Electric Food Steamer

[canucknyc]

We have a two-tier Oster electric steamer. Does anyone out there have experience using one? Have any recipes/tips they'd like to share?

Any help at all would be appreciated! Thanks.

[djmom]

We have one. We don't use it often, all we ever steam is asparagus and broccoli. Works well for that. If it sits there a long time after coking it will get a little mushier than I would like. I sometimes set it for fewer minutes.

Would love to hear if others use it and if they ever use it for rice, if that is even possible.

[liamsaunt]

This is reaching back into the dawn of time, but someone gave me one of those for a wedding gift. The only thing I remember using it for was to do a layer of fish on the top level and vegetables in the lower level. It tasted fine and was convenient--especially in the hot summer when I did not want to turn on the stove. However, I ended up getting rid of it because I really didn't have room to store it in the little kitchen of the apartment I was living in at the time.

I did try to make rice a couple of times in the solid insert, but it never came out correctly. Rice is one of my weak spots cooking wise, though, so it could have been me.

[LauraD]

I make dim sum and steam it in mine. I put the dim sum on the top and sliced ginger on the bottom and it infuses the dumplings. I also steam salmon put fresh dill underneath. Okay, time to pull it out, good warm weather food. I really don't have a recipe for the sim sum, just lean pork, ginger, garlic, roasted seseme seed oil, chopped water chestnuts, green onion(green part) and some soy, I make some just for me in which I add thai chilisand wrap in dumpling wrappers from the produce dept. Laura

[canucknyc]

First attempt was a success! I steamed the salmon on the bottom level and the veggies on the top. It took 20 minutes and it was delicious! Seasoned only with lemon and pepper, so very healthy. Obviously I cooked the quinoa on the stovetop.

[Coden]

I've often looked at the food steamers. Which ones do you all have?

canucknyc - you picture looks like a lovely dinner - and healthy.

[PA Girl]

I have a different brand and I use mine primarily for rice. I make coconut rice, subbing coconut milk for water. I use it once in a while for veggies and clams (seperately, not together)

[LauraD]

PA Girl. If you like mangos, they are delish with coconut rice! Laura

[PA Girl]

Cooked mango?

[canucknyc]

I've often looked at the food steamers. Which ones do you all have?

I have the Oster 5711 Mechanical Food Steamer.

[Coden]

Canucknyc - thank you, I'll check it out.

[LauraD]

Add the mango after rice is cooked. I also cook sweet rice(also known by some as sticky rice)with coconut milk, when cooked add coconut cream(found in asian markets)alittle sugar, the rice will soak this up. I cut the rice into circles, top with slice mango and reserved coconut cream. So yummy and great summer time desert. Laura