Pork n' Beans

When people usually hear “rice cooker,” they immediately think of a thing that can cook rice. Not in this case. I have used my rice cooker to cook many many different things besides rice. For example, I have cooked canned pork beans in my rice cooker. This is very easy and this is what you do:

·         Get your rice cooker

·         Open can of beans (probably 3 cans of beans will fit in the rice cooker)

·         Dump can of beans in rice cooker

·         Turn rice cooker to the “cook” setting

·         Give it a quick stir

·        Wait and keep an eye on it until the beans begin to bubble and boil, or until they are at desired temperature.

·        Serve.

How simple is that? Now I understand that I could have just dumped the beans into a bowl and threw it in the microwave, but what fun is that? There could have been that chance that the beans would have exploded in some sense in the microwave and made a huge mess. And honestly, I don’t have time for those kinds of messes.