You don’t need to buy a rice cooker to make sushi rice.
A rice cooker is a great tool for cooking all types of rice. However, it’s not essential to buy one if you’re only making sushi rice for 2–4 people.
You can easily make delicious sushi rice in a regular pot. You’ll just need to keep a closer eye on the rice than you would when using a rice cooker.
One downside of using a rice cooker is that the rice can sometimes burn at the bottom, and the inner pot can be difficult to clean.
A rice cooker really comes into its own when making sushi in a sushi restaurant. Most sushi restaurants in Denmark cook around 10 kilos of rice a day. When cooking such large quantities of rice, it’s important that the heat is distributed evenly throughout the pot. This is where a rice cooker can be a great help, making it easier to achieve consistent results.
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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.