Metro Microwave Rice Cooker
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: MetroBrand: Metro
Model: 3013
Product features:
- Dishwasher safe, top rack only.
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Metro Microwave Rice Cooker
Customer Review: Absolutely the best one-shot microwave cooker!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was overjoyed to finally track down the Metro 3013 Rice Cooker again, after searching for it online and in stores with no luck. It's hands-down the most routinely used piece of cookware in my kitchen, as it is surprisingly versatile, easy to clean, and puts up with plenty of abuse.
After I first moved out of my parents' house many years ago, one of my bachelorette neighbors gave me this exact cooker as a welcome gift, with the assurance that it would be my best friend in the kitchen...and she was right. I used mine repeatedly since the day I got it, for almost everything I could imagine cooking. It finally cracked and broke last year, after a decade of heavy service. Not bad for a <10$ plastic rice cooker, and certainly deserving of a repeat purchase.
Allow me to elaborate: This thing is the lazy bachelor/dorm kiddies' best friend.
First: It's two SOLID pieces of plastic that lock together. No hinges to break, no removable parts to lose, no little pieces to meticulously disassemble and scrub. You fill it, lock it, cook it, open it, eat it, wash it. It's even dishwasher safe.
Second: You can cook pretty much anything in it, with ridiculously simple recipes, and it comes out perfect every time. Of course it cooks rice -- plain white rice (long or short grain) brown rice, curry rice, saffron rice, jasmine rice -- but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Using box dinners, you can easily make almost any taste your heart desires in minutes. Just pour the contents in and stick it in the microwave. It makes delicious red beans and rice, jambalaya, ramen noodles, spaghetti, cheese and macaroni, steamed veggies, instant mashed potatoes, soups, stews, chili, oatmeal and grits -- pretty much any prepackaged dish you can pour in; powdered, frozen, or otherwise.
It may take a bit of experimentation at first, to learn what works best in your particular wattage microwave, but if you've got a newer model with a "sensor cook" function, you're golden. Let me give you an example of a simple recipe I cook fairly often:
-1 cup frozen vegetables
-1 cup short grain rice
-2 cups water
-1 frozen chicken breast
Combine all of this in the Metro cooker, stick in the microwave, press "Sensor Cook: Rice" (or microwave for ~20 minutes on high) and come back when it's done. That's it. That's seriously all there is to it. When it finishes, add whatever sauce you prefer -- tomato, barbecue, soy, hot, teriyaki -- and there you have it. Instant delicious meals on the cheap, with almost no work.
And it's wonderfully versatile. Want to use Pork instead? Chicken stock? Marinade? Egg? Spam? Frozen meatballs? The only limit to this little item is your imagination and your willingness to experiment.
Description of Metro Microwave Rice Cooker
2.25 quart microwave rice cooker with lid.Small Appliances
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