JP3658918B2 - Rice cooker with microwave oven and microwave oven using this rice cooker - Google Patents

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JP3658918B2
JP3658918B2 JP09127097A JP9127097A JP3658918B2 JP 3658918 B2 JP3658918 B2 JP 3658918B2 JP 09127097 A JP09127097 A JP 09127097A JP 9127097 A JP9127097 A JP 9127097A JP 3658918 B2 JP3658918 B2 JP 3658918B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は洗米や水を内蔵した電子レンジを用いて炊飯を行う電子レンジ炊飯器と、この炊飯器を用いて電子レンジで炊飯を行う方法に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
従来炊飯は、米を洗って、水を含浸させてから、金属もしくは陶器の釜や鍋を用い、ガス、電気等の熱源により外部より加熱して行うのが普通に行われている方法である。
これ等の炊飯は加熱を、徐々に行うことができ、初期は特に徐々に加熱し、中期は強く加熱し、後期は弱く加熱してむらす、という炊飯の良好な条件で行うことができるが、炊飯の準備に時間と手数がかかるという欠点があった。
近年は炊事に長時間をかけることが難しくなり、一方急速な調理を行う電子レンジが普及したので電子レンジにより急速に炊飯を行うことが要求されてきた。そして、時間と手間のかかる、洗米したり水を含浸する工程も省略することが求められている。
電子レンジにより炊飯の初期のゆるやかな加熱を行うために、米と水を入れた容器の外側に外容器を設け、これに水を入れて容器と外容器の間に水の層を形成して急激な加熱を防止し、併せて保温することが提案された。(例えば特開平8−453号公報、特開平8−52069号公報)。
しかしながらこのようなマイクロ波の遮断層を設けると炊飯中期の高い加熱が不充分となる傾向がみられる。
また、容器本体の開口部に中蓋を被せその上に外蓋を被せて両者間に空隙を形成し中蓋の孔を通ってこの空隙に入った水蒸気を冷却して液化し容器本体に戻して容器内の急激な加熱を防止することが特開平6−141969号公報で提案されている。
しかしながらこの炊飯器では中蓋が固定されているため米と中蓋の距離を調節することができず、少量の米を炊くときも多量の米を炊くときも中蓋の位置は変わらない。そのため米と中蓋の間に適切な空間を形成することができないので良好な飯が得られない傾向が大きい。
【0003】
炊飯においては米に必要な水を含浸させること、米と水の量、炊く米の量と炊飯器の大きさの関係等が重要である。
米を炊く方法には炊乾し法、湯取り法等があるが、現在は炊乾しが普通に行われている。炊乾しには釜と重い蓋が必要である。
つまり蓋と水を加えた米との間に適切な炊飯空間が存在し、この間に水蒸気が満ち、適当な圧力が加えられ水蒸気が蓋で冷却されて釜中に還流し温度を調節することにより良好な炊乾しが行われる。このため大きな釜で少量の米を炊くと適切な炊飯空間が形成されないので良好な炊飯を行うことができない。
炊飯空間はこのように炊飯時に加える圧力に重大な関係があり、炊いた米飯の柔らかさに影響を与える。本発明の炊飯容器は中蓋を移動させることで炊飯空間を調節することが出来るので適切な柔らかさの米飯を炊くことが出来る。
さらに電子レンジで炊飯する場合は加圧加熱殺菌により発生したムレ臭の発生を防止する必要がある。
【0004】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は炊く米の量に応じて中蓋を移動し蓋と水を加えた米との間の炊飯空隙を調節し、適切な空間とすることにより希望する柔らかさの米飯を炊くとともに外蓋と中蓋の間の凝縮空間で水蒸気を凝縮して液化し、容器内に還流して容器内の温度を調節して初期の急激な加熱を防止する電子レンジ用炊飯容器に予め洗米し、水を含浸した米と、炊飯時に液体状態の水として存在させる水を夫々プラスチックの袋に充填しこれを組み合わせて内蔵した電子レンジ用炊飯器とこれを用いた電子レンジ炊飯方法を提供する。
【0005】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、
「1. 洗米、浸漬して含水させた米をプラスチックシートで形成した袋に充填し水を注水し、含気した状態で密封し加圧加熱殺菌した水が50重量%〜65重量%である洗米包装体と、添加水をプラスチックシートで形成した袋に内蔵した水包装体とを、誘電体で形成した蓋体と容器本体とからなり、a.蓋体がi.容器本体の開口部に着脱自在に固定された、側部に水蒸気を抜く孔を設け底に凝縮水還流孔を配設した液溜凹所を設置した外蓋と、ii.容器の内径より小径で容器内に挿入され凝縮水還流孔を配置した中蓋で形成され、中蓋が高さ方向に移動自在に外蓋に連結された炊飯容器に収納してなり、b.容器本体が、中蓋の立ち上がった端縁部と容器本体周壁の間に形成される水蒸気通過隙間を配置した容器である、電子レンジ炊飯器。
2. 洗米包装体が洗米、浸漬後加圧蒸気処理した米と水を注入して含気した状態で密封し加圧加熱殺菌した洗米包装体である、1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
3. 洗米、浸漬した米が約30重量%〜37重量%の含水量である、1項または2項に記載された、電子レンジ炊飯器。
4. 加圧蒸気処理により含水量が約45重量%〜55重量%である、2項に記載された、電子レンジ炊飯器。
5. 注水した水により含水量が約50重量%〜65重量%である、1項ないし4項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
6. 加圧蒸気による含水処理が100℃、20分〜140℃、30秒である、2項ないし5項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
7. 含気した状態で密封した含気密封の含気率が30%〜35容積%である、1項ないし6項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
8. 含気密封で封入する気体が窒素ガスである、1項ないし7項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
9. 加圧加熱殺菌した洗米のpHが約5である、1項ないし8項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
10. 加圧加熱殺菌前に注水する水として有機酸水溶液を用いてpHを調整した、1項ないし9項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
11. 炊飯容器に収納する洗米包装体と添加水包装体の米と水の充填量が米:水=1:0.8〜1である、1項ないし10項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
12. 炊飯容器に収納する水包装体の水が調味料や出し汁である、1項ないし11項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
13. 炊飯容器に洗米包装体と水包装体に加えて、炊飯に添加する具をプラスチックシートで形成した袋に充填した具包装体を収納した、1項ないし12項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
. 炊飯容器が、中蓋の中央部に外周面に螺線条を配置したリフトレバーを設置し、レバーを外蓋の中央部に設けた内周面に螺線条を配置した嵌合孔に回動自在に嵌合し、中蓋または外蓋を回転することにより中蓋を高さ方向に移動させる容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
. 炊飯容器が、外蓋の外周に設けたスカート部を容器本体の外周に設けたフランジ部と嵌合させて固定する容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
. 炊飯容器が、外蓋の外周よりやや中芯側にスカート部を配置し、スカート部より外周に平坦な外辺部を設け、スカート部を容器本体の開口に押し込み外辺部を容器の外周に設けたフランジに密着させて固定する容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底中央に中空の半球状の外側に突出する突起を設け、底外周辺部に容器を自立させる脚部を設置した容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底中央に中空の外側に突出する突起を設け、底外周辺部に外側に突出する中空の突起を設けた容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底外周辺部に中空の外側に突出する突起がリング状の突起の容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
20. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底中央と周辺部に設けた外側に突出する中央の突起が半球状2または円筒状または矩形状またはそれ等を組み合わせた形状の突起の容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
21. 炊飯容器が、底外周辺部に中空の外側に突出する突起が底外周辺部の同心円上で中心となす角度が60度〜120度の位置に等間隔で設けた複数個の中空で半球状または円筒状または矩形状またはそれ等の組み合わせた形状の外側に突出する突起の容器である、1項ないし1項のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。
22. 1項ないし12項のいずれか1項に記載された炊飯器の蓋をはずし内蔵された洗米、水、具等の包装体を開封してこれらを収納した炊飯容器にあけて蓋をし中蓋の位置を調節して電子レンジにより加熱して炊飯することを特徴とする、電子レンジ炊飯方法。」
に関する。
【0006】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明は電子レンジ炊飯器に内蔵する米は予め洗米し、水を含浸させた米である。洗米と含水に時間や手数がかかったのでは短時間で炊飯を行うことができないからである。
