West Bend 12-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker Rice Cooking Chart, How To Steam Vegetables, Rice Measures

Rice Cooking Chart

RICE MEASURES	WATER	APPROXIMATE COOK TIME
2	To 2 cup level	20-30 minutes
4	To 4 cup level	25-35 minutes
6	To 6 cup level	30-40 minutes
8	To 8 cup level	30-40 minutes
10	To 10 cup level	30-40 minutes
12	To 12 cup level	35-45 minutes

•Do not cook less than 2 measures of rice in cooker.

•It is not recommended to cook instant rice or wild rice in rice cooker.

•A ¼ teaspoon of added salt will help reduce spitting that may occur.

SPECIAL NOTE:

1 Measure of dry rice with water = 2 cups of cooked rice Capacity = 24 cups of cooked rice

HOW TO STEAM VEGETABLES

1.Clean and prepare your vegetables.

2.Place heating base on dry, level, heat-resistant surface, away from any edge.

3.Before placing rice-cooking pot into heating base, make sure heating plate in base and outside of rice bowl are clean and dry. Do not let loose rice or particles fall into base, as this will affect cooking.

4.Place the rice pot into the heating base unit.

5.Add the desired number of water measures according to the length of time vegetables are to cook. Use the Vegetable Steaming Chart as a general guideline. As you cook with this appliance, adapt times and measurements to your own personal tastes.

6.Place the steaming basket into the rice pot.

7.Add vegetables and put the glass cover onto the appliance.

8.Attach cord to heating base, then plug cord into a 120 volt AC electric outlet only. Press switch lever down. Red “COOK” light will glow indicating cooker is on. Set separate timer for appropriate cook time as shown in Vegetable Steaming Chart.

9.When vegetables are done, use hot pad or oven mitt to remove cover from steaming basket. Remove vegetables to serving container. Unplug cord from outlet. Allow unit to cool completely before cleaning.

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