White Rice in Slow Cooker

This is how to cook white rice in slow cooker so it is fluffy and buttery, ready to serve with dinner. We will show you how to cook Crockpot brown rice here as well so you can make both for your family.

Of course we have cooked ninja foodi white rice often. If you don’t have that pot I wanted to share how it is done this way too. Of course the “old fashioned” way would be on your stove top but you have to really pay attention to it while cooking. A rice cooker would be the 4th method which I do like too.

I like having a variety of ways because we eat this as a side dish a lot. Meaning at least twice a week I serve it with our main dish. Growing up in HI this was everywhere and at every house we visited, I guess it is just ingrained in me to love it.

This is how to cook 2 cups rice which is about right for us. That means it will kinda’ double in size so 4 cups cooked will feed 5 – 6 people in our house. Depends on how many teenage boys you have I suppose 😉 but that is the general rule of thumb.

How Long to Cook Rice in Slow Cooker (High)

Keep 2.5 hours cooking time (or so) aside to get this done in your Crock pot. Just like with black eyed peas and rice this grain needs to be cooked quickly in order to get fluffy.

I mean it makes sense if you think about it. You don’t want your grains to sit in liquid any longer than necessary or it will make it mushy. Texture is everything when it comes to cooking white rice. If you were to combine it with meat and other ingredients, like our slow cooker hamburger casserole you’d use low.

Should you rinse rice?

I’m not a firm believer that it is necessarily a must to do this but if I think about it I will do it. What I have found is that if I don’t it is more of a sticky rice consistency rather than the pieces separated from one another. It will rinse off any debris and the powdery substance that some grains have in the bag though so that is a plus.

Tips for Success

You are going to want to use long grain white rice for the proper cook time and directions listed below. We have directions on how to cook arborio rice if you want to cook that one. Each grain requires slightly different amounts of water, heat levels and cook time.

For a heartier type of rice I would suggest using your pressure cooker to make Ninja Foodi wild rice recipe or the most firm like black rice. You’d need high pressure for those so I wouldn’t suggest slow cooking. Just white and brown work well using this same method.

Same goes when you are making a batch of Crockpot rice pudding. You don’t really want the pieces to be separate, rather you want it to be smooth and creamy.