米は洗米、浸漬した後加圧蒸気で処理して含水を行う。洗米、浸漬は室温で行われ、米は約60分水に浸漬され、30重量%〜37重量%の水が含浸される。
ついで、加圧蒸気により100℃、20分〜140℃、30秒処理され、45重量%〜55重量%の含水量となる。加圧蒸気処理は温度が高すぎると、蒸気圧が非常に高くなり、加圧蒸気処理装置が高価になり、また低すぎると含水量が不十分となり、良好な飯とならない。一方長時間処理した場合、この処理により不完全ではあるが炊飯された状態となり、処理された飯状の米には飯として十分な水が含まれている。そのために電子レンジで炊飯する時に液体状態の水を加えることができないのでムレ臭が発生する。また低温短時間では含水量が不十分になるので100℃、20分〜140℃、30秒が好ましい。含水量が45重量%以下では炊飯後、米飯に芯が残り、55重量%以上では炊飯に必要な水量となり液体状態の水を加えることができないのでムレ臭が残るため好ましくない。
【0007】
洗米、浸漬による含水と、米をプラスチック袋に充填するとき加えた注水の合計が50〜65重量%になった場合は加熱蒸気処理を省略することができる。
この加圧蒸気処理した米をプラスチック袋に充填し注水して含気状態で密封し、加圧加熱殺菌する。こうして長期の保存に耐えることができる。
含気状態で密封するのは、含気せずに加熱加圧殺菌処理を行うと、米粒同志が密着し、団子状態になり、米飯の外観が損なわれるからで、気体としては窒素が好ましく、含気率は30%〜35容積%である。この密封時に水を注入するのは加圧蒸気処理しただけでは含浸水が不足しているからである。この水は米に吸収される。
【0008】
本発明で電子レンジ炊飯器に洗米の他に添加水を内蔵するのは、炊飯時に米に含浸された水の他に液体状態の水を存在させ、加圧加熱時に発生したムレ臭を除去するためである。
米に炊飯に充分な量の水を含浸させ、十分な量の液体状態の水のない状態で電子レンジで炊飯すると、加圧加熱処理で発生したムレ臭が除去できない。また一度炊いた飯を包装して、電子レンジで加温してもあるいはα−米を電子レンジで炊いてもムレ臭がが発生する。
しかしながら、洗米に液体状態の水を存在させて電子レンジで炊飯を行うとムレ臭は発生しない。本発明者はムレ臭の原因物質が沸騰する水蒸気により水蒸気蒸溜されて外部に放出されるためと考える。水蒸気蒸溜により高沸点の物質も水蒸気の温度で溜出されるのである。
【0009】
加圧蒸気処理して袋に充填した含水米のpHは約5であることが好ましい。含気密封後加圧加熱殺菌を行うと米が褐色に着色する傾向が大きいのでこれを防止するためにpHを約5に調節することが有効である。
pHの調整は含気密封時に注入する水に酢酸、酒石酸、アスコルビン酸、クエン酸、リンゴ酸等の有機酸を加えるのが好適である。
炊飯容器に収納する添加水は米1に対し0.8〜1が好ましいが新米、古米等使用する米により調節する。
【0010】
本発明はこの添加水として調味料を含んだ液や出し汁等を使用することを含む。
このような液を用いることにより簡単に味をつけた飯を炊くことができる。
この他、味をつけたまたは味をつけない、野菜類、魚、肉、具等の具をプラスチック袋に充填して炊飯容器に一緒に内蔵することもできる。
次に炊飯容器について説明する。
本発明で使用する電子レンジ用炊飯容器は本体も蓋体も誘電体で形成しなければならない。金属等の導電体はマイクロ波を遮断するので電子レンジ加熱用の容器には使用することができない。
容器は中空円筒形容器が取扱上最も好ましいが楕円筒や角筒または椀型であってもよく、開口部にフランジを設けると形状維持性と蓋支持性も良好となる。
【0011】
本発明で使用する炊飯器は外蓋と中蓋の二つの蓋を有する。外蓋は容器本体の開口に着脱自在に固定されるが、外蓋外周近傍にスカート部を設けその外側に外辺部を配置し、スカート部を容器開口に押し込み外辺部をフランジに密着して固定するのが取扱上簡便で製作も容易であるので好ましい。
また外蓋の外周にスカート部を設けこのスカート部を容器開口部の外周に設けたフランジと嵌合させ、スカート部より内側の蓋をフランジと密着させて固定してもよい。
この他外蓋の外周にスカートを二列設けて容器本体の開口をこのスカートの間隙に押し込んで固定してもよい。
外蓋のスカート外周面と容器本体の開口内周面に螺条を設けこれを噛み合わせ、一対のスクリューキャップとすることもできる。
勿論外蓋のスカートの内周面と容器本体の開口の外周面に螺条を設けるてもよい。
【0012】
中蓋は容器内に挿入されるので容器本体の胴部の内径より径が小さいことが必要で中蓋の外周と容器本体胴部側壁の壁の間には水蒸気が通過する間隙が形成される。また中蓋には凝縮した水が容器内に還流する還流孔が設けられている。中蓋の表面に還流孔に向かう傾斜を向けると水の還流が良好に行われる。
このように外蓋と中蓋の凝縮空間で水蒸気を冷却して凝集し液化して炊飯空間内に還流することにより初期加熱時の容器内の温度を下げることによりゆるやかな加熱を行うことができ、加熱むらを防止し、重湯状の液体が外蓋のガス抜き孔から噴出するのを防ぐことができる。
電子レンジで加熱すると容器の側壁部が加熱温度が高いため側壁付近で水蒸気が多く発生する。そして中蓋の孔からは凝縮水が炊飯空間に還流するので水蒸気の多くは中蓋と容器側壁の空間部から外蓋と中蓋の間の凝縮空間に流入する。このように水蒸気の流出は流出抵抗を受けるので炊飯空間は加圧される。
【0013】
中蓋の上下方向の移動は種々な方法で行うことができるが最も好ましいのは外蓋とリフトレバーで連結し、中蓋を水平方向で回転させて上下する方法である。このような蓋は例えば次のような蓋である。
中蓋の中央に外周面に螺旋条を設けたリフトレバーを固定して配置し、一方外蓋の中央に内周面に螺旋条を設けた貫通孔を設け、該貫通孔に中蓋のリフトレバーを挿入して互いに螺旋条を噛み合わせる。こうして中蓋を水平方向回転すると中蓋は上下方向に移動し両蓋の距離は変化するので適当な距離に調節してから外蓋を容器の開口部に固定すればよい。
この他外蓋から外側に出ているリフトレバーにハンドルを設けてレバーを回転して中蓋を上下してもよい。リフトレバーに軟らか目、普通、硬目等の標示を設けたり炊飯量に対応したマークを付けることにより中蓋の位置を容易に調節して好みの米飯を炊くことが出来る。
螺旋条を設けないで外蓋の外部でリフトレバーをピン等により押えることにより中蓋の位置を調節することもできるが、前述の螺旋条により中蓋を回転して上下するのが使用し易く、部品数が少なく、構造も簡単であって好ましい。
【0014】
外蓋には、側部に水蒸気が脱出する孔を設け底に凝縮水還流孔を設けた液溜め凹所を設置する。炊飯中に外蓋から脱出した水蒸気は凝縮して液溜凹所に溜り還流孔から外蓋と中蓋の間の凝縮空間にもどり、中蓋の還流孔から炊飯空間に還流する。
この外蓋の液溜凹所は万一重湯状の液体が容器内から噴出した場合でもこの液体を溜めて還流孔から炊飯空間に還流する作用を有する。
【0015】
電子レンジ加熱において、マイクロ波は内容物に吸収され減衰しながら侵入するため容器中央部より容器壁部に近い内容物の方が急激に加熱される。
炊飯容器は米が容器の底部に堆積して存在しているので容器の中央部まで急速に加熱することが望ましい。
そこで容器の底中央に外側に突出する中空突起を設けるとマイクロ波は突起の周囲から侵入するので突起内に充填された内容物に集中し、これを加熱するため容器の内容物は底中央から加熱され、均一な加熱が行える。突起の形状は球状、円筒状、矩形状そしてそれ等の複合形がよく、突起のサイズは球状の場合、直径が8mm以上40mm以下、矩形状の場合、1辺が8mm以上40mm以下であることが望ましい。突起のサイズが8mm未満の場合、マイクロ波集中効果が小さく、また40mmより大きい場合突起内の加熱点が分散し、加熱効果が著しく低下する。
【0016】
容器の底中央に外側に突出する突起を設けると容器の自立性が失われるので脚部を設ける必要があるが、最も簡単で有効な脚部は底の周縁にスカートを配置しこれにより自立する容器である。
この他、底の周辺部にも外に突出する中空の突起を設けるとこれがマイクロ波による集中加熱点となるとともに自立脚としても作用する利点がある。
容器の底周縁に設ける中空の突起は底中央に設ける突起と同様な球状、円筒状、矩形状そしてそれ等の複合形でもよく、中空の突起を周辺部に同心円上で中心となす角が60度〜120度の位置に等間隔で配置すると加熱の均一性と自立性が良好となる。
【0017】
本発明で使用する炊飯容器は100℃〜105℃程度の耐熱性が要求されるので使用される構成材料としてはポリプロピレン、ポリメチルペンテン、PET、ポリブチレンテレフタレート、ポリカーボネート等の耐熱性合成樹脂が適している。中蓋の材質は耐熱性と液体を還流させるため、濡れ性を必要とすることから、ポリオレフィンを使用する場合はフレーム処理、コロナ処理を行った方が好ましい。
【0018】
本発明の電子レンジ炊飯方法は、プラスチック袋の夫々充填した洗米、添加水、場合によってはさらに具を内蔵した電子レンジ炊飯容器の外蓋と中蓋をはずし、炊飯容器内の袋を取り出して開封し内容物を容器内にあけて蓋をし、中蓋の位置を内容物の量に併せて調節して電子レンジで加熱すれば蒸気は外蓋と中蓋の間の空間で凝縮して容器内に還流し、初期の急激な加熱を防ぎゆるやかな加熱が行われる。一部の蒸気は外部に放出され、ムレ臭の原因物質も放出され良好な炊飯が得られる。
【0019】
【実施例】
本発明で使用する炊飯容器を図面について説明する。
図1は本発明で使用する炊飯容器の蓋の断面を示し、1は外蓋であって外周の近傍にスカート6を有しその外側に平坦な外辺部5を有している。2は外蓋に設けた液溜凹所であり側部には水蒸気の脱出孔3が設けられており過剰の水蒸気はこの孔から液溜凹所に入り凝縮して液体となる。1部は外部に放出される。4は底に設けた還流孔で凝縮した液はここから凝縮空間に還流する。万一水蒸気と共に重湯状液体が流出した場合も、この4から凝縮空間に液体を還流させる。外蓋の中央には内周面に螺条を設けた貫通孔が設置されており、この貫通孔に外周面に螺条を設けたリフトレバー7が螺条を噛み合わせて挿入される。8は中蓋であってリフトレバーが中央部に固定されている。中蓋には還流孔4が設けられており、冷却されて凝縮した水はこの孔を通って炊飯空間内に戻る。9は容器本体の胴部側壁との間に水蒸気の通路11を形成する立ち上がった端縁部である。このように立ち上らせることにより万一重湯状液体が流出する場合の抵抗が大きいことから、泡が小さくなり、凝縮空間での凝縮が容易であること、また、凝縮空間で凝縮した重湯状液体が還流孔を通過し易い効果が奏される。
