Rice cooker is so versatile! Lots of Thai college students cook many types of food with it, rice, noodle, stir-fry, soup and even cake! ;D Great option for those that their accommodations don't allow using gas stove.
If you have to cook this way in Thailand small kitchen apartments, have the rice cookers sold there, different to western rice cookers. By Which i mean, have they been made differently in the knowledge people will cook longer and in ways not designed just for rice (tougher rice cookers)
That National rice cooker... my mom and dad bought me one of those, that same model, for college, back in the 1980s. I made so much rice in that! It had a perforated, removable plate for the bottom, I suppose to keep the rice from sticking. This memory has brought back so many more, my college days, and my mom and dad... both gone now. Thank you again, mom and dad, I miss you two!
Greetings from Bangalore, India. Rice cooker is a very common household gadget here. It is used to cook many more dishes than just rice though. As young couple we used rice cookers cook rice, all kinds of biriyani, boil eggs, upma (kind of a savoury semolina pudding), lentils etc. Very versatile and affordable. As you say it is very forgiving. A favourite among students, bachelors and newly married.
My Japanese mom sent meto college with a rice cooker and butane stove. My roommate was amazed at how many late night munchies we could make. I did try this dish using what I had on hand. It was so delicious! 😊😊
Thanks for pointing out the lower glycemic index on glass noodles! As a type-2 diabetic anything that helps keep blood glucose stable is a win, and I LOVE noodles.
More rice cooker recipes plz? I do have a kitchen but I love using the rice cooker because I can leave things in there to cook on their own, and it also consumes less electricity than my stove and oven.
I have actually been traveling for work full time lately and often find myself in a hotel room with only a rice cooker 😅. Will definitely give this a try!
I have an Autistic son that loves curry, so when he went away to Uni last year he took our rice cooker, And was constantly getting swarmed by kids wanting to buy some curry from him. He would cook the rice first, dish it out into meal prep containers, then make the curry and have pre-made healthy curries all cooked in his rice cooker, because they where not allowed cooking items with an element in the rooms. Lucky he had a fridge in his room or food go walking. His favourites are Coconut curry chicken, And a Beef curry with a gravy base. Heaven cooks Spaghetti in it using normal wheat pasta dry
Thanks! That was simple and easy ! One pot meals in the rice cooker! especially for people who are busy! Looking forward for more one pot meals with only using the rice cooker! Thanks much 👍😄
ha ha ha Pailin you are very helpful not only for our youngsters in the dorms or small apts.but also for our seniors too. After we'recd your book, we recommended to our friends around the world. They said, it's very helpful .... ha ha ha...they only read English....ha ha ha but love Thai food.
Great idea. I had an old rice cooker that I would put chicken in with my rice and cook it at the same time when I was right out of high school and joined the military. On weekends I would make a batch and eat well over the weekend.
Thank you for your amazing timing! My induction stove broke and I have to wait for a part to arrive before they can fix it, so I'm stuck with an oven, airfryer, microwave and rice cooker for a while. This looks really amazing!
Hi Pai and Adam, What a great idea! Made me think back to the student days having to survive with limited appliances. Once we cooked a whole duck in just a frying pan.
If I was ever limited to owning only two kitchen appliances it would definitely 👍 be a Rice Cooker with lid and an Electric Skillet with lid. Husband and I travel in our Motorcoach and our Conversion Van. Our Rice Cooker and Electric Skillet are our Go-To favorites.
You can do this with pasta. I have learned a method to soak the past 2 hours in cold water. But my method is more simple: Put the pasta into boiled water, stir to soften and leave for the amount of time indicated on the package (6-8 minutes, etc.). Then you can put it into the rice cooker, adding your sauce of choice (soy or tomato, or whatever). According to Pai's instructions - the rice cooker will turn off when the sauce is evaporated.
My family and I take our 4 cup rice cooker with us on trips. I can’t do just restaurant meals. I have breakfast and dinner in the hotel. I cook rice first then I cook one dish in it. Example: boiled vegetable with a meat (precooked crisp pork belly cause it’s easy to transport). Egg drop soup. Noodles.
