Thousands of Amazon shoppers love this $29 rice cooker

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If you’re someone who doesn’t like to mess around when it comes to rice, then a rice cooker might be your best friend in the kitchen.

Rice cookers have been around for a while — and for good reason. They can cook a lot of rice with minimal supervision, and many people swear they’re easier to use than cooking on a stovetop. But out of the many rice cookers, Amazon shoppers seem to love this Aroma Housewares 8-Cup Digital Rice Cooker

For one, it’s under $30, and two, it’s super versatile. According to the product description, it can cook two to eight cups of “any variety of rice,” including white, brown and flash rice. Additionally, you can use it as a slow cooker to prepare chili, jambalaya and other one-pot dishes. 

Shop: Aroma Housewares 8-Cup Digital Rice Cooker and Food Steamer, $28.87 ($39.99)

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But probably our favorite thing is that it’s also a steamer! So while the rice cooks below, you can steam your favorite meats and vegetables on top. Additionally, the rice cooker has custom settings to prepare your food, such as “Slow Cook” or “Saute-then-Simmer.” The cooker also comes equipped with a nonstick inner pot, rice measuring cup, rice paddle, and a plastic steamer tray.

And lastly, it automatically switches to warm-mode once the rice is done to avoid overcooking.

With more than 10,000 reviews, this Aroma Housewares rice cooker is the No. 1 best-selling rice cooker on Amazon. And shoppers can’t stop raving it.

“I’d like to say I’m a decent cook and pretty good baker,” one buyer wrote. “I can make recipes from scratch and they turn out very well. I love baking more than anything. With that being said, I can NOT make rice on the stove for the life of me. Probably not a bad thing since I dislike rice, but I’m trying to get use to it. This rice cooker is a godsend when it comes to cooking rice.

Another reviewer also mentioned how they’ve used the cooker to make other food.

“This item is amazing. I’ve cooked white rice and whole grain brown rice. I’ve steamed broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese dumplings, salmon, chicken breasts and turkey breakfast sausages. It’s even be used to boil noodles for spaghetti. This product is so easy and very simple to use. You clean your rice, put it in the pot, add water based on how many cups, choose white or brown and let the magic begin. The machine cooks perfect rice every time. Once it finishes cooking, it automatically switches over to warm mode. I’ve kept rice in warm mode for up to 12 hours. I just make sure I add a little water to keep the rice on the bottom from overcooking.

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