{Holiday Gift Guide} Aroma 20-Cup Digital Rice Cooker & Food Steamer Review

ABOUT:

Aroma is a company that produces kitchen appliances such as blenders, deep fryers, ice cream makers, indoor grills, slow cookers, rice cookers and more!

The 20-Cup Digital Cool-Touch Rice Cooker from Aroma makes perfect rice, soups, stews and even steams meat and vegetables simultaneously. It flawlessly prepares up to 20 cups of any type of rice, with a water reservoir that channels away excess condensation. Specialized functions for white and brown rice cook any variety of rice or whole grains to perfection at just the press of a button. The programmable steam function transforms the rice cooker into a digital food steamer, as steaming time can be set from 5 to 30 minutes and automatically shuts off once the set time has passed. The 15-hour delay timer is perfect for families on the go. Add rice and water in the morning and rice will be hot and ready when its needed at night. And when the cooking is done, the nonstick inner cooking pot and all accessories clean easily in the dishwasher. Includes measuring cup, steam tray and serving spatula.

Features:

• Prepares 4 to 20 cups of cooked rice
• Steams meat and vegetables while simultaneously cooking rice for healthy, one-pot meals
• Easy-to-use digital controls for White Rice, Brown Rice, Programmable Steam and Keep-Warm
• Nonstick inner cooking pot removes for quick cleanup in the dishwasher
• Beautiful brushed stainless steel finish
• Includes steam tray, measuring cup and serving spatula

MY THOUGHTS:

My family doesn’t eat that much rice that I thought we would need a rice cooker, but after reading about the Aroma Digital Rice Cooker & Food Steamer, I was sold.  It not only cooks rice perfectly every time (no more soggy rice) but it keeps it warm for several hours.  It can also steam vegetables, either frozen or fresh.  I thought too it would take awhile to cook in it, but it is actually faster to reheat foods to in the rice cooker by steaming rather than in the oven.

With the 20-cup Digital Rice Cooker & Food Steamer you can cook rice on the bottom and steam vegetables and meats on the top.  I had no idea either how versatile a rice cooker could be either.  I am amazed that I can make a whole meal in this Aroma cooker – soups, stews, breakfast frittata, dips and even desserts!

(Uncle Ben’s is typically a stove top rice but I was able to throw it right in my rice cooker)

I didn’t have a big box of rice, but rather two boxes of Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain White Rice.  I love Uncle Ben’s rice but I tend to pass on making it too much because I have to “baby” it by stirring and letting it sit.  I was skeptical though how they would cook in the rice cooker.  I tossed the two boxes of Uncle Ben’s rice and 2 1/2 cups of water in the Aroma Rice Cooker, Closed the lid, and pushed white rice – about 30 minutes later it beeped and I had perfect rice!  No stirring or checking, just tossed it in and let it sit!  I am still amazed at how perfect the rice was, that I don’t think I will even make rice on the stove again!  This machine is seriously amazing and so useful! This appliance is like a mix between a crockpot and a rice cooker!  Also, I know 20-cups seems pretty big but I would rather have a bigger one than a smaller one – I made about 4 cups of cooked rice for my family and it was perfect so don’t feel like this is only for large families.  This would be a perfect gift for anyone (or yourself) who likes rice but wants the flexibility to cook non-rice meals too!  (Especially nice if you don’t have room for a crock-pot and rice cooker.)

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