My aroma rice cooker has steam, white rice, and brown rice. I use it to steam eggs and tamales as well. I have to try this for noodles . Steaming eggs makes them so much easier to peel. Thank you for your recipe.
As soon as I saw this recipe I knew I had to try it. It came out great! The only thing I'd do different, is to marinate the shrimp for longer so they are more flavorful.
Well, I may have made a big mistake. My wife thinks I did, but she thinks everything I do is a mistake. Anyway, this inspired me to try something. I added some mixed veggies, and a CAN of Sardines! I have been trying to think of a way to eat these Sardines. Maybe this will be the trick. If it works I'll be a Sardine regular.
Lol...after watching your rice cooker video I was asking myself what more can I cook other than rice in the cooker. I will google for more Thai recipes which can be cooked in the rice cooker.
So brilliant!!! This was a very interesting and informative video! It shows what a creative and innovative chef you are. I´m going to try this glass noodle recipe this weekend with the vintage cooker I brought with me from BKK when I first came to Europe to study. Kob Khun Krub, Khun Pai! 🙏
@@andreeaburdui6834: Hi! I have a vintage cooker just like the one with the alumium pot in the demonstration. Mine can hold up to 1 and a half liter of water (just measured it). I reckon that the cooker Pai used is bigger but not quite 3 liter. Hope that helped!
well this is interesting - I'd def be keen to explore this as I am lousy at cooking noodles to the right al dente done-ness without them getting too sticky for stir fry
Cut a wedge shape with cardboard place it in the switch cook on setting becomes sauté setting works no drama I have cooked with these beam pots since the 90's ozzie cook. Cheers
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I don't have a rice cooker so I just cook rice in a pot with 1.5x volume of water to rice volume. And if the rice at the bottom does burn, I actually love that! Caramelised rice at the bottom of the pot is delicious!
Pour some oil around the sides before the rice is completely cooked. That's how I get a good crispy bottom. Also some fancy rice cookers have a crispy bottom setting. The crispy is appreciated by a lot of people
@@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 I didn’t know that some rice cookers could make crispy rice. I doubt I’ll get one though, as I already have far too many kitchen gadgets and not enough space! Plus, after 4 decades of cooking rice manually, I can pretty much get it just how I’d like it by adjusting the water volume, salting, cooking time and breathing time as my mother taught me, and now all by intuition. But it does mean that I can only cook rice when I’m physically present to start it and stop it!
For burned rice, you can put a slice of bread 🍞 on top of the rice, put the lid back on and let sit a few minutes. This will absorb some of the burned rice smell. My dad’s tip.
Considering both a microwave and kettle can boil water on their own (though you need special containers and be cautious of superheated water), the rice cooker/microwave combo really brings it home 🏡. That allows you to cook things like egg noodles. They compliment each other's weaknesses. Fancy microwaves or air fryers would be a slightly more expensive, but no more space taking up combo. And at that point you can basically cook anything, except by baking.
HEY PAILIN! I think for your next videos I suggest that you can do recipes for “Desktop Cooker”. I think this will be the next “Air Fryer”. You can even partner with hello fresh to create your own recipes.
Hello Pailin, i totally love your channel. Have tried many of your recipes. My question is.. can you do a few videos on the uses of Galangal. I have been given some healthy growing plants but i really dont know how to use it or what it tastes like especially when freshly dug up. I would really love to see how you use it. Look forward to your videos.. :)
THANK YOU FOR A BETTER TECHNIQUE. BY THE WAY, I'VE RECOMMENDED YOUR BOOK TO ALL MY FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD. SURE, THEY ARE ENGLISH R EADERS. GOOD LUCK. AMAZON DID A GOOD JOB SENT TO US AS PROMISED, NO DELAYS.
You can basically cook almost everything in there. Try cooking porridge, claypot rice with marinated chicken meat, Heating cold fridge dishes, whole chicken braised
I bought one of those white old school rice cookers when I got out of college in the early 70's.I still use it all the time. What a bargain that appliance was. I only worry that I will wear a hole in the pot.
