Steaming while boiling food
Can you use the steam from boiling one thing to cook something else? E.g. Boiling potatoes and steam broccoli in the same pot at the same time. Thank you!
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Yes, if you have the right pot, namely one that has a steamer insert that is well above the bottom of the pot, or even stacks.
In fact, in several cuisines this is the standard way of getting several ingredients ready at once. For example, it's common to steam couscous in the steam from the Moroccan stew cooking below, using a stacking pot called a couscousiere.
Just make sure that the food in the steamer will take less time to steam than the food below takes to boil.
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Steaming is a moist-heat method of cooking that works by boiling water which vaporizes into steam; it is the steam that carries heat to the food, cooking it. Unlike boiling food submerged in water, with steaming the food is kept separate from the boiling water but comes into direct contact with the hot steam.Can I boil and steam at the same time?
Yes, if you have the right pot, namely one that has a steamer insert that is well above the bottom of the pot, or even stacks. In fact, in several cuisines this is the standard way of getting several ingredients ready at once.How do you steam boil food?
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Answer 2
I'd say yes, but.... Yes, but the steaming food may release a lot of colors and flavors into the water below, so be aware of this. I for one, would love broccoli rice, or beet potatoes, but not everyone might.
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