【0020】
図2は本発明で使用する炊飯容器である。10は容器本体の開口部に設けたフランジであり、外蓋を被せたとき外蓋の外辺部を支えて蓋を安定する。外蓋はスカート6を容器本体の開口に押し込み外辺部を容器のフランジに密着させているので水蒸気によって押し上げられても外蓋は脱離しない。中蓋は回転させることにより外蓋との距離を調節して被蓋するので米と水14と中蓋8の距離を調整し適切な炊飯空間13を形成することができる。
炊飯初期の水が多く存在する状態で加熱されたとき水蒸気は通路11を通って外蓋と中蓋の間に形成された凝縮空間12に入りここで冷却されて水になって中蓋の還流孔4から炊飯空間内に戻り加熱された水と米の冷却を行い、急激な初期加熱を防止する。凝縮しなかった水蒸気は外蓋の脱出孔3から凝縮凹所2に入りここで凝縮して還流孔4より還流する。
【0021】
図3は容器本体の底中央部に外側に突出する突起15を設け、底周縁にスカート16を配設した容器本体を示す。この突起の内容物にマイクロ波が集中するのでこの部分が急激に加熱され内容物の中央部が加熱されるので加熱むらがなくなる。またスカートにより自立性が与えられる。
【0022】
図4は底中央部に設けた外側に突出する中空の突起15と底の外周辺部の同心円上で中心となす角度が60度の位置に等間隔で設けた6個の外側に突出する突起17を配設した容器本体を示す。また図5は突起の設けられた底を示す。これ等の突起はその内容物にマイクロ波が集中するのでこの部分が急激に加熱され内容物の中央部が加熱されるので加熱むらがなくなる。
また7個の突起が自立性を与えるが、底中心側となす角が60度の位置で且つ同心円上に等間隔で並ぶ6個の突起は自立性が非常に優れている。
【0023】
図6は底中央に設けた外側に突出する中空の突起15と底の外周辺の同心円上で中心となす角が120度の位置に等間隔で設けた3個の外側に突出する中空の突起17を配設した容器本体を示す。図7は突起を設けた底を示す。
4個の突起が自立性を与えるが、底中心となす角度が120度の位置で且つ同心円上に等間隔で並ぶ3個の突起は自立性が優れている。
【0024】
実施例1
米80gを洗って、室温で3時間水に浸漬し、ついで120℃で20分間加圧蒸気処理を行う。この米をポリプロピレンシートで形成した袋に140g充填し、80gの水を注入し窒素を35%含気させて密封し、115℃で40分加圧加熱殺菌する。
ポリプロピレンシートで形成した袋の充填した添加水70gと上記の殺菌された140gの重量の含水米を充填した袋とを、図2に示されるポリプロピレン製の炊飯器に内蔵する電子レンジ炊飯器とした。なお容器は口径64mmで、底径62.5mm、高さ100mm、でありフランジ径は80mmである、炊飯容器の底部は自立性を強度を補強するためと加熱むらをなくすため外側に突出するリング形凹凸形状が配設されている。外蓋は直径80mmで、液溜凹所はリング状で水蒸気脱出孔は直径2mmで4ヶ設けられている。還流孔は直径4mmで4ヶ所設けられている。スカートは長さ3mmであり、外辺部は10mmである。中蓋は直径61mmであり、立ち上がり端縁部は6mmであって、容器本体の側壁との間に1.5mmの水蒸気通路が形成されている。還流孔は直径4mmで4ヶ所設けられている。
この炊飯器の蓋をあけ、内蔵した袋を開封して内容物を容器にあけ、中蓋の位置を水面から13mmに調節して松下電器株式会社製、電子レンジNE−M340で500W、5分加熱で炊飯を行ったところ良好な軟らか目炊飯が得られた。
重湯状液の脱出は発生しなかった。
【0025】
実施例2
底形状が底の中央に直径14mmの中空半球状で外側に突出した突起を有し、さらに底の外周縁に高さ8mmのスカートが配されているほかは実施例1と同様な容器本体を使用し、中蓋の位置を水面から15mmに調節したほかは実施例1と同様にして炊飯したところ良好で硬さが普通の炊飯が得られた。
【0026】
実施例3
底中央および底外周辺部の同心円上の中心となす角が60度の位置6ヶ所に直径14mmの中空半球状で外側に突出する突起を設けた以外は実施例1と同様な容器を使用し、中蓋の位置を水面から18mmに調節したほかは実施例1と同様にして炊飯したところ、良好で硬めの炊飯が得られた。
【0027】
実施例4
底中央および底の外周辺部の同心円上の中心となす角が120度の位置3ヶ所に直径14mmの中空半球状で外側に突出する突起を設けた以外は実施例1と同様な容器を使用し、実施例1と同様にして炊飯したところ、良好で軟らか目の炊飯が得られた。
実施例5
添加水を鰹節とコブから取った出し汁にミリンと醤油を加えた調味液に代えた他は実施例と同様にして味つけ飯を得た。
実施例6
調味液と加熱殺菌米の外に味つけした椎茸、ニンジン、油揚をポリプロピレン製袋に充填した具を加えた他は実施例5と同様にして五目飯が炊飯された。
【0028】
比較例1
洗米80gと水48gを含気密封し加熱殺菌処理し、加圧蒸気処理を行わない他は実施例1と同様にした。吹きこぼれが多く、得られた飯はかなり硬く不良であった。含水量が非常に不足していると考えられる。
比較例2
洗米80gを水に含浸し、加圧蒸気処理して炊飯に必要な量の水を米に含水し、この米を用いて液体状態の水を存在させずに図2の容器で炊飯したところ、ムレ臭が発生した。
比較例3
加圧蒸気処理を90℃で20分とした他は実施例1と同様とした。炊飯は硬かった。含水量が不足していると考えられる。
【0029】
【発明の効果】
本発明により、充分に含水した洗米と必要な添加水が夫々袋に入れて組み合わされて電子レンジ用容器に内蔵されているので、この袋を開封して電子レンジにより加熱すれば短時間でムレ臭のない良好な炊飯が得られ、他の器具は必要なく、洗米や含水時間も不要である効果が奏される。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明に用いる蓋の説明図である。
【図2】本発明で用いる電子レンジ用炊飯容器の説明図である。
【図3】本発明で用いる電子レンジ用炊飯容器の実施例の底部の説明図である。
【図4】本発明で用いる他の炊飯容器の底部の説明図である。
【図5】図4の底の平面図である。
【図6】本発明の他の炊飯容器の底部の説明図である。
【図7】図6の底の平面図である。
【符号の説明】
1 外蓋
2 液溜凹所
3 水蒸気脱出孔
4 還流孔
5 外辺部
6 外蓋のスカート
7 リフトレバー
8 中蓋
9 立ち上がり端縁部
10 フランジ
11 水蒸気の通路
12 凝縮空間
13 炊飯空間
14 米と水
15 底中央の突起
16 底周辺のスカート
17 底外周の突起
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a microwave rice cooker that cooks rice using a microwave oven that contains washed rice and water, and a method of cooking rice in a microwave oven using this rice cooker.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, cooking rice is usually performed by washing the rice and impregnating it with water, then heating it from the outside with a heat source such as gas or electricity using a metal or ceramic pot or pan. .
These cooked rice can be heated gradually, especially in the initial stage, particularly gradually heated, heated strongly in the middle period, weakly heated in the latter period, and unevenly cooked, There was a drawback that preparation of cooking rice took time and trouble.
In recent years, it has become difficult to take a long time for cooking. On the other hand, since microwave ovens that perform rapid cooking have become widespread, it has been required to cook rice quickly using a microwave oven. And it is requested | required that the process of washing rice and impregnating water which requires time and labor may be omitted.
In order to perform the initial gentle cooking of rice with a microwave oven, an outer container is provided outside the container in which rice and water are put, and water is put in this to form a water layer between the container and the outer container. It was proposed to prevent rapid heating and keep warm. (For example, JP-A-8-453 and JP-A-8-52069).
However, when such a microwave barrier layer is provided, there is a tendency that high heating in the middle of cooking rice is insufficient.