Good Wednesday morning Pailin. Those rice noodles look absolutely delicious - especially with the shrimp and ginger. .Thanks for sharing a great recipe. 😉😉
You stated that you cannot cook raw egg noodles in a Rice cooker. Yes, you can. I do it all the time in my single switch B&D rice cooker. It's all proportion of 1:1 (liquid to solid) though I add a tad more water-no more than 1/4 cup as I like my noodles a bit more soft. Works every time. Try it!!!!
I have the Zojurushi that you showed. I never thought about noodles in it. However, i’m thinking it’s not really convenient in it. As you said, it’s a little too smart.
I do 90% of my cooking in my rice cooker! 5% is frying eggs, ground meat or stir-fry in my cast iron skillet. And 5% is using toaster oven to make tortilla pizzas.
I guess I have a *vintage* rice cooker, I never knew. Been using it for over 20 years, it's a real trooper. I was really fascinated by the concept of using it for noodles, and I'll have to try this recipe. But I was curious, wouldn't this work well for Ants Climbing Trees? Just interested in what you would think about this technique with that recipe.
Hi! She generally suggests not using dried or powdered ingredients like this if you can help it, as they lose their flavour and aroma over time - but if you have to, (and sometimes there is no other option), then you'll have to experiment with the amount as each batch will be different. Cheers! Adam
Rice cooker is so versatile! Lots of Thai college students cook many types of food with it, rice, noodle, stir-fry, soup and even cake! ;D Great option for those that their accommodations don't allow using gas stove.
Amazing! Similar to how many students in the west will use an electric pressure cooker like an instant pot (can sauté, pressure cook, and slow cook)
Not only Thai but also Filipinos 👍🏽
And Malaysians. And if you have a small one, you can also take it on overseas trips
I have a gas stove but still use a rice cooker because it is so convenient
If you have to cook this way in Thailand small kitchen apartments, have the rice cookers sold there, different to western rice cookers. By Which i mean, have they been made differently in the knowledge people will cook longer and in ways not designed just for rice (tougher rice cookers)
That National rice cooker... my mom and dad bought me one of those, that same model, for college, back in the 1980s. I made so much rice in that! It had a perforated, removable plate for the bottom, I suppose to keep the rice from sticking. This memory has brought back so many more, my college days, and my mom and dad... both gone now. Thank you again, mom and dad, I miss you two!
Perforated plate was for steaming veggies, meats.
@@happycook6737 No room under it for water, though. It rested right on the bottom.
The newer type rice cooker is a lot better for cooking n doesnt turn off when the lid is not on.
Its the instant pot!
Beautiful Memory ✌️🙏💜
Greetings from Bangalore, India.
Rice cooker is a very common household gadget here. It is used to cook many more dishes than just rice though. As young couple we used rice cookers cook rice, all kinds of biriyani, boil eggs, upma (kind of a savoury semolina pudding), lentils etc.
Very versatile and affordable. As you say it is very forgiving. A favourite among students, bachelors and newly married.
Hard, soft boiled and poached eggs cook wonderfully in my rice cooker. A rice cooker works as steamer, too
My Japanese mom sent meto college with a rice cooker and butane stove. My roommate was amazed at how many late night munchies we could make. I did try this dish using what I had on hand. It was so delicious! 😊😊
Thanks for pointing out the lower glycemic index on glass noodles! As a type-2 diabetic anything that helps keep blood glucose stable is a win, and I LOVE noodles.
More rice cooker recipes plz? I do have a kitchen but I love using the rice cooker because I can leave things in there to cook on their own, and it also consumes less electricity than my stove and oven.
I have actually been traveling for work full time lately and often find myself in a hotel room with only a rice cooker 😅. Will definitely give this a try!
Thank you for demystifying gourmet recipes. Listening to you helps take the intimidation out of cooking.
