Guide For Steaming Vegetables, Poultry, Seafood And Hard-Cooked Eggs - Cuisinart CRC-800 Instruction And Recipe Booklet

Guide for Steaming Vegetables, Poultry, Seafood and Hard-Cooked Eggs

Place indicated amount of water into the Cooking Bowl. The amount needed will vary according to the type
of food being cooked. Arrange foods in a single layer in the steaming tray. Vegetables should be cut in
similar sizes as indicated. Begin timing when unit is turned on. Cooking times are approximate and will yield
cooked but crisp/tender vegetables. Add more time for more tender/softer vegetables or cut back on time
for crispier vegetables to taste.
The rice cooker must be unplugged immediately after vegetables have finished cooking to prevent over-
cooking. If cooking vegetables over rice, use chart to determine approximately when to add steaming tray to
rice cooker. Serve steamed vegetables immediately or plunge into ice water to stop cooking to use in salads
and other cold preparations.
Food
Asparagus
Broccoli
Carrots – baby
Carrots – sliced
Green beans
Peas, snow
Potatoes, new
(1½" diameter)
Potatoes
Yellow/Gold
Sweet potatoes
Zucchini/
yellow squash
Sweet potatoes
Poultry –
chicken or turkey
Shrimp
Scallops
Fin fish (salmon,
haddock, cod, sea
bass, etc.)
Eggs, large
Amount Preparation
8 ounces
8 ounces 1½-2" flowerets
8 ounces
8 ounces ¼-inch slices
4 ounces 1 to 1½" slices
Whole, tipped and
4 ounces topped, strings
8 ounces
12 ounces ¾-inch dice
8 ounces Peeled, ½-inch dice
Halve lengthwise,
6 ounces
¾-inch slices
16 ounces Peeled, ¾" cubes
Cut into similiar size
8-16 ounces pieces, ½ x ½ x
Peeled/unpeeled; may
be seasoned with
herbs or prepared
Up to one
seafood seasoning
pound
such as Old Bay
(spray steaming tray
with cooking spray)
Season as desired
Up to one (spray steaming tray
pound with cooking spray or
line with leaf lettuce)
Cut into 1½-inch
squares; arrange
up to one
on lettuce leaves or
pound
parchment rounds in
steaming tray
8
3-inch cut
Whole
removed
Quartered
3-inches
®
To one cup
In shells
7
Cooking Time
Water
(approximate)
2 cups 9-10 minutes
2 cups 11 minutes
2 cups 15 minutes
2 cups 15 minutes
2 cups 8-9 minutes
2 cups 11 minutes
2 cups 23-24 minutes
2 cups 23-24 minutes
2 cups 18-19 minutes
2 cups 11 minutes
2 cups 25 minutes
2 cups 15-20 minutes
12-15 minutes
2 cups (will depend on size
of shrimp)
2 cups 10-15 minutes
2 cups 10-15 minutes
21 minutes (place
in ice water
mark immediately to
stop cooking)