Zojirushi NS-LGC05XB Micom Rice Cooker & Warmer, Stainless Black

Me gusto mucho funciona muy bien el sabor es muy bueno aún que tarda un poco en hacerse el arroz es muy rápido ponerlo y solo olvidarte de el mi mamá y to lo estamos disfrutando mucho

Bae has never been able to cook rice. She loves to eat it, but I always had to cook it for us. Bae’s anxiety over rice cooking and frustration with her bad results was shaking her confidence. Even the cheap on-off rice cooker she used to have was a disaster for her. I bought this for her and she was skeptical. “Will it come out mushy? Either it is mushy or burnt. What about the coating inside? Will it peel off the Teflon and stick to the rice?”
But that all changed after the first use. Now she is a rice cooking champ. Rice comes out perfect. For every kind of rice the setting is easy to choose and the results are consistently astounding – fluffy white rice, nutty brown rice, chewy sushi rice, even steel cut oats. She has been so happy with the results, I’ll need a minivan to hold all the babies we’ll be having.

For real, we have had rice 90 times since we got this, with consistently spectacular results every time with every variety. The 5 or 6 times I made overnight steel cut oats they were good. Not as good as what I make standing over the stove stirring for half an hour, but for less than 2 minutes of prep the night before the results are darn good.
So for any variety of rice (let’s pick sushi), all we do is scoop (let’s pick 2) cups (you must use the special included cup, not Imperial 8oz/250ml cups) of the chosen variety of uncooked rice (still going with sushi) into the cooker’s teflon bowl. Then we give a 2 minute soak in warmish water. Use your fingers to agitate the rice. Starch will come off the rice and the water will turn milky. Rinse the rice in a strainer until the water runs clear. Dump the strained rice back in the teflon coated bowl that came with the cooker. There is a line under each variety of rice (yeah, still sushi). Put water into the bowl until the water gets to the number of scoops (in this case we still use 2) mark. Put the bowl in the cooker and close the lid. Press the button to scroll through varieties until you get to the variety of rice you are cooking (sushi… still sushi) and press the start button. Sushi rice is about an hour cooking time.

Mostly we have brown rice. It takes 98 minutes cooking time for brown rice. That is enough time to whip up the rest of dinner, and still get in some making out time.

Sushi and jasmine rice are quicker, and also taste amazing. Makes enough rice for dinner for 3 or 4 and lunch leftovers the next day.

The styling is cool so it looks good on the counter, but the handle and light weight make for easy storage out of sight if your sleek AF Zojirushi is not the star of your kitchen. The retractable cord is nice. Cleaning is easy.

Bae is back in the saddle now that her rice cooking is on par with the rest of her dinner making skills!

My biggest dilemma when deciding to buy this rice cooker was whether the size was too small for our family of 5. I have 3 small kids and we eat rice for lunch and dinner. Finally, I decided to try it and so far I have to say it is enough for us. I cook 3 cups of rice (maximum for this size), and it lasts us 2-4 days. For heavy rice eaters, maybe 1-2 days. I like it because I don’t have to store leftover rice for long.

I was also able to try steel cut oats, setting it at night, using timer function and it is ready for breakfast. Just add milk and sugar/honey.

Design-wise, no complaints, very compact and light. The retractable cord is a plus, less clutter. I like that the plate on the inside is detachable so I am able to wash it easily. The bigger Tiger rice cooker I had before was not detachable.

If there is one thing I would ask, is for Zojirushi to come up with a 5 cup version of this. That would be perfect.

Highly recommended!

J’ai reçu ce produit hier, livraison ultra rapide le lendemain du placement de la commande. J’ai fait du riz basmati qui était délicieux et cuit à la perfection. Ce matin j’ai fait du gruau, et il est exactement comme mon père le faisait quand j’étais enfant, c’était avec les crêpes et le pain doré ce qu’il faisait de mieux. Avec l’avoine coupé épointé (steel cut) c’était délicieux. Rien ne remplace ce type de gruau, quand on a mangé que le gruau instant en sachet on ne sait pas ce que l’on manque. Je ne regrette pas mon achat.

I value rice cookers like any rice cooker fanatic would, but this computerized style is just not good. A more traditional fuzzy-logic style rice cooker will utilize steam to cook the rice to a piping hot temperature, while with micom it will do no such thing and the rice ends up luke warm at best. If you’re used to the 2-option, cook and keep warm, style rice cooker then just stick with it. Learn from my mistake and don’t experiment with micom.

I’ll start off with why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 since I loved it – the measurements on the side seem a bit wonky. If I follow the side measurements for water and rice depending on the rice type, it’ll always come out mushy. I learned this quickly, so I began just measuring with the rice scoop that it comes with and doing 1 part rice, 1 part water. I’ll be honest, I still haven’t used the timer feature but I think we might start soon as we’re going back to work after COVID. The timer is also a bit inaccurate as it’ll jump from 16 mins to 7 mins without fail each time, but I just don’t care. The quality of my rice is too good to worry about that sort of thing.