Until recently I had never used a rice cooker. I figured a rice cooker was to make rice and since I didn’t make rice that often I figured I really didn’t need one. I received a NEW Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker for review and now I know that a rice cooker can cook more than just rice.
Most people would probably start out making plain rice in their rice cooker. I decided I wanted to get creative with the rice cooker and made some delicious rice cooker fried rice with egg. The Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker has 11 cooking pre-sets and 3D heating for easy and even cooking. I used just two of these settings to make some fried rice that was ready in about 30 minutes.
Rice Cooker Fried Rice Recipe
My family loves fried rice and I love how easy it is to make in this rice cooker. I wish I would have doubled the recipe.
I didn’t add any meat to this rice dish but the next time I make the fried rice I am going to add some chicken to make it chicken fried rice.
- 2 cups white rice
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1/2 onion (chopped)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 cup frozen vegetable mix (peas/carrots)
- 2 tbs soy sauce
- Turn on Rice Cooker onto cook. For the Frigidaire Rice Cooker use the Quick Cook option.
- In the cooker add the olive oil, chopped onion and garlic powder.Cook about 3-5 minutes until onions are soft, stirring frequently.
- Add rice and stir to coat rice with oil. Add beef stock and vegetables, stir to mix.
- Close lid on cooker and let it cook. On Frigidaire Rice Cooker use the white rice option.
- About 5 minutes before the rice is done scramble the 2 eggs and set aside.
- Once rice is done add the eggs and soy sauce stir to blend ingredients.
- Serve and enjoy!
Now that I had made some fried rice I wanted to see what else I could make in my new rice cooker. Everyone in my house happens to love macaroni and cheese so I decided to make some Rice Cooker Cheese Macaroni & Cheese. I was pretty impressed with the results and will definitely be making macaroni and cheese in my rice cooker again.
Rice Cooker Macaroni & Cheese Recipe
Since my kids really like macaroni and cheese I will admit that I do make it often from a box. I prefer to make oven baked macaroni and cheese but now I found another way to make a dish that I know my whole family will love.
You can use whatever cheese mix that you like but I went ahead and used a Colby and Monterey Jack blend. My macaroni and cheese came out real cheesey but I loved the flavor combo of the two cheeses.
- 2 cups elbow macaroni
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/3 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese mix (I used Colby & Monterey Jack)
- 1/3 cup milk
- Dash salt & pepper
- Place macaroni, chicken stock and cream into rice cooker. Close lid and allow pasta to cook (about 30 minutes)
- Once the rice cooker goes into warm mode open lid and add remaining ingredients. Set rice cooker to cook again for about 5-6 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Serve and enjoy!
Next I will be making some breakfast in my new rice cooker. There is a setting for Oatmeal and a timer so just may have to buy some steel oats and make some homemade oatmeal in my rice cooker for a little treat one of these mornings.
Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker Review
Here are some features of the Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker:
- 10 Cup Capicity
- Fuzzy Logic Perfect Rice – take the guesswork out of cooking your rice
- 3D Heating Elements -for even cooking
- 24-Hour Plan Ahead Timer
After making these two dishes I am hooked. I will be now using my new rice cooker on a regular basis to create delicious and nutritious meals for my family. I like that it has a timer so that you can plan ahead but it will also show you just how long your food has been done. Once the rice cooker beeps to let you know that your food it done, it goes into “Keep Warm” mode and will have a timer that shows just how long the food has been sitting there.
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I would make plain rice and steamed vegetables like broccoli and asparagus.
I think I would make some fried rice in mine.
I would make a stir fry
I would make some wild mushroom rice.
I could definitely see myself making tons of different fried rice recipes. I also wonder how well this would be for cooking other pastas besides the macaroni.
i would love to make orange chicken and rice.
I’ll make cheddar chive rice.
I for sure would be making rice but would love to try your macaroni and cheese recipe in it.
I would make a lot of rice, we love rice at my house and we eat it with almost everything, I’m tired of making it the of fashioned way. I wouldn’t mind trying that mac and cheese recipe too.
That mac and cheese recipe looks awesome – I might do a mix of brown rice and pasta – make it a little healthier
Fried rice with shrimps – it’s my favorite.
I would make some jasmine rice 🙂
I would love to make a rice and vegetable dish in the rice cooker. I’ve heard you can make all types of dishes in a rice cooker. 🙂
foolproof rice – that is what i am looking forward to 🙂
I would make plain rice. Have always wanted a rice cooker.
I would make brown and white rice. Finally, maybe my rice will come out good.
I would make fried rice, Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I would make fried rice for my children. It is their favorite.
Fried rice…my son loves it!
We eat rice daily so I would cook white rice, brown rice, and fried rice! 🙂 Yum!! 🙂
I would use it to cook brown rice and fried rice.
I would make curry rice
My family loves rice so I would make some yummy fried rice.
I would definitely make Chicken Fried Rice as it is a dish we at a lot of!
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I would cook quinoa, rice, renditions of the mac n cheese with vegetables and other elements, and tons of rice to make my own sushi at home! 😀
I would try to make a paella with peppers and pigeon peas with yellow rice in the cooker.
i would make pork fried rice
That mac n cheese.
I would make steamed veggies and a healthy stir fry with the cooker.
I would make mostly white rice, we eat a ton of it. Sometimes I throw in an extra ingredient or two like saffron, butter, hott peppers, minced garlic, whatever sounds good.
I would make white rice.
I would probably use it for fried rice but I’d also like to fix some steel cut oats. (I had no idea you could use it for oats.).
Gosh, I think the first thing I would make is that Mac N Cheese! It looks awesome!
I am a total foody and these recipes look delish! Yummmo!
I would love to make fried rice!!
I would cook fried rice
Mostly, I would make rice! But I would like to try both the mac and cheese and the fried rice recipes.
I will cook rice for sure. My family loves rice but the 1st thing I would make is that mac and cheese recipe it looks amazing.
My husband and daughter really love rice, and not the 5 minute kind. This will be great I’m sure we’ll be eating rice, rice and more rice.
We eat a lot of rice so I would cook all kinds: brown, wild, jasmine, etc.
I would make Chicken Fried Rice with this rice cooker.
I would make fried rice.
I would make my favorite: brown rice and lentils.
Beef Fried Rice!
I would cook rice pilaf and other rice side dishes.
Chicken Cheese Rice Casserole!
I’d make Mexican Rice.
Mac N cheese! MY FAV
I would make a vegetarian fried rice in it!
I would make shrimp fried rice..
I would first make the Rice Cooker Mac & Cheese. It looks really good. The Fridgidare Rice Cooker definitely take a rice cooker to a new level. I’ve honestly only used my little cheapo for rice and steaming veggies.
The first thing I would make is that macaroni and cheese! Looks delicious!
I would love to make fried rice in mine.
I would cook wild rice pilaf.
We’d probably make some type of indian rice pudding *the kind that doesn’t get thick*
The fried rice looks delicious =)
I would have to make the mac and cheese you made. It just looks so good!
i would make rice and shrimp with it !
Thank You for the giveaway… we would make a simple Herbed Brown Rice Pilaf !
Saffron rice. Yummy!
Rice for my Sweet Rice recipe!