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Meat • Poultry
Food Type
Amount
Cooking
Time
Recommendations
Chicken breast (boneless)
Strips
500 g
12 - 15 min.
Remove skin.
Whole
450 g
15 - 20 min.
Chicken drumsticks or
Fresh
4
30 - 35 min.
After steaming, brown the skin
thigh joints
under the grill if desired.
Turkey steaks and escalope
Fresh
600 g
20 - 25 min.
Pork fillet
Fresh
450 g
12 - 15 min.
Cut into 1 cm slices.
Lamb steaks
Fresh
500 g
10 - 15 min.
Sausages (pre-cooked)
Knackwurst
10
8 - 12 min.
Frankfurter
10
10 - 12 min.
Pierce before cooking.
Fish • Shellfish
Food Type
Amount
Cooking
Time
Recommendations
Thin fillet of fish
Fresh
450 g
8 - 10 min.
Don’t pile up the fish fillets.
(cod, plaice, sole, salmon, haddock...)
Frozen
450 g
10 - 15 min.
Thick fillets or steaks
Fresh
400 g
15 - 20 min.
Whole fish
(trout, salmon trout...)
Fresh
600 g
25 - 30 min.
Mussels
Fresh
1 kg
15 - 20 min.
Discard any unopened mussels.
Prawns (raw)
Fresh
200 g
3 - 7 min.
According to your taste.
Scallops
Fresh
100 g
5 - 10 min.
According to your taste.
Table of cooking times
Cooking times are approximate and use the lower basket, unless stated otherwise. Times may vary
depending on the amount of food, size of the food, the space between the food, using a different basket level and
individual preferences. For larger or smaller quantities, adjust the cooking time accordingly. Cooking times may be
increased when using more than one basket to steam food.
Check food near the end of cooking, especially vegetables and fruit, as an extra few minutes can result in over
cooked food.
Use oven gloves when handling the baskets during cooking.
Vegetables
Food Type
Amount
Cooking
Time
Recommendations
Artichokes (globe)
Fresh
3 average 30 - 35 min.
Cut the base.
Asparagus
Fresh
600 g
15 - 20 min.
Cut the base. Exact time depends
on thickness.
Broccoli
Fresh
400 g
20 - 25 min.
Cut into small florets and trim off
Frozen
400 g
15 - 20 min.
thick stems.
Cabbage (green pointed spring)
Fresh
400 g
15 - 18 min.
Sliced or shredded. Cut off thick
stems. Toss halfway through cooking.
Cabbage (red)
Fresh
600 g
15 - 18 min.
Sliced or shredded. Cut off thick
stems. Toss halfway through cooking.
Carrots
Fresh
500 g
10 - 15 min.
Cut into 3 mm thin slices.
Cauliflower florets
Fresh
1 average 25 - 30 min.
Cut into small florets and trim off
thick stems.
Celeriac
Fresh
350 g
20 - 25 min.
In cubes or slices.
Corn on the cob
Fresh
2
35 - 45 min.
Courgettes
Fresh
600 g
12 - 15 min.
Thinly sliced.
600 g
12 - 17 min.
Cut into 5 cm chunks.
Fine whole green beans
Fresh
500 g
20 - 25 min.
Frozen
500 g
15 - 20 min.
Leeks (baby whole)
Fresh
500 g
15 - 20 min.
Cooking time depends on
thickness and size.
Leeks (sliced)
Fresh
500 g
8 - 12 min.
Cut into thin slices.
Mange tout
Fresh
500 g
10 - 15 min.
Mushrooms
Fresh
500 g
10 - 15 min.
Cut the base and wash well.
Peas
Fresh
400 g
20 - 25 min.
Frozen
400 g
20 - 25 min.
Peppers
Fresh
300 g
10 - 15 min.
Cut into wide strips.
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