RICE COOKER MEALS
Fast Home Cooking for Busy People by Neal Bertrand
Rice Cooker Meals offers a time-saving alternative to conventional cooking. With this cookbook you can prepare a traditional home-cooked meal - all in one rice cooker. If you want to cook a worry-free, quick, flavorful meal that doesn't heat up your whole kitchen or use all your pots, Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People is for you!
Enjoy delicious, multicultural recipes that are less expensive and healthier than fast food. Includes Mexican, Italian, Tex-Mex and Cajun recipes! And one-pot cooking means less mess to clean up!
You'll see how easy it is to cook jambalayas, seafood dishes, pastas, "casseroles", soups, rice side dishes, and various vegetable recipes including potatoes, cabbage, and sweet potatoes. "IN A RICE COOKER?" Yes, all cooked in a rice cooker. Isn't that amazing?
Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People is a 6 x 9 perfect bound paperback, 96 pages
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Neal Bertrand was born and reared in Opelousas, Louisiana, in the heart of Cajun Country. He has more than a decade of experience in the publishing business. He is the founder and owner of Cypress Cove Publishing in Lafayette, Louisiana. His two previous publications are Down-Home Cajun Cooking Favorites and the bi-lingual (English & French) Cajun Country Fun Coloring and Activity Book. He has also published a collection of authentic Cajun art prints - beautiful South Louisiana landscapes, all painted by his father, Curtis. All of his books, art prints, rice cookers and other products can be seen and ordered from his websites, www.Cypress CovePublishing.com and www.RiceCookerMeals .com.
What qualifies me to write a rice cooker cookbook?
That’s a good question!
I am not a chef. I have no culinary training. I am not a “Foodie”… although I do like to eat. I have not cooked that much in my lifetime. It’s not something that I would choose to do. I figure, why cook, when I can open up a can of whatever, nuke it in my microwave, and carry on with my life?
The alternative has always been to be stuck in front of a stove, watching the food so it doesn’t burn, and so on. That just seemed to be a little harder than what I wanted to do.
I’ve been cooking rice in a rice cooker since the 1970s. That’s simple. Then a few years ago I saw a recipe for jambalaya in a rice cooker and I said to myself, “Whoa. I could do that.” So I did it, it came out great and I was so excited. I figured, this is a whole new mindset, now! I could even do this! Cooking a delicious one-pot meal in a rice cooker in about 30 minutes, now that’s more my speed. Press the cook button and then go watch TV or a video, then eat in a half hour.
Book Contents
INTRODUCTION 5
PREFACE 6
JAMBALAYAS 8
Black-eyed Pea and Sausage Jambalaya; Black-eyed Pea; Chicken Breast;
and Turkey Burger Jambalaya; Crawfish Jambalaya; Eggplant; Beef and
Shrimp Jambalaya; Shrimp and Rice Pilaf; Shrimp Creole Jambalaya;
Shrimp Jambalaya; Shrimp Opelousas
MEATS 17
Ball Park Casserole; Cajun Pepper Steak; Cajalian Chicken Cacciatore;
Cajalian Chicken Cacciatore Alfredo; Mexican Taco Casserole I;
Mexican Taco Casserole II; Sausage Sauce Piquante;
Steven’s Easy Chili; Stuffed Beef Roast
PASTA 28
Cheesy Noodle Goulash; Chicken and Cheesy Macaroni; Chicken and Pasta;
Chicken Breast and Turkey Sausage Pastalaya; Crawfishor Shrimp Fettuccine;
Hearty Corn and Black-eyed Pea Pastalaya; Pizza Pastalaya; Spaghetti and
Meatballs; Tex-Mex Pasta; Zucchini; Butter Beans and Pasta
RICE SIDE DISHES 39
Chicken Fried Rice; Dark Rice; Lemon Pepper Rice; Lemony Rice;
Mexican Rice; Mushroom Rice; Mushroom-Jalapeno Rice; Pecan Rice
SEAFOOD 48
Catfish Sauce Piquante; Crawfish and Corn Maque Choux; Crawfish and Crab
Dip or Casserole; Crawfish Étouffée; Crawfish Stew; Smothered Crawfish
SOUPS 55
Black-eyed Pea and Sausage Soup; Chicken Noodle Soup; Chicken and
Sausage Gumbo; Corn and Potato Soup; Crawfish and Corn Maque Choux
Soup; Steak and Potato Soup; Taco Soup
VEGETABLES POTATOES; CABBAGE; SWEET POTATOES 64
Chicken Fajita Stuffed Potato; Chili & Cheese Stuffed Potato;
“Crawfish Boil” Potatoes; Easy Smothered Potatoes and Sausage; Sausage;
Potatoes and Green Beans; Smothered Potatoes with Sausage and Tasso;
Turkey and Potatoes in Barbecue Sauce; Cabbage Casserole I;
Cabbage Casserole II; Candied Yams with Marshmallows;
Yams with Brown Sugar and Butter; Red Beans and Rice
RESOURCES 77