I have an Autistic son that loves curry, so when he went away to Uni last year he took our rice cooker, And was constantly getting swarmed by kids wanting to buy some curry from him. He would cook the rice first, dish it out into meal prep containers, then make the curry and have pre-made healthy curries all cooked in his rice cooker, because they where not allowed cooking items with an element in the rooms. Lucky he had a fridge in his room or food go walking. His favourites are Coconut curry chicken, And a Beef curry with a gravy base. Heaven cooks Spaghetti in it using normal wheat pasta dry
The fact he is autistic has no bearing whatsoever on the story. Just saying
Thanks! That was simple and easy ! One pot meals in the rice cooker! especially for people who are busy! Looking forward for more one pot meals with only using the rice cooker! Thanks much 👍😄
Shame he’s a meat eater.
ha ha ha Pailin you are very helpful not only for our youngsters in the dorms or small apts.but also for our seniors too. After we'recd your book, we recommended to our friends around the world. They said, it's very helpful .... ha ha ha...they only read English....ha ha ha but love Thai food.
Pailins never disappoints us, she's an incredible Content Creator and always creates masterpieces. Her content is amazing.
She's so intelligent with how well she thinks things out
Sounds like you’re in love with her.
Great idea. I had an old rice cooker that I would put chicken in with my rice and cook it at the same time when I was right out of high school and joined the military. On weekends I would make a batch and eat well over the weekend.
Thank you for your amazing timing! My induction stove broke and I have to wait for a part to arrive before they can fix it, so I'm stuck with an oven, airfryer, microwave and rice cooker for a while. This looks really amazing!
Gurl. You’re breaking the 4th wall of cooking. Love it!
Hi Pai and Adam,
What a great idea! Made me think back to the student days having to survive with limited appliances. Once we cooked a whole duck in just a frying pan.
Brilliant! .. and yes I could have used this idea back in university ... never thought of it :) Cheers!
If I was ever limited to owning only two kitchen appliances it would definitely 👍 be a Rice Cooker with lid and an Electric Skillet with lid. Husband and I travel in our Motorcoach and our Conversion Van. Our Rice Cooker and Electric Skillet are our Go-To favorites.
Love this! Thanks auntie Pai for also including the fancy smart rice cooker one in your blog as that's the one we have at home.
You can do this with pasta.
I have learned a method to soak the past 2 hours in cold water.
But my method is more simple: Put the pasta into boiled water, stir to soften and leave for the amount of time indicated on the package (6-8 minutes, etc.).
Then you can put it into the rice cooker, adding your sauce of choice (soy or tomato, or whatever).
According to Pai's instructions - the rice cooker will turn off when the sauce is evaporated.
Thank you! Great alternative for students. Please do more of such recipes!
Those shrimp are GORGEOUS!
My family and I take our 4 cup rice cooker with us on trips. I can’t do just restaurant meals. I have breakfast and dinner in the hotel. I cook rice first then I cook one dish in it. Example: boiled vegetable with a meat (precooked crisp pork belly cause it’s easy to transport). Egg drop soup. Noodles.
I have the traditional National Rice Cooker bought in Hong Kong in the early 1970’s. Still going strong.
Kung op woon sean is one of my favourite Thai dish.
I learned how to make it at a Moo Kata restaurant that has a station to make it yourself.
My aroma rice cooker has steam, white rice, and brown rice. I use it to steam eggs and tamales as well. I have to try this for noodles . Steaming eggs makes them so much easier to peel. Thank you for your recipe.
Great! ❤ I will try to cook my next noodles in the rice cooker
As soon as I saw this recipe I knew I had to try it. It came out great! The only thing I'd do different, is to marinate the shrimp for longer so they are more flavorful.
This is revolutionary. Rice cooker saves the day once again!
Well, I may have made a big mistake. My wife thinks I did, but she thinks everything I do is a mistake. Anyway, this inspired me to try something. I added some mixed veggies, and a CAN of Sardines! I have been trying to think of a way to eat these Sardines. Maybe this will be the trick. If it works I'll be a Sardine regular.
Lol...after watching your rice cooker video I was asking myself what more can I cook other than rice in the cooker. I will google for more Thai recipes which can be cooked in the rice cooker.
It was so nice explanation, some more rice cooker recipes please 🙏❤🇬🇧 From London
So brilliant!!! This was a very interesting and informative video! It shows what a creative and innovative chef you are. I´m going to try this glass noodle recipe this weekend with the vintage cooker I brought with me from BKK when I first came to Europe to study. Kob Khun Krub, Khun Pai! 🙏
would you say that the rice cooker from this video has a capacity of 1l? or more like 3?
