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Steaming foods
continued
Hints and tips for steaming
fish and seafood
•
Season fish with fresh herbs, onions, lemon etc.
before cooking.
•
Ensure fish fillets are in a single layer and do
not overlap.
•
Fish is cooked when it flakes easily with a fork and
is opaque in colour.
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Type
Cooking Time
Suggestions and Tips
(minutes)
Fish - Fillets
8-10
Steam until opaque and easy to flake
- Whole
15-20
A cutlet is cooked when the centre
- cutlets
12-14
bone is able to be easily removed
Lobster - tails
18-20
Remove underside of shell
Mussels - in shell
12-14
Steam until well open
Clams and Pipis
8-10
Steam until just opened
Prawns - in shell
8-10
Steam until pink
Scallops
4-6
Steam until opaque
Oysters-unopened
10-12
Steam until the top shell starts to open.
If the top shell does not completely open,
it will need to be opened with a knife.
Vegetables
Preparation & Tips
Quantity
Cooking Time
(minutes)
Artichoke
remove the hard
2 medium
30-35
outer leaves and stalk
Asparagus
trim, leave as spears
2 bunches
12-14
Beans
top and tail, leave whole
250g
13-15
Beetroot
trim, do not break skin
300g
12-13
small-medium
Broccoli
cut into florets
250g
8-10
Brussel Sprouts
cut a cross in the base
375g
17-19
Cabbage
large pieces
500g
10-12
Carrots
cut into strips
3 medium
14-16
Capsicums
cut into strips
3 medium
14-16
Cauliflower
cut into florets
375g
17-19
Celery
slice into strips
3 stalk
5-6
Chickpeas
soak for 12 hours
1 cup dried
40-45
Corn
whole corn cobs
2 small cobs
20-22
Mushrooms
whole, unwashed
300g
8-10
Onions(pickling)
peeled, leave whole
6 medium
20-25
Snow peas
topped and tailed
250g
4-5
Peas
fresh, peeled
250g
8-10
frozen
250g
4-5
Potatoes
all purpose, whole
4(150-180g each)
35-40
Potatoes
new, whole
6(125g each)
25-30
Sweet Potato
cut into pieces
500g
20-25
Kumara
Pumpkin
cut into pieces
500g
20-25
Spinach (English)
leaves and
1/2 bunch
5
stems cleaned
Squash (baby)
topped and tailed
350g
8
Turnips
peeled, sliced and
350g
15-17
cut to 50g pieces
Zucchini
sliced
350g
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