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9
Slow Cooking
(“Slow Cook” Menu)
You can prepare the following dishes with ease.
Refer to “Menu Guide” (p.38) for directions.
With this menu, food is first brought to near boiling,
the heat is then lowered to about 93°C and the
food left to simmer. The temperature is then
lowered even further to about 90°C and simmering
is continued. By gradually lowering the heating
temperature in this way, flavors are enhanced and
the liquids do not boil down even when heated for a
long period of time.
Menu examples
Vegetable and chicken pot-au-feu, Simmered
pork shoulder and lentils
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For how to cook “Vegetable and chicken pot-au-
feu” and “Simmered Pork Shoulder and Lentils”,
Note
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Caution should be exercised when making dishes
other than those described in “Menu Guide”, as
they may boil over.
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Stir well before cooking to prevent seasonings
from settling at the bottom of the inner pot.
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When simmering foods in broth, cool the broth
before cooking.
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When using potato starch to thicken foods, add it
at the end of cooking.
Basic cooking procedure
1
Prepare the ingredients.
2
Add ingredients to the inner pot
and close the lid.
Note
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Use the “Plain” scale on the inside of the inner pot
as a reference. Using more than the maximum
acceptable amount (see the table below) can
prevent proper boiling or cause the contents to
boil over. Be careful also not to use less than the
minimum required amount either, as that can also
cause the contents to boil over.
Maximum
Minimum
“Plain” scale
3 or below
“Plain” scale
1 or above
3
Connect each end of the power
cord to the specified locations.
Appliance
plug
(1) Connect
Power plug
(2) Connect
Note
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If the Keep Warm lamp is on, press the [Keep
Warm/Cancel] key to turn off the lamp.
4
Use the [Menu] key to select the
“Slow Cook” menu.
The symbol will blink while the menu is
being selected.
Blinks
Beep
5
Set the desired cooking time.
Use the [Hour] and [Min] keys to set the
desired cooking time.
The cooking time can be set to any 5-minute
increment between 5 and 120 minutes.
• Each time the [Hour] key is pressed, the
set time will increase by 5 minutes. Each
time the [Min] key is pressed, that time will
decrease by 5 minutes.
Blinks
Beep
6
Press the [Start] key.
The Start lamp will turn on and cooking will
start.
On
Beep
On
Note
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Do not open the lid during cooking. Doing so may
prevent the food from cooking properly.
7
When cooking is completed.
The Keep Warm lamp will turn on and “0h”
will be displayed.
On
“0h” is
displayed
Alarm (8 long
beeps)
Off
On
• When the Keep Warm lamp is on, press
the [Hour] key to add extra cooking time,
and then press the [Start] key.(The cooking
time can be extended up to 30 minutes a
maximum of 3 times.)
Note
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If a longer cooking time is required, do not press the
[Keep Warm/Cancel] key before extending that time.
Doing so will cause the Keep Warm lamp to go out
and additional cooking will not be possible. If you
mistakenly pressed the [Keep Warm/Cancel] key,
perform the following procedure.
1. Remove the inner pot and set it on a wet towel
or cloth.
2. Leave the rice cooker lid open and cool
down the unit and the inner pot for about 10
minutes.
3. Place the inner pot back inside the rice cooker.
4. Repeat the procedure from step
4
• If you want food that is being kept warm to be
piping hot before serving it, press the [Start]
key when the Keep Warm lamp is on in order to
reheat that food. The remaining reheating time
is displayed and an alarm (3 long beeps) sounds
when the operation is complete. After reheating,
the Keep Warm lamp turns on and the elapsed
Keep Warm time is displayed.
Once cooking is completed...
1
Press the [Keep Warm/Cancel] key.
The Keep Warm lamp will turn off.
Off
On
2
Remove any odors. (See p.29)
Note
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If the [Keep Warm/Cancel] key is not pressed
when cooking is completed, the Keep Warm
function will automatically engage and the
elapsed Keep Warm time will be displayed in
hourly increments from the first hour (“1h”) up
to 6 hours (“6h”) after that. After 6 hours has
elapsed, “6” will blink on the display.
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Do not use the Keep Warm function
continuously for more than 6 hours as some
foods will lose their taste.