In addition, the opening of the container body is covered with an inner lid, and an outer lid is placed thereon to form a gap between them. The water vapor entering the gap is cooled and liquefied through the hole in the inner lid, and returned to the container body. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-141969 proposes preventing rapid heating in the container.
However, in this rice cooker, since the inner lid is fixed, the distance between the rice and the inner lid cannot be adjusted, and the position of the inner lid does not change when cooking a small amount of rice or a large amount of rice. Therefore, an appropriate space cannot be formed between the rice and the inner lid, so that there is a large tendency that good rice cannot be obtained.
[0003]
In rice cooking, it is important to impregnate rice with necessary water, the amount of rice and water, the relationship between the amount of cooked rice and the size of the rice cooker, and the like.
There are methods for cooking rice, such as cooking and drying, and hot water removal, but currently cooking and drying is common. Cooking and drying requires a kettle and a heavy lid.
In other words, there is an appropriate rice cooking space between the lid and the rice to which water has been added, and this is filled with water vapor, an appropriate pressure is applied, the water vapor is cooled by the lid, and returned to the kettle to adjust the temperature. Good cooking and drying is performed. For this reason, when a small amount of rice is cooked in a large pot, an appropriate rice cooking space is not formed, so that good rice cooking cannot be performed.
Thus, the cooking space has a significant relationship with the pressure applied during cooking, and affects the softness of the cooked rice. Since the rice cooking container of this invention can adjust a rice cooking space by moving an inner lid, it can cook the rice of appropriate softness.
Furthermore, when cooking rice in a microwave oven, it is necessary to prevent the generation of stuffy odor generated by pressure heat sterilization.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention moves the inner lid according to the amount of rice to be cooked, adjusts the rice cooking gap between the lid and the rice to which water has been added, and cooks rice with the desired softness by making it an appropriate space and the outer lid The water is condensed and liquefied in the condensing space between the inner lid and the inside lid, washed in advance in a rice cooker for microwave oven, which is refluxed in the container to adjust the temperature in the container and prevent initial rapid heating, A rice cooker for a microwave oven in which plastic bags are filled with water impregnated with rice and water that is present as liquid water at the time of rice cooking, and a microwave oven rice cooking method using the same are provided.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention
“1. Washed rice, soaked and water-containing rice is filled in a bag formed of a plastic sheet, water is poured into the bag, the water is sealed in an aerated state, and sterilized by heating and heat sterilization is 50% to 65% by weight. A rice-washing package and a water package in a bag made of plastic sheet with added water are composed of a lid formed of a dielectric and a container body, and a. The lid is formed in the opening of i. An outer lid provided with a liquid recess that is detachably fixed and has a hole for removing water vapor at the side and a condensed water reflux hole at the bottom, and ii. It is formed by a lid in which are arranged the condensed water refluxing hole, movably made by housing a cooking vessel connected to the outer lid inner lid is in the height direction, b. the container body, rises the inner lid edge A microwave oven that is a container in which a water vapor passage gap formed between the container and the peripheral wall of the container body is disposed rice cooker.
2. Item 1. The rice cooker according to item 1, wherein the rice-washed package is a rice-washed package that has been subjected to pressure-steamed rice and water after being soaked and soaked, and sealed and pressurized and sterilized in a state of being aerated.
3. The microwave oven rice cooker described in 1 or 2 whose washing | cleaning rice and the immersed rice are about 30 weight%-37 weight% moisture content.
4). The microwave oven rice cooker described in item 2, wherein the moisture content is about 45 wt% to 55 wt% by the pressurized steam treatment.
5. The microwave rice cooker described in any one of 1 to 4 whose water content is about 50 to 65 weight% with the water poured.
6). The microwave oven cooker described in any one of items 2 to 5, wherein the hydrous treatment with pressurized steam is 100 ° C, 20 minutes to 140 ° C, 30 seconds.
