Rice Cooker Meal

a bowl of cooked rice and vegetables and tofu topped with fresh parsley a fork to the right.

5 from 18 votes

This Rice Cooker Meal of loaded fried rice is a quick and easy way to make dinner that everyone will love. This recipe combines rice with vegetables, tofu, soy sauce, and more for a fun one-pot dish that’s perfect for a simple and easy weeknight meal.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Chinese, Japanese

Keyword fried rice, one dish, rice cooker

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 372kcal

Author Debi

Equipment

rice cooker

Ingredients

2 cups medium grain white rice
2 ½ cups vegetable broth
¼ cup olive oil
1 red bell pepper chopped
½ cup shredded carrots
8 ounces canned sliced water chestnuts drained and cut in half or quarters
7 ounces baked firm tofu
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon hoisin sauce
½ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

Instructions

Place all ingredients in the bowl of a rice cooker, mix well. Set the rice cooker to cook. Once cooked, give it another stir to mix everything together. Taste for seasonings, add more soy sauce if desired.

Notes

I love those baked tofu packages with the flavor baked right in. I suggest teriyaki flavor or Garlic & Herb. But really, any firm tofu will work here. Just cut it into bite sized pieces if it isn’t chopped already.

The oil gives a richness and great flavor to the rice, just like fried rice has. If you’d like to cut back on the oil, feel free. I’ve left it out entirely sometimes and the rice still comes out great. And, feel free to use your favorite variety of oil: olive oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, they all work well here.

Any soy sauce that you have will work great here. Normally I use low sodium soy sauce. As you can see in the picture, I had a mushroom flavored dark soy sauce. My regular green soy sauce seems to be packed away.

Cooked rice lasts three to four days in the refrigerator in an airtight container. If the rice smells funny or looks pink and slimy, do not eat it and throw it away.

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