quick cook; fast rice cooking
Refers to a rice cooker setting or method that cooks rice faster than the standard cycle, often sacrificing some texture or flavor.
急いでいたので、炊飯器の早炊きモードを使った。
I was in a hurry, so I used the quick cook mode on the rice cooker.
早炊きだと、ご飯が少し硬くなる。
With quick cooking, the rice becomes a little hard.
Compound of 早 (haya, 'fast') and 炊き (daki, 'cooking', from 炊く). The term is straightforward and modern, associated with rice cooker technology.