Steaming Food; Using The Steamer Insert - Russell Hobbs RHRC100A Owner's Manual

Steaming Food

GENERAL INFORMATION
Keep the Stainless Steel Lid on while cooking or steaming food,
unless the recipe or chart specially calls for removing it. By
removing the Stainless Steel Lid unnecessarily, you lose steam and
valuable time. If you must remove it to stir or to add an
ingredient, have the Rice Paddle or ingredient ready, add it, stir
quickly and just as quickly replace the Lid.

USING THE STEAMER INSERT

The Steamer Insert is specifically designed to steam vegetables. It
can also be used to reheat foods, or steam frozen foods such as
pot stickers. Use the Steamer Insert while cooking rice*, or as a
stand-alone steamer by adding water to the Inner Pot.
1. Clean and prepare your vegetables. Cut vegetables into
bite-sized pieces.
2. Place the Inner Pot into the Rice Cooker Body. Be sure the
Inner Pot is seated properly. Measure appropriate amount of
water and add to Inner Pot (see water measurements/time
following).
3. When steaming smaller vegetables or chunks, place
vegetables directly into the Steamer Insert. (If you are cooking
combinations of vegetables, be sure they require the same
cooking time and also cut pieces uniformly to assure all
vegetables will be finished steaming at the same time.)
4. Then place the Steamer Insert onto the rim of the Inner Pot
and cover with Stainless Steel Lid.
5. Plug the cord into a 120V AC electrical outlet. Press the Rice
Cooking Selector Lever down to the COOK position. Make
sure the COOK Light is on. Steaming will start shortly.
6. Allow vegetables to steam to desired doneness. See
Vegetable Steaming Chart.
NOTE: When steaming foods for longer periods of time, it is
necessary to periodically check water level so that the Inner
Pot does not boil dry.
7. The Rice Cooker may automatically switch to WARM. If
additional cooking is desired, unplug the unit and add more
water. Replace the Stainless Steel Lid. Plug in the Rice Cooker,
press the Rice Cooking Selector Lever down to COOK position
and your Rice Cooker will resume steaming.
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