I love the fact that you can put your ingredients in the electric pressure cooker, and then walk away. No babysitting it like the stovetop ones. They were great in their day, but I seriously love this pressure cooker. I've had a Cuisinart electric pressure cooker for awhile now. L.O.V.E. So much so that my sister got me a bigger one at Christmas.
Fried rice is so customizable and can be so cheap! Brown rice, $.88, frozen mixed veggies, $1.00, a little oil and soy sauce? Negligible if you have them on hand. I fed my family of ten for a couple bucks. Yes we like other stuff in our fried rice too. Ham, or chicken or other meat of choice, scrambled eggs, or whatever suits your fancy. We didn't have the other stuff on hand, and it was still a simple, tasty meal. Fried rice is the Chinese equivalent of leftovers. You can actually just use whatever leftovers you have, including leftover rice. We like it so much, we make it for it's own sake.
16 oz brown rice
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups water
2 Tablespoons oil
12 oz frozen mixed veggies (I used peas and carrots this time around)
In your electric pressure cooker, add the rice, broth, water and oil. Cook for 10 minutes on high pressure. It takes time for the pressure cooker to get "up to pressure", about 10 to 15 minutes, and then it starts counting down the 10 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally. You can steam your vegetables quick in the microwave (love those steamer bags), or mix into your rice and let cook for 5 or 6 minutes. Or in my case, I stirred them in when the rice was done, put the lid back on and kept it on the "Keep Warm" setting while I took kids all over the place for lessons and such after school. When we walked in the door, dinner was ready and we were able to just sit down and eat. We like to eat ours with soy sauce.
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