@@andreeaburdui6834: Hi! I have a vintage cooker just like the one with the alumium pot in the demonstration. Mine can hold up to 1 and a half liter of water (just measured it). I reckon that the cooker Pai used is bigger but not quite 3 liter. Hope that helped!
Thank you for making cooking noodles easy in a rice cooker. God bless you love Toronto
Great to know although I don't have a rice cooler. By the way, I bought your cookbook and it's great.
Greetings from Los Angeles
well this is interesting - I'd def be keen to explore this as I am lousy at cooking noodles to the right al dente done-ness without them getting too sticky for stir fry
I subscribed! So well detailed, no babbling, no exaggerating just awesome!
Cut a wedge shape with cardboard place it in the switch cook on setting becomes sauté setting works no drama I have cooked with these beam pots since the 90's ozzie cook. Cheers
That's why I like you Pailin, you're always using your noodle! 😉OK, I'll try this way later in the week - thanks a lot!
Oh my gosh. I was in awe of your beauty and your great presentational voice. Cheers for sharing.
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I don't have a rice cooker so I just cook rice in a pot with 1.5x volume of water to rice volume. And if the rice at the bottom does burn, I actually love that! Caramelised rice at the bottom of the pot is delicious!
That was my favorite part growing up in a Chinese family. So yummy and wonderful childhood memories.
Pour some oil around the sides before the rice is completely cooked. That's how I get a good crispy bottom. Also some fancy rice cookers have a crispy bottom setting. The crispy is appreciated by a lot of people
@@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 I didn’t know that some rice cookers could make crispy rice. I doubt I’ll get one though, as I already have far too many kitchen gadgets and not enough space! Plus, after 4 decades of cooking rice manually, I can pretty much get it just how I’d like it by adjusting the water volume, salting, cooking time and breathing time as my mother taught me, and now all by intuition. But it does mean that I can only cook rice when I’m physically present to start it and stop it!
For burned rice, you can put a slice of bread 🍞 on top of the rice, put the lid back on and let sit a few minutes. This will absorb some of the burned rice smell. My dad’s tip.
7:27 I've never felt more seen - thank you Pailin
Love that you explain things. ❤
A simple thing I do in rice cookers all the time is steamed veggies. So easy, so good, and then you can pan fry for some colour
Love it.. What a great way Pai...
Always something yummy cooking in Pailin's kitchen! 💯🥂👍🏾
I love the cat's expression on the mug! 🐈
I cook rice in the microwave, and it works surpricingly well :)
I hope a lot of people use this method that needs to or just for fun thanks
Considering both a microwave and kettle can boil water on their own (though you need special containers and be cautious of superheated water), the rice cooker/microwave combo really brings it home 🏡. That allows you to cook things like egg noodles.
They compliment each other's weaknesses.
Fancy microwaves or air fryers would be a slightly more expensive, but no more space taking up combo. And at that point you can basically cook anything, except by baking.
Wow this enlightened me and I going home to try
I have to start traveling with mine. I cook so many things in it. Great for single portions!
Thank you so much.
I would Iove a video on a noode dish made in an instapot!
Thanks for all the interesting tips and insights ... no wonder you have 1.8M subs ... really excellent content!
Great job. So hard to watch while on a diet. But love to watch anyway!
The torched rice at the bottom of the pot is so yummy
HEY PAILIN! I think for your next videos I suggest that you can do recipes for “Desktop Cooker”. I think this will be the next “Air Fryer”. You can even partner with hello fresh to create your own recipes.
Wow, looks super delicious! Thanks.
