Aroma arc-757sg – Rice Cooker

I absolutely love this Aroma Rice Cooker! The standout feature for me is the stainless steel inner pot. It gives me total peace of mind knowing that my food is cooking in a safe, toxin-free material. No more worrying about non-stick coatings scratching off over time. It cooks rice perfectly every single time and is incredibly easy to clean. If you are looking for a healthy and safe cooking option, this is definitely the one to get!

I have an old rice cooker/veggie steamer that I received for Christmas many decades ago that still works great. But the inner liner(or pot) is 100% aluminum. And we know that aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer’s. So now that I’ve switched to a Whole-Foods Plant-based diet/lifestyle, I eat tons more whole grain brown rice. The inner liner of the Aroma Housewares rice cooker is stainless steel! Score! And it cooks brown rice perfectly!! It is as simple and easy to use and clean as the old one. Measure the rice with the included cup & wash the rice. Place it in the pot. Fill with broth or water or a mix of both with the same measuring cup. Place the cover on. Plug it in. Push the button down to cook, and 30-40 minutes later you have perfect rice! You simply add extra liquid (1/2 to 3/4 cup) than normal white rice and let it sit on warm after the timer ends to give it more time to cook. You just have to experiment. The first time I cooked whole-grain brown rice per the chart and recommended water, it was just slightly chewy. So per the instructions I just added a 1/2 cup more water and left it sitting on warm. That did the trick to finish cooking till it was just perfect. The second time, I added more water than the first time and let it sit 10 minutes after the timer ended. Perfect rice! I haven’t cooked quinoa or barley yet. But they are in the cooking chart in the book it came with. I can’t wait to try cooking other grains! Update: Now that I’ve used this rice cooker for a couple months, and about 6-8 times, to cook long-grain brown rice, I can say it’s a great cooker. And I saw the other reviews that complain about the cooker spewing water everywhere. That DID happen to me the very first time I used it. But after that, it never happened again even when cooking more than I did that first time. The first time I only used 2 cups of uncooked brown rice, and yes it did spew and starchy gloppy water went everywhere. It boiled over. But the next time I used it, I placed it in my sink anticipating a mess. I cooked 3 cups uncooked the second time, and NO MESS. The next time (3rd time) I placed it on my counter with a triple layer of paper towels underneath it, and again - no mess! So maybe it is some sort of coating that is scrubbed or cooked off, after the first use. Yes I did wash the inner pot when I unpacked it, before first use. So that may be the reason. But I’m here to tell you it hasn’t happened since. I highly recommend this rice / grain cooker. It’s perfect!

The cooker outer shell had a stain mark though. The packaging was really nice. So far I have just unpacked and used it once - used 4 cups of Tilda basmati rice & 5 cups of water (so that the rice is a bit soft). And rice cooked really nice. I’m a perfectionist in terms of any purchase it’s hard to convince me, I keep returning things as long as it’s not up to my expectations and research. And this Rice cooker is worth every penny ( I bought it for $61), as the inner pot is stainless steel which is a healthier option to the nonstick ones. Hope this review helps. Update: Have used 3/4 times a week for 3 months now. Works great, worth every penny. The stainless steel pot works as a storage pot too - I cook rice in it, once the rice is cooked down, I store this with the lid on in the refrigerator and this pot works great. Easy to clean up the remaining rice from pot before next cooking. Highly recommend and for sure worth every penny!

I wanted a stainless steel rice cooker because I was tired of worrying about bits of teflon from my “non-stick” rice cooker flaking off into my food. However, I find that with this stainless steel rice cooker, some of the cooked rice almost always sticks on the bottom of the stainless steel liner, even if I pre-grease the stainless steel liner or use canola oil in the cooking water. Fortunately, the stuck-on rice is easy to get off the stainless steel liner with a 5-minute soak in water before washing up. These stainless steel rice cookers are more expensive than the teflon rice cookers, but I felt it was worth it in terms of food safety. The inconvenience of the stuck-on rice is minor.

Once the rice is cook, just let it sit to keep warm for another 15 minutes and then turn off the power, rest for another 10 minutes before it ! It will make prefect aroma rice! Never burn the rice at the bottom. The great things about it is the simple design, the lid make it super easy to clean, and small , fit perfectly in my counter top and did not take any huge space ,so that I can have extra space for my other cooking pots such as small oven, instant pot. This rice cooker is great, I bought 6 years ago still good and excellent condition. Happy customer. I reordered another 4 for my sisters and myself (one extra) to boil soup as well. It is stainless cook very nice rice, and never burn rice at the bottom. How to wash : soak in water for 20 minutes before wash, super easy.