Bought a $20 rice cooker instead of instant pot and honestly not sorry

Everyone in this sub swears by instant pots for budget meals. I get it, they do everything. But I work nights and when I drag myself home at 7am I just want rice with a frozen veggie mix and some soy sauce. My little $20 cooker from Target does perfect rice in 20 minutes with zero thinking. Instant pot would take longer to pressurize and I'd have to clean another gadget. Anyone else stick with a single use tool over a multi cooker and save money that way?

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fiona73715d ago

Cooking rice in an instant pot is actually faster if you factor in not having to babysit it. Set it and forget it while you shower or whatever. Plus that $20 cooker is probably just a glorified hot plate with no keep warm function that lasts. My instant pot makes perfect rice in 12 minutes including pressurize time, and I can also make a whole chicken or yogurt with the same gadget. That single use tool might save you $20 now, but you'll be buying another one in a year when the nonstick coating flakes off into your rice.

riley_coleman15d ago

Oh man, I've been there @fiona737, but honestly that $20 cooker has lasted me three years now just by rinsing the rice first and using a silicone spatula instead of metal.