I have found that kokuho rose rice, when rinsed until water is clear, drained, and cooked in a instant pot pressure cooker with a 1:1 rice:water ratio, has the exact same taste, scent, and texture as a side of white rice from an american japanese restaurant.

You can thank me later.

It only costs a few extra dollars per 10 pounds than comparable sushi rice brands at an asian grocer.
You can make rinsing extremely easy by getting the steamer basket with handle accessory for the instant pot and just dunking the rice in and out of the pot full of water.
The finger test is bullshit

>>21474957 (OP)
>The finger test is bullshit
it's never failed me in my life

>>21474957 (OP)
>California grown
Keep it.

>>21474960
You like your rice with extra arsenic, lead, and cadmium? California is about the only place in the Americas where you can grow rice without contamination by heavy metals. Asian and Indian rices are also fucked.

>>21474957 (OP)
Holy fuck, I actually got useful info outta this board! I thought that was impossible!

>>21474959
if you are eating rice you're probably already measuring how much you're going to cook anyways, it takes no extra effort, this isn't some stuff like "don't spice things by eye" or "measure the amount of oil you use militantly"
>>21474960
yeah okay bro i'll just pay like $10 for 2 pounds of rice with weevils that'll infest my entire cupboard
>>21474971
i have only made one, 2-cup-dry-rice batch of it after the dozens of trying out different brands over the years (adjusting cooking time and steam release time), so the results may vary.
The rice will feel sort of overwatered/overcooked right after releasing the pressure, but if you immediately break it up and scrape it off the bottom of the pot, it seems to like un-gooify and taste like firm, "resturant quality" rice by the time you serve it.
The model of instant pot I use is a IP-DUO, I use the default rice setting that usually cooks for 12 minutes, but it has some weird auto sense feature, and I release the pressure immediatley.
I used to have a DUO EVO PLUS that broke and I'd use the high pressure rice setting, set it for like 1-2 minutes of cook time, and then let it sit after it finished for 5-7 minutes before releasing the pressure. I don't know how this changes for other models.

>>21474997
>but it has some weird auto sense feature, and I release the pressure immediatley.
I meant I release the pressure immediately as the pot chimes that it's done.
Sorry, I just made the best home-cooked white rice in my life after years of trying to crack it, and I had to poast this shit as soon as possible.

I've come here to be berated and shit upon and I don't fucking care.

I have moved a lot and thus haven't had a rice cooker for quite a longtime, and I didn't want to buy one because they take up so much space and are kind of a unitasker, and then I saw these this with really good ratings. Decided even if it's shit for rice it's still a useful microwave and storage vessel, so I bought it.

Fucking amazing rice every time and super easy. I'll never get an electric rice cookiér again. They always burn the bottom of the rice anyway, this thing doesn't

>>21475010
i'll have to try this some time, i'm pretty sure this is fairly common and even the OG rice eaters (asians) use this stuff all the time
but as for rice cookers being a unitasker, digital pressure cookers with a billion features usually do rice very well and you can use them to make stews, saute stuff, sauces, sous vide, roasts, etc. which you usually cant do in a microwave. i haven't owned a rice-only cooker in like 10 years

What does "being autistic" have to do with any of this?

You fucking losers will say anything to believe that you're special.

>>21475028
the implication is it's a stereotype that autistic people are very particular about food, it's basically just a eye-catching thread title
being particular about food doesn't make you autistic, obviously

>>21475023
yeah problem is I have a slow cooker already and lots of pots and pans so I just like to be minimalist. This is the path I'm on and have to keep moving ahead

>>21475034
seems like you could save even more space by ditching a few of the pots, the microwave rice thing, and your slow cooker and just getting an up-to-date pressure cooker instead.
the pressure cooker is also insane for making homemade stocks. cuts the cooking time literally from like 6-12 hours down to 1 or 2

>>21475033
Maybe you really are autistic because you can't tell how childish and pathetic you sound.

>>21475045
I enjoy cooking with my pots and pans. A pressure cooker isn't off the table but I think I'll be getting one in the near future anyway, for the time being the things I would use it for I enjoy doing with what I have

>>21475046
my parents actually tested me as a kid and it turned out i was just massively depressed and had clinical anxiety
but recently i've been just posting stuff no filter and not trying to sound cool online because it's genuinely more fun than anything else. it's crazy that even on a anonymous basket weaving forum how people still refrain from just writing earnestly and carelessly. i guess you are right because my whole vibe is pretty childlike right now
>>21475055
awww, sorry! i didn't mean to be imposing, i was just saying i really like it and with the recent instant pot bankruptcy i try to be an evangelist for this stuff because it's genuinely useful and i want them to keep producing it

>>21475064
s'all good man, I will keep it in mind, it may be in my future

>>21475118
I hope the instant pot is useful while on your path

>>21474965
This, California is God's new Garden of Eden.

>>21475130
here anon I made my first AI video for this thread. it took several hours and its not good but here it finally is

Today I made some Cajun ricin beans using rice cooked in >>21475010

It has a nice variety of beans, diced smokey bacon, diced chicken breast, diced pickled chillis which have a wonderful tangy zip to them. was going to add diced ham because it's so delicious with cajun spice but the protein/rice/beans balance was already going out of whack. would have been extra ca$h with some pRons but I didn't have any today. This is leftover and reheated so looks a bit drab but I didn't get a photo earlier.

7/10, not my best batch but very comƒy

>>21474957 (OP)
that's because you are filipino as are most "japanese" restaurants

>>21475605
>Ricin beans
Are you cooking with castor oil?

>>21475631
well yes, castor oil is magical

is medium grain calrose a good choice for chinese food?

I already got koshihikari for sushi but they are so smol and sticky

>>21476131
If you're going for Chinese restaurant style, the secret is half jasmine, half plain long grain (the cheap store-brand)

>>21474997
Smart boy. The only difference between a $200 and $500 rice cooker is just the pressure function either ways. The micom and induction stuff is useless once you got pressure. I'd say the default rice settings on those instant pots aren't that great though, and you can do better experimenting with manual cook/release times, as well as water to rice ratio depending on release.
>>21477751
If your idea of "Chinese restuarant" is Panda Express or the sketchy but cheap place on the corner that used to be a Pizza Hut then you'd be mostly correct.
>>21476131
Kokuho Yellow is basically the closest you'll get to actual Chinese short/medium grain rice. Red is pretty much Japanese rice.

>>21474957 (OP)
>a 1:1 rice:water ratio,
Weight or volume?

My most recent rice order

I eat this all the time at home. It's delicious.

>>21478082
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Why the fuck can’t autists cook rice?

>>21478899
Why do you assume people who choose to use a rice cooker are somehow incapable of cooking rice in any other way?

I use a rice cooker because it's consistent, hands off, and lets me soak rice overnight and be cooked and ready for me in the morning, or cook a large batch for dinner and leave the rest in the rice cooker overnight to be used for breakfast/lunch the next day.