7. The microwave oven cooker described in any one of items 1 to 6, wherein the air content of the air-sealed seal sealed in the air-containing state is 30% to 35% by volume.
8). 8. The microwave oven cooker according to any one of items 1 to 7, wherein the gas to be sealed in the aeration seal is nitrogen gas.
9. The microwave oven rice cooker described in any one of 1 to 8, wherein the pH of the washed and sterilized rice is about 5.
10. The microwave oven cooker described in any one of items 1 to 9, wherein the pH is adjusted using an organic acid aqueous solution as water to be injected before pressure heat sterilization.
11. The electron described in any one of items 1 to 10, wherein the filling amount of rice and water in the rice-washing package and the added water package stored in the rice cooking container is rice: water = 1: 0.8-1 Range cooker.
12 The microwave rice cooker described in any one of 1 to 11 whose water of the water packaging body accommodated in a rice cooking container is a seasoning or soup stock.
13. It was described in any one of Items 1 to 12, in which a rice packaging container filled with a bag formed of a plastic sheet was added to the rice cooking container in addition to the rice washing package and the water packaging. Microwave cooker.
1 4 . The rice cooking container is installed in the center part of the inner lid with a lift lever with a spiral strip arranged on the outer peripheral surface, and the lever is turned around the fitting hole with the spiral strip arranged on the inner peripheral surface provided in the central part of the outer lid. movably fitted, a container moving the inner lid in the height direction by rotating the inner lid or outer lid, microwave cooker according to any one of no counts 1 to 1 3 wherein.
1 5 . Electronic cooking container, a skirt portion provided on the outer periphery of the outer lid is a container for fixing by fitting the flange portion provided on the outer periphery of the container body, as claimed in any one of item 1 to 1 4, wherein Range cooker.
1 6 . The rice cooking container has a skirt part slightly on the core side from the outer periphery of the outer lid, a flat outer edge part is provided on the outer periphery from the skirt part, the skirt part is pushed into the opening of the container body, and the outer edge part is placed on the outer periphery of the container. a container in close contact with the flange provided for fixing in a microwave cooker according to any one of no counts 1 to 1 5 wherein.
1 7 . Any one of items 1 to 16 , wherein the rice cooking container is a container in which a protrusion that protrudes to the outside of a hollow hemisphere is provided in the center of the bottom of the container body, and a leg portion is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom to make the container stand on its own. The microwave oven rice cooker described in item 1.
1 8 . Cooking vessel, a projection projecting from an outer bottom center hollow of the container body is provided, a container provided with a hollow projection projecting outward on the bottom outer periphery, any one of 1 to Section to 1 7, wherein The microwave cooker described in 1.
1 9 . The microwave rice cooker described in any one of items 1 to 17 , wherein the rice cooking container is a ring-shaped projection container in which a projection protruding outward from the bottom of the container body is hollow.
20 . The rice cooking container is a container of protrusions having a hemispherical shape 2 or a cylindrical shape or a rectangular shape or a combination thereof, wherein the central protrusion protruding outward is provided at the center of the bottom and the peripheral portion of the container body. The microwave oven rice cooker described in any one of 7 items.
21 . A plurality of hollow and hemispherical rice cooking containers are provided at equal intervals at an angle of 60 ° to 120 ° formed by a concentric circle on the outer periphery of the bottom with a protrusion protruding outside the hollow at the outer periphery of the bottom. The microwave oven cooker according to any one of 1 to 17 , which is a container of a protrusion protruding outward in a cylindrical shape, a rectangular shape, or a combination thereof.
22 . The lid of the rice cooker described in any one of items 1 to 12 is removed, and the package of rice washing, water, ingredients, etc. contained therein is opened, and the lid is opened in the rice cooking container containing these, and the lid is opened. A method for cooking rice in a microwave oven, wherein the position is adjusted and heated by a microwave oven to cook rice. "
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[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, rice incorporated in a microwave rice cooker is rice that has been previously washed and impregnated with water. This is because rice washing cannot be performed in a short time if it takes time and effort to wash and contain water.
The rice is rinsed, soaked and then treated with pressurized steam to hydrate. Washing and soaking are performed at room temperature, and the rice is soaked in water for about 60 minutes and impregnated with 30% to 37% by weight of water.
Then, it is treated with pressurized steam at 100 ° C. for 20 minutes to 140 ° C. for 30 seconds, resulting in a water content of 45 wt% to 55 wt%. If the temperature of the pressurized steam treatment is too high, the steam pressure becomes very high, the pressurized steam treatment device becomes expensive, and if it is too low, the water content is insufficient and the rice is not good. On the other hand, when the treatment is performed for a long time, this treatment is incomplete but cooked rice, and the treated rice-like rice contains sufficient water as rice. For this reason, when cooking in a microwave oven, liquid water cannot be added, so a stuffy smell is generated. Moreover, since water content becomes inadequate in low temperature and short time, 100 degreeC, 20 minutes-140 degreeC, and 30 second are preferable. If the water content is 45% by weight or less, the core remains in the cooked rice after cooking, and if it is 55% by weight or more, the amount of water necessary for cooking is increased and liquid water cannot be added.
[0007]
When the sum of water content by washing and soaking and water injection added when filling the plastic bag is 50 to 65% by weight, the heating steam treatment can be omitted.
This pressurized steam-treated rice is filled in a plastic bag, poured into water, sealed in an aerated state, and sterilized by heating under pressure. Thus, it can withstand long-term storage.
Sealing in the aerated state is because when the heat and pressure sterilization treatment is performed without aeration, the rice grains are in close contact with each other, become a dumpling state, and the appearance of the cooked rice is impaired. The air content is 30% to 35% by volume. The reason for injecting water at the time of sealing is that the impregnated water is insufficient only by the pressurized steam treatment. This water is absorbed by the rice.
[0008]
In addition to washing rice in the microwave oven rice cooker in the present invention, the addition of added water causes liquid water to be present in addition to the water impregnated in the rice, and removes the stuffy smell generated during pressure heating Because.
When rice is impregnated with a sufficient amount of water for cooking and cooked in a microwave oven without a sufficient amount of liquid water, the stuffy odor generated by pressure heat treatment cannot be removed. Moreover, even if the rice cooked once is packaged and heated in a microwave oven or even if α-rice is cooked in a microwave oven, a stuffy smell is generated.
However, when rice is cooked in a microwave oven in the presence of liquid water in the washed rice, the odor is not generated. The present inventor considers that the causative substance of the stuffy odor is steam-distilled by boiling water vapor and released to the outside. High-boiling substances are distilled out at the temperature of water vapor by steam distillation.
[0009]
It is preferable that the pH of the hydrous rice subjected to pressurized steam treatment and filled in the bag is about 5. When pressure heat sterilization is performed after sealing with air, it is effective to adjust the pH to about 5 in order to prevent this because the rice tends to turn brown.
For pH adjustment, it is preferable to add an organic acid such as acetic acid, tartaric acid, ascorbic acid, citric acid, malic acid or the like to the water to be injected at the time of air-sealing.
Although the added water stored in the rice cooking container is preferably 0.8 to 1 with respect to the rice 1, it is adjusted by the rice used such as new rice and old rice.
[0010]
The present invention includes using a liquid containing a seasoning or a soup stock as the added water.
By using such a liquid, seasoned rice can be cooked easily.
In addition, vegetables such as vegetables, fish, meat, and utensils that are seasoned or not seasoned can be filled in a plastic bag and incorporated in a rice cooking container.
Next, the rice cooking container will be described.
In the rice cooking container for microwave oven used in the present invention, both the main body and the lid must be formed of a dielectric. Conductors such as metals block microwaves and cannot be used for containers for microwave heating.
A hollow cylindrical container is most preferable for handling, but it may be an elliptical cylinder, a rectangular cylinder, or a saddle type. If a flange is provided in the opening, the shape maintaining property and the lid supporting property are improved.
