Steaming Guide

Steaming food is one of the easiest, most healthy and convenient methods of cooking. It allows you to preserve more flavor, texture, and nutrients than any other cooking method.

The cooker has a built-in program that will steam, shut-off and keep warm automatically. The water added to the cooking pot determines the cooking/steaming time (see the chart below).

Following is a guideline that you may use for steaming a variety of foods. Use this chart as a guide only in deciding the time needed for steaming foods. The time can be adjusted by adding or deducting the amount of water added to the cooking pot.

Since vegetables can only absorb a very small amount of water in the steaming process, it is not necessary to change the amount of water for steaming different amounts of vegetables.

Keep the lid closed during the entire process of cooking or steaming. Opening the lid while steaming may cause a loss of steam and slow down the cooking process. If it is necessary to open the lid, you may need to add a small amount of water to restore the cooking time.

Add additional 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water when steaming frozen foods.

WATER	ARC-805	ARC-808
1/2 Cup	17 Minutes	8 Minutes
1 Cup	27 Minutes	11 Minutes
1 1/2 Cups	37 Minutes	18 Minutes
2 Cups	43 Minutes	21 Minutes

NOTE: Approx. 1/4 cup of water will be left in the cooking pot after steaming.