The United States Merchant Marine refers to either United States civilian mariners, or to U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.
Transfer the rice to your rice cooker and let it soak for about 45 minutes in 2 2/3 cups (580 ml) warm water. 1  Soaking is beneficial because it reduces the stickiness of the rice. 2  It also helps the rice expand into long, thin grains. 3  You can soak the rice up to 3 hours, if desired, but 45 minutes will often be enough.f your rice cooker has a brown rice setting, use that. If it only has a timer, set the timer for 30 minutes. 1  Cover the rice cooker before starting it and leave that cover on for the duration of the cooking process. 2  The rice and quinoa may need a total of 40 minutes to finish cooking inside the rice cooker.
To cook rice in a rice cooker: Pour aromatics and rice (after frying) into your rice cooker, add 2 1/2 cups of your reserved poaching broth and salt. Follow the instructions for your model (usually this will just mean turn it on!).hile your rice is cooking, remove the chicken from the ice bath and rub the outside of the chicken with the sesame oil. Carve the chicken for serving. 5. To make the chili sauce: Blend your chili sauce ingredients in a blender until smooth and bright red. 6.