your hands. You will notice that the color of the water will
become cloudy as the rice is cleaned. Without spilling the rice tip the
inner pot to remove the cloudy water and repeat several times until
the water remains clear.
Cooking other types of rice
Your Wolfgang Puck Rice Cooker can handle a wide variety or rice
such as long grain rice, wild rice, yellow rice, brown rice, basmati rice,
etc. When cooking rice other than short grain white rice it will be
necessary to increase the amount of water by 1.5 – 2 times more
than the standard short grain white rice recipe. Adjust to suit your
own personal taste.
A note about the measuring cup provided with your rice cooker
Your Rice Cooker is able to cook a maximum of 5 cups of raw rice,
which is the equivalent of 10 cups of cooked rice. A rice cooker cup
is equivalent to 6 ounces, or approx 3/4 of a cup. This is why it is
important to use the measuring cup that comes with your rice
cooker and not a standard 8-ounce cup measure.
Helpful Hints cont.
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If the rice cooker switches to KEEP WARM before the food is done,
you probably need to add more liquid.
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Foods that are overly sweet or oily can cause the rice cooker to
switch to KEEP WARM earlier than desired. If this happens, add
some liquid like water, wine, stock, milk or juice.
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When baking in the rice cooker, it is usually necessary to push COOK
more than once. You will need to wait for about 10 minutes after the
machine switches to KEEP WARM to be able to press it back to
COOK. This is normal.
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The temperature of the KEEP WARM setting is a little over 180
degrees. This is hot enough to very gently cook foods and far too
hot for any bacteria to grow or for food to spoil. It is very safe to
keep foods at this setting for several hours.
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Do not double recipes in the rice cooker. The tightly closed lid will
force excess liquid out of the steam vent if you do.
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Care & Cleaning
1
DO NOT immerse the Rice Cooker in water.
2
Clean the Rice Cooker Housing with a damp cloth. DO NOT use
abrasive cleaners as this would scratch the surface of the Housing.
3
Wash the Rice Cooker Pot, Lid, Steaming Basket, Measuring Cup,
Scoop and Condensation Collector in warm soapy water.
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