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by amphibian87 2151 days ago
I am a pressure cooker proselytizer. Seriously, they can cook dehydrated beans in 35 minutes-no soaking required.

However, rice does poorly with my model. The grains are too small and can become lodged in the safety features.

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I have a Japanese pressure cooker slow cooker combo. Apart from a a fuze blowing the day of warranty expiration, I am very happy with it. It cooks white rice in 8 mins (+washing time and cool down time). If it wasn't always full with other stuff I would never use my rice cooker.
Your comment just inspired a flurry of research on my end which resulted in purchasing a $200 air-fryer pressure-cooker combo (highly unusual behavior for my scrupulous self). Expecting good things to come and ultra excited for it. Any tips on things to cook, favorites, etc? Thank you for your post. :)
Stock. If you don’t care about crystal clear stock then a pressure cooker can do it in like 10% of the time needed on the stove.
My mother has always cooked rice directly in pressure cooker without any issue. To ensure security, the water level should be no more than half the height of the cooker (same with every food, the pressure cooker must not be filled too much).
Do you put the rice directly into the pressure cooker? Using a separate vessel inside the cooker, with some additional water in the cooker works much better.