Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I cooked a beef and ravioli meal in Amazons most popular rice cooker, amzn.to/4oc6PfY using simple, inexpensive ingredients — and it turned out surprisingly delicious!
I didn’t film the prep work to keep things quick, but I walk you through everything as I open the cooker at the end. Inside, I cooked a Walmart hamburger patty with mushrooms, seasonings, dried onions, and a splash of very inexpensive red wine for flavor. Up in the steamer tray, I added six cheese raviolis and a handful of shredded green cabbage.
The whole thing cooked together on the regular rice setting, and the results were flavorful, rich, and amazingly cheap — right around $2–$2.50 for the entire meal. The hamburger came out tasty, though a little dry, and next time I’ll check the internal temperature earlier. But for a fast, low-cost, one-pot dinner, this worked incredibly well.
If you’re looking for easy meals on a tight budget or want new ideas for your Aroma rice cooker, this one might surprise you!
Estimated Meal Cost (Based on Your Prices)
Hamburger patty
$15 / 12 patties = $1.25
Mushrooms
A couple tablespoons — roughly 1–2 oz from a $3–$4 bag
Estimated cost: $0.20
Red wine
750 ml = ~3.17 cups
One ¼ cup used → 1/12.7 of the bottle
$4 / 12.7 ≈ $0.32
Water
Negligible, but we’ll count it as FREE
Seasonings (pepper, parsley, dried onion flakes)
Small portion: $0.10
Cheese ravioli
50 for $4.97 → $0.099 each
6 used → $0.59
Green cabbage
If a small cabbage costs roughly $1.00–$1.50 and yields 8–10 cups,
1 cup ≈ $0.15
Total Estimated Meal Cost: ~$2.61
If mushrooms or cabbage cost slightly less for you, it could drop closer to $2.25–$2.40.
Either way, it’s still a very inexpensive complete meal.
AROMA Digital Rice Cooker, 4-Cup (Uncooked) / 8-Cup (Cooked), Steamer, Grain Cooker, Multicooker, 2 Qt, Stainless Steel Exterior, ARC-914SBD
amzn.to/4oc6PfY
My most popular videos
youtube.com/@RobbsHomemadeLife/videos?view=0&sort=p&shelf_id=1
Not many people know this, but YouTube now allows viewers to leave a tip by using the thanks button below the videos on YouTube, at least on some channels.
In addition, I have an Amazon affiliate link, and anything that people buy anywhere on Amazon after they enter Amazon via my link Jeff Bezos throws me a few pennies.
At least until he can get robots to start making YouTube videos and posting links for him. Don't laugh. The robot YouTube video content creators are just around the corner.
You'd better appreciate Robb's homemade life while you can.
Some viewers like to see the stuff I have bought and liked on Amazon in my Amazon store.
My Amazon store affiliate links
amazon.com/shop/robbshomemadelife/list/3IDHXEBDQ30FI?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Robb Moffett
Robb's Homemade Life
youtube.com/user/mrhulot101
I cooked a beef and ravioli meal in Amazons most popular rice cooker, amzn.to/4oc6PfY using simple, inexpensive ingredients — and it turned out surprisingly delicious!
I didn’t film the prep work to keep things quick, but I walk you through everything as I open the cooker at the end. Inside, I cooked a Walmart hamburger patty with mushrooms, seasonings, dried onions, and a splash of very inexpensive red wine for flavor. Up in the steamer tray, I added six cheese raviolis and a handful of shredded green cabbage.
The whole thing cooked together on the regular rice setting, and the results were flavorful, rich, and amazingly cheap — right around $2–$2.50 for the entire meal. The hamburger came out tasty, though a little dry, and next time I’ll check the internal temperature earlier. But for a fast, low-cost, one-pot dinner, this worked incredibly well.
If you’re looking for easy meals on a tight budget or want new ideas for your Aroma rice cooker, this one might surprise you!
Estimated Meal Cost (Based on Your Prices)
Hamburger patty
$15 / 12 patties = $1.25
Mushrooms
A couple tablespoons — roughly 1–2 oz from a $3–$4 bag
Estimated cost: $0.20
Red wine
750 ml = ~3.17 cups
One ¼ cup used → 1/12.7 of the bottle
$4 / 12.7 ≈ $0.32
Water
Negligible, but we’ll count it as FREE
Seasonings (pepper, parsley, dried onion flakes)
Small portion: $0.10
Cheese ravioli
50 for $4.97 → $0.099 each
6 used → $0.59
Green cabbage
If a small cabbage costs roughly $1.00–$1.50 and yields 8–10 cups,
1 cup ≈ $0.15
Total Estimated Meal Cost: ~$2.61
If mushrooms or cabbage cost slightly less for you, it could drop closer to $2.25–$2.40.
Either way, it’s still a very inexpensive complete meal.
AROMA Digital Rice Cooker, 4-Cup (Uncooked) / 8-Cup (Cooked), Steamer, Grain Cooker, Multicooker, 2 Qt, Stainless Steel Exterior, ARC-914SBD
amzn.to/4oc6PfY
My most popular videos
youtube.com/@RobbsHomemadeLife/videos?view=0&sort=p&shelf_id=1
Not many people know this, but YouTube now allows viewers to leave a tip by using the thanks button below the videos on YouTube, at least on some channels.
In addition, I have an Amazon affiliate link, and anything that people buy anywhere on Amazon after they enter Amazon via my link Jeff Bezos throws me a few pennies.
At least until he can get robots to start making YouTube videos and posting links for him. Don't laugh. The robot YouTube video content creators are just around the corner.
You'd better appreciate Robb's homemade life while you can.
Some viewers like to see the stuff I have bought and liked on Amazon in my Amazon store.
My Amazon store affiliate links
amazon.com/shop/robbshomemadelife/list/3IDHXEBDQ30FI?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Robb Moffett
Robb's Homemade Life
youtube.com/user/mrhulot101
