White rice in a Crockpot Mini, anyone actually tried it?

[Thomas Martinez]

Seeing as a few peoples have mentioned it in the past, I figured I’d open up a thread about cooking rice in the Crockpot Mini. The instructions, if I remember correctly, are to rinse your rice, add 1 cup of rice and 1.5 cups of water to the inner pot, and then set it to low for approximately 3.5 hour.
This seems like a long time to cook rice for those used to rice cookers, but as someone who's used to slow cookers, it makes sense as the low setting will allow the rice to cook at a more moderatly temperature. Rinsing the rice prior to cooking will help to remove any excess starch that can otherwise lead to the rice sticking to the inner pot.
I’m curious to know from others if anyone’s ever experimented with the ratio of water to rice, or if anyone have used the Mini crockpot regularly for preparing rice.

 

[Tired Teira]

Yeah I do this almost weekly in the Mini. For me 1:1.5 is too much water. I find that 1:1.25 works better to avoid mushily rice. Also, as noted below, you dont want to use too much water in a slow cooker since nothing evaporate under that lid.

 

[Claustrophobic Animal]

why low for 3.5 hrs tho, has anyone tried cooking it on high for a shorter length of time?

 

[Better Badger]

buy a rice cooker lol

 

[Amused Albatross]

I’ve ran this exact recipe in my Mini crockpot for rice maybe 50 or more times. I’ve found the standard 1:1.5 ratio to be too wet for rice, and 1:1.25 works better. I must rinse the rice prior to add to the crockpot, or else the rice will stick to the inner pot (when I skipped it once!). A light spray of cooking oil makes it much easier to clean up after cooking.