If you want the cooked rice to be soft, without worrying about the electricity, remember to clean this area before cooking

One of the main causes of these signs is poor cleaning of the pot. When cleaning the rice cooker, not only clean the outside, the lid and the center of the cooker, you also need to clean the hard disk between the bottom of the pot and the inner pot - also known as the hot plate.

This is the main heat generation for the cooker to cook rice with the same structure as the electric stove, designed slightly rainbow in an arc. Thermostat is one of the important parts that determine the life of the rice cooker, the quality of the cooked rice and the price of the cooker, but often gets sticky with rice, dirt, . and gets less attention.

You can easily clean the thermostat according to the tips below to make the rice cooker faster, more delicious and save electricity.

You prepare a little white vinegar, sponge and wet towels. First, pour white vinegar onto the hard side of the dishwashing sponge.

Then wipe away the dirt and grime from the tray, paying attention to the bottom of the pot. After cleaning, you can soak the vinegar again with heat, leave for 10-15 and then wipe again.

Use a wet washcloth to wipe away dirt from the heat tray. If there is still dirt, you can repeat the above steps a few more times.

Finally, wipe it off with a dry paper towel and absorb any remaining vinegar juice. The tray of heat will be shiny, clean, work better to save electricity, cook rice quickly again.

Mistakes when cooking with rice cooker

Dangerous when not drying the surface in contact with the pot compartment

Many people often have a habit after finishing washing rice to always enter the compartment and plug in the power. This is really harmful if the core of the pot is covered with water, which will wet the heater, causing the risk of fire, electrical leakage, which makes it unsafe for users.

Press the "Cook" button repeatedly

When you want to reheat rice continuously, make burnt rice or when simmering / cooking / baking with rice cookers, you need to press the "Cook" button several times to get it to the desired temperature . This easily causes the role of the rice cooker's heat, made it jump too early (uncooked rice) or too late (cooked rice). You should minimize the need to press the "Cook" button many times when using the rice cooker.

Every rice cooker has a protective layer or non-stick layer, so if you use the metal rice utensils will scratch, peel off the protective layer / non-stick layer of the rice cooker. Therefore, to protect your rice cooker, pay attention to use wooden or plastic spoon, chopsticks.

Use one hand for the core into the pot shell

This way can damage the main relay of the pot, because the design of the bottom of the pan is slightly concave, so placing with one hand makes the relay uneven contact, leading to cooked rice on the side. The most standard way of using is that consumers need to hold the pot core with 2 hands and place it into the pot, then gently rotate half of the core of the pot to make the relay contact evenly, the cooked rice will not be awkward.