THE WELL-STOCKED RICE COOKER MEALS PANTRY 78
Safety Precaution 80
Boiling Point and Altitude 80
Easy Cooking; Great Eating for College Students 81
Now You Can Cook Outside! 81
Browning Meat; In a Skillet or In the Rice Cooker? 82
How to Cook White Rice and Brown Rice in Your Rice Cooker 83
How Your Rice Cooker Knows When the Meal is cooked 83
Want to Cook; But You’re in an Inconvenient Place? 84
What if my Rice Cooker Flips to WARM Prematurely? 84
Time-Saving Tips on Food Preparation 85
Butter Measurements 85
Teaching Children How to Cook with a Rice Cooker 85
Steaming Vegetables in your Rice Cooker 86
FOOD AND SPICE RESOURCES 87
INDEX OF RICE COOKER RECIPES 88
INDEX BY CATEGORY 90
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 93
WHERE TO GET A RICE COOKER WITH A STAINLESS INNER BOWL AND STEAMER 94
Index of Rice Cooker Recipes
Ball Park “Casserole”, 18
Black-Eyed Pea & Sausage Jambalaya, 9
Black-eyed Pea, Chicken Breast and Turkey Burger Jambalaya, 10
Black-eyed Pea and Sausage Soup, 56
Cabbage “Casserole” I, 72
Cabbage “Casserole” II, 74
Cajun Pepper Steak, 19
Cajalian Chicken Cacciatore, 20
Cajalian Chicken Cacciatore Alfredo, 21
Candied Yams with Marshmallows, 75
Catfish Sauce Piquante, 49
Cheesy Noodle Goulash, 29
Chicken and Cheesy Macaroni, 30
Chicken and Pasta, 31
Chicken Breast and Turkey Sausage Pastalaya, 32
Chicken Fajita Stuffed Potato, 65
Chicken Fried Rice, 40
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, 58
Chicken Noodle Soup, 57
Chili and Cheese Stuffed Potato, 66
Corn and Potato Soup, 60
Crawfish or Shrimp Fettuccine, 33
Crawfish Jambalaya, 11
Crawfish and Corn Maque Choux, 50
Crawfish and Crab Dip or “Casserole”, 51
Crawfish Étouffée, 52
Crawfish Stew, 53
Crawfish and Corn Maque Choux Soup, 61
“Crawfish Boil” Potatoes, 67
Dark Rice, 41
Easy Smothered Potatoes and Sausage, 68
Eggplant, Beef and Shrimp Jambalaya, 12
Hearty Corn and Black-eyed Pea Pastalaya, 34
Lemon Pepper Rice, 42
Lemony Rice, 43
Mexican Taco “Casserole” I, 22
Mexican Taco “Casserole” II, 23
Mexican Rice, 44
Mushroom Rice, 45
Mushroom-Jalapeno Rice, 46
Pecan Rice, 47
Pizza Pastalaya, 35
Red Beans and Rice, 24
Sausage, Potatoes and Green Beans, 69
Sausage Sauce Piquante, 25
Shrimp and Rice Pilaf, 13
Shrimp Creole Jambalaya, 14
Shrimp Jambalaya, 15
Shrimp Opelousas, 16
Smothered Crawfish, 54
Smothered Potatoes with Sausage and Tasso, 70
Spaghetti and Meatballs, 36
Steak and Potato Soup, 62
Steven’s Easy Chili, 26
Stuffed Beef Roast, 27
Taco Soup, 63
Tex-Mex Pasta, 37
Turkey and Potatoes in Barbecue Sauce, 71
Yams with Brown Sugar and Butter, 76
Zucchini, Butter Beans and Pasta, 38
Sample Recipes from the Book
Black-Eyed Pea & Sausage Jambalaya
This meal is surprisingly good. This is the dish I cooked at the food
demonstrations I’ve done. All who have tasted this dish were very
impressed – even the ones who said they didn’t care for black-eyed peas.
1 lb. smoked link beef or pork sausage, sliced and browned
1 (15.5-oz.) can black-eyed peas with jalapenos
1 (10.5-oz.) can beef broth
1¼ cups (10 oz.) uncooked medium-grain white rice
1 stick butter, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 small bell pepper, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup chopped green onions
Brown the sausage in skillet and drain excess grease. Add all ingredients
to rice cooker, stir, cover and press down COOK switch. Once meal is
cooked, and the COOK switch pops up to WARM mode, let it stand
covered 10 minutes before serving.
Cooked for 18 minutes and made up to the 5-cup level.
Chicken and Pasta
A savory and quick meal!
1½ cups water
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 cups large elbow macaroni, uncooked
1 lb. chicken breast, or your favorite chicken parts,
cut in bite-size pieces
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 (10-oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chilies
1 (8-oz.) can tomato sauce
1 stick butter, chopped
½ large bell pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
¼ lb. block of processed cheese cut in pieces
Add water and oil to bowl and stir. Add macaroni to liquid and coat well
to avoid clumping. Season chicken pieces well and brown in skillet. Add
browned chicken and all remaining ingredients, except cheese, to rice
cooker, stir, cover and press down COOK switch. Once meal is cooked,
and the COOK switch pops up to WARM mode, add cheese, stir well to
mix, and then serve.
Cooked for 24 minutes and made up to the 4.5-cup level
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