[0011]
The rice cooker used in the present invention has two lids, an outer lid and an inner lid. The outer lid is detachably fixed to the opening of the container body, but a skirt is provided in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the outer lid, the outer side is arranged on the outer side, the skirt is pushed into the container opening, and the outer side is in close contact with the flange. It is preferable to fix them by hand because they are easy to handle and easy to manufacture.
Alternatively, a skirt portion may be provided on the outer periphery of the outer lid, and the skirt portion may be fitted to a flange provided on the outer periphery of the container opening, and the lid on the inner side of the skirt portion may be fixed in close contact with the flange.
Alternatively, two rows of skirts may be provided on the outer periphery of the outer lid, and the opening of the container body may be pushed into the gap between the skirts and fixed.
A pair of screw caps can be formed by providing a thread on the outer peripheral surface of the skirt of the outer lid and the inner peripheral surface of the opening of the container body.
Of course, a thread may be provided on the inner peripheral surface of the skirt of the outer lid and the outer peripheral surface of the opening of the container body.
[0012]
Since the inner lid is inserted into the container, it is necessary that the diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the body portion of the container body, and a gap through which water vapor passes is formed between the outer periphery of the inner lid and the wall of the container body body side wall. . In addition, the inner lid is provided with a reflux hole through which condensed water flows back into the container. When the inclination toward the reflux hole is directed to the surface of the inner lid, the water is favorably refluxed.
In this way, it is possible to perform gentle heating by lowering the temperature in the container at the time of initial heating by cooling the water vapor in the condensation space of the outer lid and the inner lid, condensing and liquefying and recirculating into the rice cooking space. Uneven heating can be prevented, and heavy water-like liquid can be prevented from being ejected from the vent hole of the outer lid.
When heated in a microwave oven, a large amount of water vapor is generated near the side wall because the side wall of the container has a high heating temperature. And since condensed water recirculates to the rice cooking space from the hole of the inner lid, most of the water vapor flows into the condensing space between the outer lid and the inner lid from the space portion of the inner lid and the container side wall. Thus, the outflow of water vapor is subjected to outflow resistance, so that the rice cooking space is pressurized.
[0013]
The inner lid can be moved in the vertical direction by various methods, but the most preferable method is to connect the outer lid with a lift lever and rotate the inner lid in the horizontal direction to move it up and down. Such a lid is, for example, the following lid.
A lift lever provided with a spiral strip on the outer peripheral surface is fixedly arranged at the center of the inner lid, while a through-hole provided with a spiral strip on the inner peripheral surface is provided at the center of the outer lid, and the lift of the inner lid is provided in the through-hole. Insert the levers and mesh the spirals with each other. Thus, when the inner lid is rotated in the horizontal direction, the inner lid moves up and down and the distance between the two lids changes. Therefore, after adjusting the distance to an appropriate distance, the outer lid may be fixed to the opening of the container.
In addition, a handle may be provided on the lift lever protruding outward from the outer lid, and the lever may be rotated to move the inner lid up and down. You can cook your favorite cooked rice by easily adjusting the position of the inner lid by marking the lift lever as soft, normal, or hard, or marking it according to the amount of rice cooked.
The position of the inner lid can be adjusted by pressing the lift lever with a pin or the like outside the outer lid without providing the spiral strip, but it is easy to use rotating the inner lid up and down with the aforementioned spiral strip The number of parts is small, and the structure is simple and preferable.
[0014]
The outer lid is provided with a liquid storage recess having a hole through which water vapor escapes at the side and a condensed water reflux hole at the bottom. The water vapor escaped from the outer lid during cooking is condensed and accumulated in the liquid storage recess, returns to the condensation space between the outer lid and the inner lid from the reflux hole, and returns to the rice cooking space from the reflux hole of the inner lid.
Even if a heavy hot water-like liquid is ejected from the inside of the container, the liquid reservoir recess of the outer lid has an action of storing the liquid and returning it from the reflux hole to the rice cooking space.
[0015]
In microwave heating, the microwaves are absorbed into the contents and enter while decaying, so the contents closer to the container wall are heated more rapidly than the center of the container.
In the rice cooking container, since rice is deposited on the bottom of the container, it is desirable that the rice cooking container be rapidly heated to the center of the container.
Therefore, if a hollow protrusion projecting outward is provided at the bottom center of the container, the microwaves enter from the periphery of the protrusion, so that the contents of the container are concentrated from the center of the bottom in order to heat the microwave. Heated and uniform heating is possible. The shape of the protrusions is spherical, cylindrical, rectangular or a composite shape such as those. When the protrusions are spherical, the diameter is 8 mm or more and 40 mm or less, and in the case of a rectangle, one side is 8 mm or more and 40 mm or less. Is desirable. When the size of the protrusion is less than 8 mm, the effect of concentrating the microwave is small, and when it is larger than 40 mm, the heating points in the protrusion are dispersed, and the heating effect is remarkably reduced.
[0016]
Providing a protrusion that protrudes outward at the center of the bottom of the container will cause the container to lose its independence, so it is necessary to provide a leg, but the simplest and most effective leg is self-supporting by placing a skirt around the bottom of the bottom. Container.
In addition, if a hollow protrusion that protrudes to the outside is provided also in the peripheral part of the bottom, this has an advantage of acting as a self-supporting leg as well as a concentrated heating point by microwaves.
The hollow protrusion provided on the bottom periphery of the container may be spherical, cylindrical, rectangular, or a composite form thereof similar to the protrusion provided at the center of the bottom, and the angle between the hollow protrusion and the concentric circle at the center is 60 If it arrange | positions in the position of a degree-120 degree | times at equal intervals, the uniformity and independence of a heating will become favorable.
[0017]
Since the rice cooking container used in the present invention is required to have a heat resistance of about 100 ° C. to 105 ° C., a heat resistant synthetic resin such as polypropylene, polymethylpentene, PET, polybutylene terephthalate, and polycarbonate is suitable as a constituent material to be used. ing. Since the material of the inner lid requires heat resistance and wettability in order to recirculate the liquid, it is preferable to perform flame treatment and corona treatment when using polyolefin.
[0018]
The microwave rice cooking method of the present invention is to remove the outer lid and the inner lid of the microwave rice cooker containing the washed rice, the added water, and in some cases further filled with plastic bags, and take out the bag in the rice cooker and open it. If the contents are opened in the container, the lid is closed, the position of the inner lid is adjusted according to the amount of the contents and heated in a microwave oven, the vapor condenses in the space between the outer lid and the inner lid. Reflux inside and prevent abrupt heating in the beginning, and gentle heating is performed. A part of the steam is released to the outside, and the causative substances of stuffy odor are also released, resulting in a good cooked rice.
[0019]
【Example】
The rice cooking container used by this invention is demonstrated about drawing.
FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a lid of a rice cooking container used in the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes an outer lid, which has a skirt 6 in the vicinity of the outer periphery and a flat outer edge 5 on the outer side. Reference numeral 2 denotes a liquid storage recess provided in the outer lid, and a water vapor escape hole 3 is provided in the side portion, and excess water vapor enters the liquid storage recess through this hole and is condensed into a liquid. One part is released to the outside. 4, the liquid condensed in the reflux hole provided at the bottom returns to the condensation space from here. In the unlikely event that heavy water-like liquid flows out together with water vapor, the liquid is refluxed from this 4 to the condensing space. A through-hole having a thread on the inner peripheral surface is provided at the center of the outer lid, and a lift lever 7 having a thread on the outer peripheral surface is inserted into the through-hole by engaging the thread. Reference numeral 8 denotes an inner lid, and a lift lever is fixed to the center portion. A reflux hole 4 is provided in the inner lid, and the cooled and condensed water returns to the rice cooking space through this hole. Reference numeral 9 denotes a rising edge that forms a water vapor passage 11 between the container body and the body side wall. Since the resistance in the case of heavy water-like liquid flowing out is large by standing up in this way, bubbles are reduced, condensation in the condensing space is easy, and the shape of heavy water condensing in the condensing space There is an effect that the liquid easily passes through the reflux hole.
