Cooking Without a Kitchen: Pasta in the Rice Cooker

January 25, 2010

Here’s another misnomer for you: cooking pasta in a rice cooker. That’s like my making stir-fry chicken in the Crock-Pot instead of a wok.

And while this notion of making pasta this non-traditional way gives my Sicilian stepmother pause, I just had to share with you how easy this was.

1 1-lb box of pasta (we used penne)
1 26-ounce jar of sauce
26 ounces of water

I dumped it all in the rice cooker, put the top on and “cooked” it for 20 minutes. Enough of the water boiled off as steam so that by the time the pasta was al dente, the sauce had thickened and we had delicious penne. My kids don’t usually eat pasta with sauce by choice but they asked for seconds.

You can bet I’ll be trying this recipe again. Next time I might add frozen meatballs.

What non-traditional things have you made in a rice cooker?

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3 Responses to Cooking Without a Kitchen: Pasta in the Rice Cooker

Sara on January 30, 2010 at 9:43 am

I’ve been considering a rice cooker, but I have so little kitchen space I’ve committed to not buying any more appliances. However – if it’s so versatile it might be worth it.

Creative post – thank you.
Carol on March 10, 2010 at 6:00 pm

what size slowcooker do you have?? Thanks!
Leah Ingram on March 11, 2010 at 5:33 am

10 cup, I believe. From Black and Decker.