| Weight/Or | Use | Use | Water | Approx. |
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Fresh | Number | Rice | Drip | Fill Line | Time |
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Vegetables | Pieces | Bowl | Tray | In Base | (Minutes) | Tips |
Cauliflower | Medium size | No | Yes | Med | ■ Trim; remove core. | |
Whole Head | (about |
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| ■ Center in Steaming Bowl. |
| 2 1/2 lbs. |
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| ■ Insert 2 forks to lift from |
| untrimmed) |
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| Steaming Bowl after |
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| steaming. |
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Flowerets | 1 head | No | Yes | Med | ■ Cut flowerets to about 2” | |
| (1 1/4 - |
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| diameter. |
| 1 1/2 lbs. |
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| ■ Layer loosely. |
| untrimmed - |
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| ■ Stir after 15 mins. |
| med.) |
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| ■ Yield about 4 1/2 cups. |
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Corn on Cob | Up to | No | Yes | Med | ■ Cut or break whole ears | |
| 8 pieces |
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| into pieces. |
| (2 3/4”- 3 1/2” |
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| ■ Arrange vertically (stand on |
| in length) |
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| end) around sides of |
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| Steaming Bowl. |
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| ■ Remove with tongs. |
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Snow/Chinese Pods | 1/2 lbs. | No | Yes | Lo | ■ Break off ends; remove | |
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| strings and wash. |
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| ■ Spread over Steaming Bowl |
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| surface. |
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| ■ Stir after 7 mins. |
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| ■ Yield about 2 cups. |
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Peppers, Whole | 4 - 5 medium | No | Yes | Lo | ■ Cut across width of pepper | |
Sweet Green or Red |
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| at stem end; carefully |
(to partially cook, |
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| remove seeds and |
then stuff) |
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| membranes. Wash. |
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| ■ Arrange in Steaming Bowl |
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| with open side down. |
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| ■ After steaming, peppers can |
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| be cooled quickly using cold |
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| water; carry Steaming Bowl |
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| with peppers to sink and run |
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| cold water over them. |
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| ■ Fill peppers with a |
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| precooked filling and bake in |
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| oven as recipe directs. |
Potatoes, Whole | 1 lb.- | No | Yes | Med | ■ Scrub/wash potatoes; do not | |
Red |
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| peel or cut. | |
| (2” - 2 1/2” |
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| ■ Arrange along sides of |
| in width) |
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| Steaming Bowl. |
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| ■ Remove with tongs. |
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| 2 lbs.- | No | Yes | Hi | ■ Prepare as previously | |
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| described. | |
| (2” - 2 1/2” |
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| ■ Place potato halves in |
| in width) |
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| second layer above steam |
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| holes in Bowl. |
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| ■ Stir after 20 mins. |
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| ■ Remove with tongs. |
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