I am so sharing this with my Indo-Mauritian mother
Hello Pailin, i totally love your channel. Have tried many of your recipes. My question is.. can you do a few videos on the uses of Galangal. I have been given some healthy growing plants but i really dont know how to use it or what it tastes like especially when freshly dug up. I would really love to see how you use it. Look forward to your videos.. :)
Hi David! hot-thai-kitchen.com/galangal-101/ and hot-thai-kitchen.com/#search/q=galangal Have fun! Adam
@@AdamHotThaiKitchen Thank you so much for replying. Your links have been very helpfull. :)
THANK YOU FOR A BETTER TECHNIQUE. BY THE WAY, I'VE RECOMMENDED YOUR BOOK TO ALL MY FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD. SURE, THEY ARE ENGLISH R EADERS. GOOD LUCK. AMAZON DID A GOOD JOB SENT TO US AS PROMISED, NO DELAYS.
ha ha ha some of our friends said that you took pictures of some pages & sent them....very smart ides.
nice vid, practical...
you know stick a fork in shrimp,, peel easy..good voice too, easy listening!
Great Idea..thank you for sharing.
Serchin for new dishes. And found this gem!😁
You can basically cook almost everything in there. Try cooking porridge, claypot rice with marinated chicken meat, Heating cold fridge dishes, whole chicken braised
How to cook claypot rice in the rice cooker, appreciate can give some advice thks
I bought one of those white old school rice cookers when I got out of college in the early 70's.I still use it all the time. What a bargain that appliance was. I only worry that I will wear a hole in the pot.
Yum yum.😋 So interesting to know that my rice cooker can do something else besides cooking my rice. 😀Thank you for sharing such an awesome recipe!
Good Wednesday morning Pailin. Those rice noodles look absolutely delicious - especially with the shrimp and ginger. .Thanks for sharing a great recipe. 😉😉
Your brilliant. Thanks from Powell River BC
good information thank you for posting this video
Love the detail. Great video.
Looks delicious!!!
You stated that you cannot cook raw egg noodles in a Rice cooker. Yes, you can. I do it all the time in my single switch B&D rice cooker. It's all proportion of 1:1 (liquid to solid) though I add a tad more water-no more than 1/4 cup as I like my noodles a bit more soft. Works every time. Try it!!!!
There is something about oyster sauce ... it's just so tasty.
I have the Zojurushi that you showed. I never thought about noodles in it. However, i’m thinking it’s not really convenient in it. As you said, it’s a little too smart.
Thank you for recipe
That reminded me about the life in the campus dorm in Hatyai.
Always fun videos to watch.....ALWAYS! Love It!
Instant pot and rice cooker and u can boil and saute in it. Air fry too if u have the air fryer lid. I love my instant pot duo
Thank you
I prefer my glass top rice cooker. I also have the stainless steel pot. 😬👍🏼
I do 90% of my cooking in my rice cooker!
5% is frying eggs, ground meat or stir-fry in my cast iron skillet.
And 5% is using toaster oven to make tortilla pizzas.
This is mind blowing! ❤❤❤❤
amazingly technique❤❤
I'm definitely going to try this. Thank you Pailin.
Great idea
Well done Darling Pai...
Best video ever
I guess I have a *vintage* rice cooker, I never knew. Been using it for over 20 years, it's a real trooper. I was really fascinated by the concept of using it for noodles, and I'll have to try this recipe. But I was curious, wouldn't this work well for Ants Climbing Trees? Just interested in what you would think about this technique with that recipe.
Hi from far north Australia tropical cairns I love your videos ease cooking 🐊🐊🐊🦎🦎🦎
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wow, that national rice cooker takes me back to childhood LOL
Thank you so much! ❤
Hi Pai. Can you please share your thoughts about dry galangal ( powdered ) versus fresh. Thanks.
Hi! She generally suggests not using dried or powdered ingredients like this if you can help it, as they lose their flavour and aroma over time - but if you have to, (and sometimes there is no other option), then you'll have to experiment with the amount as each batch will be different. Cheers! Adam
Pleas do more video on cooking things in a rice cooker.
Fun fact: you have 2 rice cookers. You can sell noodle soup in thailand.
🤣😂 forgot the rice, no tasting shrimp lol, just noodles ! Sounds good to me dear.
Thx for the lesson. Greatly appreciated 👌👌👌👍👍👍😁♥️♥️♥️
So delicious ❤ and it is easy to cook
Reminds me of pancit!
Genius! ขอบคุณครับ 😃🙏🏻
I love all your videos. You are so pretty and very articulate.