[0020]
FIG. 2 shows a rice cooking container used in the present invention. Reference numeral 10 denotes a flange provided at the opening of the container body, and when the outer lid is put on, the outer side of the outer lid is supported to stabilize the lid. The outer lid pushes the skirt 6 into the opening of the container main body, and the outer side is in close contact with the flange of the container, so that the outer lid is not detached even if pushed up by water vapor. By rotating the inner lid, the distance from the outer lid is adjusted and the lid is covered. Therefore, the distance between the rice, the water 14 and the inner lid 8 can be adjusted to form an appropriate rice cooking space 13.
When heated in the presence of a large amount of water at the beginning of rice cooking, the water vapor passes through the passage 11 and enters the condensing space 12 formed between the outer lid and the inner lid, where it is cooled and turned into water to return to the inner lid. The heated water and rice are cooled back from the holes 4 into the rice cooking space to prevent rapid initial heating. The water vapor that has not been condensed enters the condensing recess 2 from the escape hole 3 of the outer lid, condenses and recirculates from the reflux hole 4.
[0021]
FIG. 3 shows a container body in which a protrusion 15 projecting outward is provided at the bottom center of the container body, and a skirt 16 is disposed on the bottom periphery. Since microwaves concentrate on the contents of the protrusions, this portion is heated rapidly, and the central portion of the contents is heated, so that there is no uneven heating. The skirt also provides independence.
[0022]
FIG. 4 shows a hollow projection 15 projecting outward provided in the center of the bottom and six projecting projections provided at equal intervals at an angle of 60 degrees on the concentric circle of the outer peripheral portion of the bottom. The container main body which arrange | positioned 17 is shown. FIG. 5 shows the bottom where the protrusions are provided. These projections concentrate microwaves on the contents, so that this part is heated rapidly and the central part of the contents is heated, so that there is no uneven heating.
In addition, although the seven protrusions provide independence, the six protrusions arranged at equal intervals on the concentric circles at an angle of 60 degrees with the bottom center side are extremely excellent in self-supporting properties.
[0023]
FIG. 6 shows a hollow protrusion 15 projecting outwardly provided at the center of the bottom and three hollow protrusions projecting outwardly at equal intervals of 120 degrees on the concentric circles around the outer periphery of the bottom. The container main body which arrange | positioned 17 is shown. FIG. 7 shows the bottom with protrusions.
The four protrusions provide independence, but the three protrusions arranged at equal intervals on a concentric circle at an angle of 120 degrees with the bottom center are excellent in independence.
[0024]
Example 1
80 g of rice is washed, immersed in water at room temperature for 3 hours, and then subjected to pressurized steam treatment at 120 ° C. for 20 minutes. 140 g of this rice is filled into a bag made of a polypropylene sheet, 80 g of water is injected, 35% nitrogen is contained and sealed, and sterilized by heating at 115 ° C. for 40 minutes.
A bag made of polypropylene sheet filled with 70 g of added water and a bag filled with the sterilized water-containing rice weighing 140 g was used as a microwave rice cooker built in the polypropylene rice cooker shown in FIG. . The container has a diameter of 64 mm, a bottom diameter of 62.5 mm, a height of 100 mm, and a flange diameter of 80 mm. The bottom of the rice cooking container is a ring that protrudes outward in order to reinforce its self-sustainability and eliminate unevenness in heating. An uneven shape is provided. The outer lid has a diameter of 80 mm, the liquid storage recess has a ring shape, and four steam escape holes with a diameter of 2 mm are provided. The reflux holes are provided at 4 locations with a diameter of 4 mm. The skirt is 3 mm in length and the outer side is 10 mm. The inner lid is 61 mm in diameter, the rising edge is 6 mm, and a water vapor passage of 1.5 mm is formed between the side wall of the container body. The reflux holes are provided at 4 locations with a diameter of 4 mm.
Open the lid of this rice cooker, open the built-in bag, open the contents in the container, adjust the position of the inner lid to 13 mm from the water surface, 500 W in the microwave oven NE-M340, 500 W, 5 minutes When cooking with heating, good soft rice cooking was obtained.
There was no escape of heavy water.
[0025]
Example 2
The container body is the same as in Example 1 except that the bottom shape has a hollow hemispherical shape with a diameter of 14 mm at the center of the bottom and a protrusion protruding outward, and a skirt with a height of 8 mm is arranged on the outer peripheral edge of the bottom. It was used and cooked in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the position of the inner lid was adjusted to 15 mm from the water surface.
[0026]
Example 3
A container similar to that of Example 1 was used except that a hollow hemispherical projection having a diameter of 14 mm and protruding outward was provided at six positions at an angle of 60 degrees with the concentric center of the bottom center and outer periphery. When the rice was cooked in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the position of the inner lid was adjusted to 18 mm from the water surface, a good and hard rice was obtained.
[0027]
Example 4
A container similar to that of Example 1 is used except that a hollow hemispherical projection having a diameter of 14 mm and projecting outward is provided at three positions where the angle between the center of the bottom and the outer peripheral part of the bottom and the concentric center is 120 degrees. When cooked in the same manner as in Example 1, cooked rice with good softness was obtained.
Example 5
Seasoned rice was obtained in the same manner as in Example, except that the added water was replaced with a seasoning solution in which mirin and soy sauce were added to the soup taken from bonito and koji.
Example 6
Gomoku rice was cooked in the same manner as in Example 5 except that the seasoning solution and heat-sterilized rice were seasoned outside of the seasoned shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and fried chicken in a polypropylene bag.
[0028]
Comparative Example 1
The same procedure as in Example 1 was conducted except that 80 g of washed rice and 48 g of water were hermetically sealed and subjected to heat sterilization treatment, and no pressurized steam treatment was performed. There were many spills and the resulting rice was quite hard and bad. It is thought that the water content is very short.
Comparative Example 2
After impregnating 80 g of washed rice into water, treating with pressurized steam and containing water in the amount of rice necessary for cooking, and using this rice to cook rice in the container of FIG. 2 without the presence of liquid water, A drenching odor occurred.
Comparative Example 3
The procedure was the same as Example 1 except that the pressurized steam treatment was performed at 90 ° C. for 20 minutes. The cooked rice was hard. It is considered that the water content is insufficient.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the sufficiently washed rice and the necessary added water are each put in a bag and combined in a container for a microwave oven. If this bag is opened and heated in a microwave oven, it can be quickly melted. Good cooked rice with no odor is obtained, no other equipment is required, and there is an effect that washing time and water content are unnecessary.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a lid used in the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a rice cooker for a microwave oven used in the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a bottom portion of an embodiment of a rice cooker for a microwave oven used in the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the bottom of another rice cooking container used in the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the bottom of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the bottom of another rice cooking container of the present invention.
