Cooking in a clay pot. Above all, cooking in a clay pot is convenient. Typically, you soak the rice in the pot itself for 30 minutes to an hour.

Donabe, Flameware, Chinese Clay Pots, and Bean Pots: Combine a 4:1 ratio of cool water and cooked white rice to fill the pot halfway. Set the pot over medium-low heat, bring it to a simmer, and ...

The clay pot rice is finished cooking in roughly 18 minutes, but it rarely takes that long because there is always a cluster of pots on the burners. Snacks make the wait feel even shorter.