6 Dishes You Can Cook with Your Rice Cooker

The rice cooker can be your best friend! This versatile kitchen appliance can be used to cook more than just rice: think stews, pasta casseroles, and more:

Hainanese Chicken

A no-fuss recipe for those days when you need a meal in less than an hour.

Oriental Pork Ribs with Mushrooms and Sausages

Cooking the rice together with the pork ribs, marinade, mushrooms, and sausages make this dish extra flavorful!

Rice Cooker Pasta Cubano

Pasta in your rice cooker? Definitely!

Fish Congee

Busy? Cooking congee in your rice cooker makes preparing for meals easier.

Chili Con Carne      

Using a rice cooker to cook your chili con carne actually makes the meat tender and tasty.

Chicken and Seafood Paella

Behold, a simpler recipe for paella!

Recipes and feature appeared in the July 2013 issue of Yummy.

Recipes and Food Preparation by Len Santos-Ding of Feed 5000

Photography by Miguel Nacianceno and styling by Rachelle Santo