7 is a plan view of the bottom of FIG. 6. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outer lid 2 Liquid storage recess 3 Water vapor escape hole 4 Recirculation hole 5 Outer side part 6 Outer skirt 7 Lift lever 8 Middle lid 9 Rising edge 10 Flange 11 Water vapor passage 12 Condensing space 13 Rice cooking space 14 Rice Water 15 Bottom center protrusion 16 Bottom skirt 17 Bottom outer periphery protrusion

Claims (22)

洗米、浸漬して含水させた米をプラスチックシートで形成した袋に充填し水を注水し、含気した状態で密封し加圧加熱殺菌した水が50重量%〜65重量%である洗米包装体と、添加水をプラスチックシートで形成した袋に内蔵した水包装体とを、誘電体で形成した蓋体と容器本体とからなり、a.蓋体がi.容器本体の開口部に着脱自在に固定された、側部に水蒸気を抜く孔を設け底に凝縮水還流孔を配設した液溜凹所を設置した外蓋と、ii.容器の内径より小径で容器内に挿入され凝縮水還流孔を配置した中蓋で形成され、中蓋が高さ方向に移動自在に外蓋に連結された炊飯容器に収納してなり、b.容器本体が、中蓋の立ち上がった端縁部と容器本体周壁の間に形成される水蒸気通過隙間を配置した容器である、電子レンジ炊飯器。Washed rice, soaked and hydrated rice is filled in a plastic sheet bag, poured into water, sealed in a gas-containing state, and sterilized under pressure and heat. And a water wrapping body built in a bag made of plastic sheet with added water, and a lid body made of a dielectric and a container body, and a. The lid is i. An outer lid that is detachably fixed to the opening of the container body and has a liquid reservoir recess in which a hole for removing water vapor is provided on the side and a condensed water reflux hole is provided on the bottom ; ii. The inner lid is formed in an inner lid having a smaller diameter than the inner diameter of the vessel and inserted into the vessel and having a condensed water reflux hole disposed therein, and the inner lid is housed in a rice cooking container connected to the outer lid so as to be movable in the height direction, b. The microwave oven rice cooker whose container main body is a container which has arrange | positioned the water vapor | steam passage clearance gap formed between the edge part which the inner cover stood | started up, and the container main body surrounding wall . 洗米包装体が洗米、浸漬後加圧蒸気処理した米と水を注入して含気した状態で密封し加圧加熱殺菌した洗米包装体である、請求項1に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the rice-washed package is a rice-washed package that has been sealed and pressurized and sterilized in a state where the rice and water that have been subjected to pressure steam treatment after immersion and water are injected and aerated. 洗米、浸漬した米が約30重量%〜37重量%の含水量である、請求項1または2に記載された、電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven cooker according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the washed rice and the soaked rice have a water content of about 30 wt% to 37 wt%. 加圧蒸気処理により含水量が約45重量%〜55重量%である、請求項2に記載された、電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven rice cooker according to claim 2, wherein the water content is about 45 wt% to 55 wt% by pressurized steam treatment. 注水した水により含水量が約50重量%〜65重量%である、請求項1ないし4のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the water content is about 50 wt% to 65 wt% by the injected water. 加圧蒸気による含水処理が100℃、20分〜140℃、30秒である、請求項2ないし5のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven cooker according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the hydrous treatment with pressurized steam is 100 ° C, 20 minutes to 140 ° C, and 30 seconds. 含気した状態で密封した含気密封の含気率が30%〜35容積%である、請求項1ないし6のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the air content of the air-sealed hermetically sealed in the air-containing state is 30% to 35% by volume. 含気密封で封入する気体が窒素ガスである、請求項1ないし7のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the gas to be sealed in an air-tight seal is nitrogen gas. 加圧加熱殺菌した洗米のpHが約5である、請求項1ないし8のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the pH of the washed and pasteurized rice is about 5. 加圧加熱殺菌前に注水する水として有機酸水溶液を用いてpHを調整した、請求項1ないし9のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave oven cooker described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9 which adjusted pH using the organic acid aqueous solution as water poured before pressure heat sterilization. 炊飯容器に収納する洗米包装体と添加水包装体の米と水の充填量が米:水=1:0.8〜1である、請求項1ないし10のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein a filling amount of rice and water in the rice-washing package and the additive-water package stored in the rice cooking container is rice: water = 1: 0.8-1. Range cooker. 炊飯容器に収納する水包装体の水が調味料や出し汁である、請求項1ないし11のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  The microwave rice cooker described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 11 whose water of the water packaging body accommodated in a rice cooking container is a seasoning or a soup stock. 炊飯容器に洗米包装体と水包装体に加えて、炊飯に添加する具をプラスチックシートで形成した袋に充填した具包装体を収納した、請求項1ないし12のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。  It was described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 12 which accommodated the tool package which filled the bag which formed the tool added to rice cooking with the plastic sheet in addition to the rice-washing package and the water package in the rice cooking container. Microwave cooker. 炊飯容器が、中蓋の中央部に外周面に螺線条を配置したリフトレバーを設置し、レバーを外蓋の中央部に設けた内周面に螺線条を配置した嵌合孔に回動自在に嵌合し、中蓋または外蓋を回転することにより中蓋を高さ方向に移動させる容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。The rice cooking container is installed in the center part of the inner lid with a lift lever with a spiral strip arranged on the outer peripheral surface, and the lever is turned around the fitting hole with the spiral strip arranged on the inner peripheral surface provided in the central part of the outer lid. movably fitted, a container moving the inner lid in the height direction by rotating the inner lid or outer lid, microwave cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 1 3. 炊飯容器が、外蓋の外周に設けたスカート部を容器本体の外周に設けたフランジ部と嵌合させて固定する容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。Electronic cooking container, a container fixed by fitting a flange portion provided with a skirt portion provided on the outer periphery of the outer lid to the outer periphery of the container body together, according to any one of claims 1 to 1 4 Range cooker. 炊飯容器が、外蓋の外周よりやや中芯側にスカート部を配置し、スカート部より外周に平坦な外辺部を設け、スカート部を容器本体の開口に押し込み外辺部を容器の外周に設けたフランジに密着させて固定する容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。The rice cooking container has a skirt part slightly on the core side from the outer periphery of the outer lid, a flat outer edge part is provided on the outer periphery from the skirt part, the skirt part is pushed into the opening of the container body, and the outer edge part is placed on the outer periphery of the container. brought into close contact with the flange provided a container for fixing a microwave cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 1 5. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底中央に中空の半球状の外側に突出する突起を設け、底外周辺部に容器を自立させる脚部を設置した容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。Cooking container, a protrusion protruding outward in the bottom center hollow hemispherical container body provided a container equippedwith a leg for freestanding container to the bottom outer periphery, any one of claims 1 to 1 6 The microwave oven rice cooker described in item 1. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底中央に中空の外側に突出する突起を設け、底外周辺部に外側に突出する中空の突起を設けた容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。Cooking vessel, a projection projecting from an outer bottom center hollow of the container body is provided, a container provided with a hollow projection projecting outward on the bottom outer periphery, any one of claims 1 to 1 7 The microwave cooker described in 1. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底外周辺部に中空の外側に突出する突起がリング状の突起の容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。The microwave rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 17 , wherein the rice cooking container is a container having a ring-shaped projection that protrudes outward from the bottom of the container body to the outside of the hollow body. 炊飯容器が、容器本体の底中央と周辺部に設けた外側に突出する中央の突起が半球状2または円筒状または矩形状またはそれ等を組み合わせた形状の突起の容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。The rice cooking container is a container having a projection in which the center protrusion protruding outward at the center of the bottom and the peripheral part of the container body is a hemispherical shape, a cylindrical shape, a rectangular shape, or a combination thereof. The microwave oven cooker described in any one of 17 above. 炊飯容器が、底外周辺部に中空の外側に突出する突起が底外周辺部の同心円上で中心となす角度が60度〜120度の位置に等間隔で設けた複数個の中空で半球状または円筒状または矩形状またはそれ等の組み合わせた形状の外側に突出する突起の容器である、請求項1ないし1のいずれか1項に記載された電子レンジ炊飯器。A plurality of hollow and hemispherical rice cooking containers are provided at equal intervals at an angle of 60 ° to 120 ° formed by a concentric circle on the outer periphery of the bottom with a protrusion protruding outside the hollow at the outer periphery of the bottom. The microwave rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 17 , which is a container of a protrusion protruding outward in a cylindrical shape, a rectangular shape, or a combination thereof. 請求項1ないし12のいずれか1項に記載された炊飯器の蓋をはずし内蔵された洗米、水、具等の包装体を開封してこれらを収納した炊飯容器にあけて蓋をし中蓋の位置を調節して電子レンジにより加熱して炊飯することを特徴とする、電子レンジ炊飯方法。  The lid of the rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 12 is removed, and the packaged body of rice washing, water, utensils, etc. incorporated therein is opened, and the lid is opened in a rice cooking container containing these, and the lid is opened. A method for cooking rice in a microwave oven, wherein the position is adjusted and heated by a microwave oven to cook rice.
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