To Steam Food While Cooking Rice - Hamilton Beach 37506 Manual

To Steam Food
While Cooking Rice
RICE MEASURING INFORMATION
NOTE: Do not throw away the rice measuring cup that comes with your unit. This is an important tool in using your rice cooker successfully and its
size is standard in the rice industry. One rice measuring cup equals 6 oz. (177 ml) or approximately 3/4 cup U.S. standard measuring cup.
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Measure rice with rice measuring
cup. Add the desired amount
of measured uncooked rice
to steamer basket. Do not fill
above side vents to prevent
rice from falling through while
rinsing. Place basket under a
slow-flowing faucet and rinse.
Add drained rice to cooking
pot. Repeat rinsing with any
remaining rice.
NOTE: Some foods should be
added to the steamer basket
at the start of cooking rice and
others need to be added when
steaming starts heavily from the
lid vent.
Place cooking pot securely into
the base. NOTE: Make sure
bottom of cooking pot is not bent
or warped, or it will not conduct
heat correctly.
Electrical Shock Hazard. Cook only in removable cooking
w WARNING
pot and steamer basket. Never place water or food directly into the base.
w CAUTION Burn Hazard. Steam from steam vent can cause injury.
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Add food to steamer basket.
Follow charts on pages 13
and 14 for cooking amounts,
times, and yields. Fill with water
to corresponding water line.
Example: If you add 2 level rice
cups of rice to the cooking pot,
add water to the "2" line of the
cooking pot. Use a kitchen timer
when steaming foods.
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Place steamer basket into
cooking pot.
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