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RICE COOKER MAC AND CHEESE
INSTRUCTIONS
Add the macaroni and vegetable broth to the rice cooker. Close the lid and cook on the "steam" setting for 5 minutes. It may take 5-7 minutes to come up to temperature before it begins counting down the 5 minutes of cook time. Stir the pasta twice during cooking, once when the cook time begins to count down, and again when there is about 2 minutes left. Close the lid promptly after stirring each time.
While the pasta is cooking, cut the cream cheese into chunks. After 5 minutes of cooking, the pasta should have absorbed all of the broth (if not, cook a few minutes longer). Turn the rice cooker to the "keep warm" setting, and add the milk and cream cheese. Stir until the cream cheese has melted.
Finally, add half of the shredded cheddar and stir until it has melted, then repeat with the second half. If the cheese sauce becomes too thick or dry for your liking, simply stir in an extra splash of milk. Serve hot.
As a mediocre chef, I usually have trouble cooking complicated recipes with a bunch of different pots and pans. If I can toss everything into a single pot and get something tasty out of it, I’m usually satisfied. Thankfully cheese makes pretty much everything taste good. This simple mac and cheese recipe can be cooked with ease in not just a rice cooker, but the ever increasingly popular Instant Pot as well. Try not to make more than you can eat, because cheese sauces lose their signature creamy texture when it cools.
Levitt Lin
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 2
INGREDIENTS
1 cup uncooked macaroni noodles
1 cup vegetable broth
1/3 cup milk
2 oz. cream cheese
3 oz. medium cheddar, shredded