Features:

  • Designed to allow water to strain at the ideal rate to wash impurities and starch from rice, quinoa, buckwheat, barley and more
  • Water pools to show when water is clear and grains are clean
  • Small, square holes help prevent tiny grains from falling through
  • Pour spout features extra drain holes to remove excess water
  • Soft, comfortable, non-slip handles make it easy to shake out extra water, agitate the grains, and pour into your cooking vessel
  • Strainer is also great for rinsing berries
Better Than Expected!

This OXO Good Grips quinoa colander is fantastic. It's one of those rare products that are better than you expected them to be. Water drains well, but slow enough to use your hand to really swish around the quinoa. I wash quinoa till it's super clean. And then I wash it some more. Quinoa is one of those grains that benefit from a good cleaning. The colander's holes are a perfect size to keep in quinoa.

Perfect tool for the rinsing small grains

As I have found with all OXO products, it is very well made and durable. The super fine mesh drain and ingenious pour spout are perfect for draining fine grains like quinoa, and also work for larger grains like rice. The round bowl shape contains the loose grains without spillover. Due to the small area of holes, it drains a little slowly, so it's best to measure and rinse the grains and then set aside in the sink while you prepare other ingredients. It is the perfect tool for the job.

Washing rise is a breeze with this bowl

I can't believe I gone on so long without having a rice cleaning bowl. Prior to getting this, I used one of a mesh strainer scoop and that was a pain. OXO always makes great quality kitchen goodies so when I was browsing to fine a cleaning bowl there were several that I looked at but settled on this one because, well OXO ;-) and it had the rubber grips on the side. This bowl is perfect and works like a dream. It's really nice to have the feet on the bottom so I can set the bowl over the sink drain while the water empties out. The is high-quality and isn't flimsy at all. It feel like it will last a good long time. I'm very glad that I selected this bowl from OXO.

Great for Grains!

LOVE this colander! It is perfect for rinsing quinoa and rice in. I was originally using a mesh metal strainer to rinse my grains in and they would get stuck. Although the mesh strainer gets the water out quicker, it's a pain to knock everything into the pot to cook. Plus I used it to rinse berries as well. All around, great colander.

Purchased this product for quinoa and it works great. I've seen other product say it works for ...

Purchased this product for quinoa and it works great. I've seen other product say it works for quinoa, and then I've read reviews where people say it doesn't function well for quinoa. Well, this one functions well for quinoa. I use it for rice and lentils as well, but I was worried whether it would work for quinoa, and it does.

Best ever!

This product was just what I was looking for. I never have to worry about losing my rice & other grains down the drain. Love It!!

If you cook a lot of rice...you need this!

To cook rice in a rice cooker you need to rinse it several times. Before I got this product, I put my hand over the container and hoped the rice would not go into the sink with the water. This solves everything. Rinse the rice two, three, four times, over the sink. Then take a spoon and scrape it in your rice cooker. Add the right amount of water to the cooker and you are good.

Streamlined Meals - You May Want Seconds

Got this colander as a recommendation from Epicurious. Used it to wash quinoa, barley, and farro. Not only do these grains rinse without escaping, grains plump a little bit before cooking. I noticed that these grains cooked faster, I make an amount that lasts almost a week for any meal. Can't wait to try it when rinsing chia seeds and angel hair pasta. The drains are very small, but strategically designed where only water escapes. A must-have in your kitchen arsenal.

perfect

I was gifted an InstaPot thingie at christmas and decided to stop buying instant rice and use much cheaper regular rice. However I could NOT find a "rice strainer" where I live (very north MN). I only found tiny handheld mesh things (think kid's beach toy) that rust fast with our local water. I searched every store and ended up back on amazon. I have been impressed with the OXO brand with previous products and I don't mind spending a little extra for them. This doesn't stack with my mixing bowls or strainers BUT I discoverd it nests really nice inside my Kitchaid bowl that lives on the counter anyways, since I bought it I've been making healthy rice a few times a week so that's perfect for me, and the color blends in well in my space.

Great Strainer

This is a great little strainer. I've used it for rinsing quinoa grains and the holes are small enough to keep the quinoa from falling out, yet the water still drains easily. It is sturdy and well made. Well worth it!

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