Cuisinart CRC-400 manual Steaming Vegetables, Poultry, Seafood or Hard Cooked Eggs

Steaming Vegetables, Poultry, Seafood or Hard Cooked Eggs

Place indicated amount of water into the Rice Cooking Bowl. The amount needed will vary according to the type of food being cooked. Arrange foods in a single layer in the steaming tray. Vegetables should be cut in similar sizes as indicated. Cooking times are approximate and will yield cooked but crisp/tender vegetables. Add more time for more tender/softer vegetables or cut back on time for crispier vegetables

to taste.

Rice Cooker must be unplugged immediately after vegetables have finished cooking to prevent overcooking. If cooking vegetables over rice, use chart to determine approximately when to add steaming tray to Rice Cooker. Serve steamed vegetables immediately or plunge into ice water to stop cooking to use in salads and other cold preparations.

Food	Amount	Preparation	Water	Cooking Time
				(approximate)
Asparagus	4 ozs.	3-inch cut	1 1/2C	9-10 minutes
Broccoli	4 ozs.	1-1/2-2 inch flowerets	1 1/2C	11 minutes
Carrots – Baby	8 ozs.	Whole	1 1/2C	15 minutes
Carrots – sliced	8 ozs.	1/4-inch slice	1 1/2C	15 minutes
Green Beans	4 ozs.	1-1-/2 inch slice	1 1/2C	8-9 minutes
Peas, Snow	4 ozs.	Whole, tipped & topped, strings removed	1 1/2C	11 minutes
Peas, Edible Pod	4 ozs.	Whole, tipped & topped, strings removed	1 1/2C	10 – 11 minutes
Potatoes, New	8 ozs.	Quartered	2C	23-24 minutes
(1-1/2” diameter)
Potatoes,	12 ozs.	3/4-inch dice	2C	23-24 minutes
Yellow/Gold
Sweet Potatoes	8 ozs.	Peeled, 1/2-inch dice	2C	18-19 minutes
Zucchini/	6 ozs.	Halve lengthwise, 3/4-inch slices	1 1/2C	11 minutes
yellow squash
Chicken/Turkey	8 ozs.	Cut in pieces, 1/2" x 1/2" x 3"	1 1/2C	12-15 minutes
Fresh	(Maximum)	– lightly coat in olive oil
Sausages, Smoked	8-12 ozs.	Cut in 1/2 inch Slices	1 1/2C	12-15 minutes
		Peeled/unpeeled	1 1/2C	12-15 minutes
		may be seasoned with herbs or prepared		(will depend on
Shrimp	8 ozs.		+ 1T
		seafood seasoning such as Old Bay®		size of shrimp).
			vinegar
		(spray steaming tray with cooking spray)		Stir after 10 min.
		Season as desired
Scallops, sea	8 ozs.	(spray steaming tray with cooking spray or	1 1/2C	10-15 minutes
		line with leaf lettuce)
Fin fish		Cut in 1-1/2 inch squares
(Salmon, Haddock	8 ozs.	arrange on lettuce leaves or	1 1/2C	10-15 minutes
Cod, Sea Bass, etc.)		parchment rounds in steaming tray
				21 minutes
Eggs, Large	4	In shells	1 1/2C	(place in ice
				water immediately
				to stop cooking)

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