{"id":1581459,"date":"2022-04-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1581459"},"modified":"2024-09-22T16:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T21:23:47","slug":"best-rice-cooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/best-rice-cooker\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Rice Cookers of 2024, Tested By Our Kitchen Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"Rice is a major component of many of our favorite dishes. It serves as a foundation for delicious curry recipes<\/a>, adds texture to soups<\/a> and fills out our menus when made as a side dish<\/a>.\r\n\r\nAs common as this ingredient is, it often can give even regular cooks some trouble (raise your hand if you've ever scorched a pot of rice!). Even if rice doesn't present major problems for you, keeping an eye on the pot while working on other parts of your meal is a pain. That's where finding the best rice cooker comes in. A good rice cooker takes care of making this grain perfectly tender<\/a> and keeping it warm while you finish up that stir-fry<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOur guide to how to cook rice<\/a> is full of tips and helpful advice for making different varieties of rice.\r\n

What to Look for When Shopping for a Rice Cooker<\/h2>\r\n\"Rice\r\n\r\nThere are what seems like limitless rice cooker options out there. Our Test Kitchen<\/a> provided its top picks below, but be sure to keep these considerations in mind when you're choosing from our favorites (or choosing one of your own):\r\n