Without dousing it in vinegar, here's a trick for cleaning burnt stains on the bottom of a rice cooker using just 1 simple ingredient

TikTok/@athienlhea

If it is used frequently, the rice cooker can become dirty.

Brilio.net - Rice cookers are generally used to cook rice. However, it is not uncommon for people to also use it to cook other dishes, such as making dim sum, making sponge cake, fried rice, and so on.

However, if it is used frequently, the rice cooker can become dirty, you know. Usually, rice crust stains or water droplets can stick to the sidelines of the rice cooker. Not only that, sometimes the heating element at the bottom of the rice cooker also turns black because it burns.

Burnt stains on the bottom of the rice cooker usually cannot be removed if you only clean them with a damp cloth . As a result, many people rely on a number of ingredients to clean them, such as vinegar. Well, vinegar itself has a high acid content, so it can help remove stubborn burnt stains.

However, this is different from netizens on the TikTok account @athienlhea. This woman has another trick that is no less simple for cleaning burnt stains on the bottom of a rice cooker, you know. After all, it only requires one simple ingredient , here.

"I've had a rice cooker for 5 years, the bottom is burnt," he said, quoted by BrilioFood from TikTok @athienlhea on Wednesday (7/2).

So, instead of using vinegar, this netizen who is familiarly called Athien admitted that he prefers to clean the bottom of the rice cooker with toothpaste. The trick is to simply smear the base of the rice cooker with burnt spots using toothpaste, then let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.

photo: TikTok/@athienlhea

After leaving it, wipe the base of the rice cooker with a clean cloth dampened with a little water. So that water doesn't get into the gaps between the rice cooker machine, immediately wipe it again using a clean, dry cloth. Make sure to wipe until the toothpaste and water residue is gone.

photo: TikTok/@athienlhea

The owner of the TikTok account @athienlhea explained that if the burnt stains are quite thick, like on his rice cooker, usually one cleaning process is still not enough. It's a good idea to repeat the same trick again, one or two times until the results are shiny.

photo: TikTok/@athienlhea

How about it, the results are quite effective, right? Are you interested in trying tricks for cleaning the bottom of a rice cooker like this or do you have other tricks? Taking a peek at @athienlhea's TikTok upload which has been watched 900 times, several netizens have left enthusiastic comments about this trick, you know.

@athienlhea Clean burnt spots on the rice cooker. Can also be used for ironing. #tipsandtricks #tipsreceh original sound - Mong ji Hyo81 - ''

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