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STEAMING CHART
Steaming foods is healthy. It requires no fats or oil and fewer nutrients are lost.
Food Amount Amount of
water
Pre- prep
Vegetables
Artichokes
4 to 6
1 liter
Whole/trimmed
Asparagus
0.5 Kg
2 ½ cups
Whole/trimmed
Broccoli
1 bunch
3 cups
2-inchorets
Baby carrots or
1 ½ inch pieces
0.5 Kg
3 cups
Peeled and
trimmed
Cauliflower
1 medium head
3 cups
2-inch pieces
Corn on the cob 4 3 cups 6-inches
Green beans 0.5 Kg 2-½ cups Whole/trimmed
Snow peas 0.5 Kg 2-½ cups Whole/trimmed
Small new
Potatoes
0.5 Kg 3 cups Whole
White or Yukon
Gold potatoes
350 g 3 cups Quartered
Sweet Potatoes 350 g 3 cups Cut in1 ½-inch
pieces
Yellow squash or
zucchini
0.5 Kg 2-½ cups Thickly sliced
Poultry
Chicken breasts 700 g 3-½ cups Whole
Eggs 8 3 cups Whole in shell
Seafood
Lobster tails Large 2-½ cups In shell
Large Shrimp 0.5 Kg 2-½ cups Peeled and
deveined
Salmon 0.5 Kg 2 ½ cups Cut in serving size
pieces