Food

Quantity/Yield

Steaming Time

Cook’s Notes

Chicken and Seafood

Boneless,

5 - 6 ounces each, up to 8

18 - 22 minutes

• Follow proper safe food handling pro-

Skinless

cedures for poultry and seafood.

(use both steamer trays)

 

Chicken Breast

 

 

• Always check poultry for proper

Halves or

 

 

 

 

doneness – juices should run clear

Thighs

 

 

 

 

when tested with a knife, and internal

Shrimp,

1 pound

5 - 8 minutes

temperature should read 170° F for

chicken breast meat, and 180° F for

Sea Scallops

(use in second steamer tray)

 

 

dark meat. The internal temperature

 

 

 

Clams &

 

 

of a fish fillet/steak should read 140°F.

Steam until shells are just fully opened.

6 - 8 minutes

• Do not steam bone-in chicken.

Mussels

• Clean shrimp; steam in shells for

 

 

 

 

 

optimum flavor.

 

 

10 - 15 minutes

Fish

Steam for 10 - 15 minutes per inch of

• For most even steaming, chicken and

Fillets/Steaks

thickness.

per inch of thickness

seafood should not touch sides of

 

 

 

steamer baskets.

Hot Dogs/

 

 

• Pierce before steaming.

6 to 12

8 - 10 minutes

• If desired, steam drained sauerkraut

Precooked

 

 

in rice bowl as an accompaniment

Sausages

 

 

 

 

and increase steaming time by

 

 

 

 

 

 

5-10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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Cuisinart TCS-60 manual Dark meat. The internal temperature, Clams

TCS-60 specifications

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