VitaClay VF7900 Rice/Slow Cooker as a food steamer? Can the VitaClay rice cooker be used for steaming vegetables/meats?
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Have you gotten any answers to your question? I am also curious if you can steam vegetables or frozen dumplings in the VitaClay unit. Perhaps you just need to add a stainless steel steamer basket inside on the bottom and go from there? For that reason, I would like to know exactly how big the clay pot is- what is the diameter? If I place a standard steamer basket in there, How much room would be left over? Finally, can I program it to run for the few minutes needed to steam vegetables? Or is it set to specific increments?
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Yes, you can use the strainer to steam vegetables, however it would not be my first choice in tools for the job. Use a "Stainless Steel Vegetable Steamer" that fits inside a pot allowing the use of a properly fitted lid. Example: Norpro 175 Stainless Steel Vegetable Steamer
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While I have not used it for this purpose a rice steamer came inside the unit. The instruction manual also talked about steaming vegetables in this unit.
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YES, you can steam veggies as long as your steamer basket fits in the pan. Or you can use the trivet if that works for the veg you're steaming. Add liquid (water, broth, etc), 1/2 cup or up to the level of the trivet or basket. Close the pressure cooker and start timing when it comes up to pressure. For veg that cook in a short time, reduce pressure immediately by running cold water over the outer edges of the cooker or by holding down the pressure release valve. For those requiring a longer cook time (most root vegetables), allow pressure to reduce normally.
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Yes. White steam tray fits inside rice cooker is used for steaming vegetable .
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You could use it as a regular slow cooker, but it may be harder to control the true temperature. I use mine mainly for heating things that will be eaten soon, such as vegetables, or just as a warmer for other items. It's very handy for the holiday's!
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Hi Connie, The Chef Pressure Cooker includes: 1. 10" Tempered Glass Lid that allows the body to be used as a traditional cooking vessel 2. Steamer/ Grater Basket with Trivet, for steaming vegetables that also functions as a grater 3. A DVD with information on the basics of a pressure cooker 4. DVD Recipe Collection Let me know if I can answer any other questions. Sandy, Owner Best Kitchen Products
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Use it with a microwave safe dish or bowl. Better yet, buy a 100% silicon veggie steamer unit complete with a bowl, strainer basket, and a cover. I bought one for about $12.
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I have used it to puree vegetables that had been cooked soft in a slow cooker dish and was happy with the results. If you are cooking/steaming the vegetables to a relatively soft stage, I think you'd get a good result. I don't know that you would get as successful a result with meat. Don't know about fruit. Hope that helps.
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I think this pressure cooker is not so good for cooking rice. She is very good but for cooking meats, vegetables, beans.
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Yes you can even though that is not the purpose of a pressure cooker. The best use for this would be to cook meat/vegetable/rice faster with the build up of steam inside.
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yes, there are direction for cooking rice. I use my steamer for veggies and it makes terrific hard boiled eggs. I haven't had much luck making rice
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Interesting question! I do not think I would do this. The instructions that come with the rice cooker do not address using this for long term cooking. Would stick with a crock pot for a stew. Crock pots have thicker sides and would hold the heat better, I would think.
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I wouldn't use it for anything other than making rice, you could use chicken broth instead of water to flavor the rice, but I don't know what might happen if you put just liquid in it. It is a pressure cooker but specifically designed for rice, and at the price you pay for it, I wouldn't use it "off label" as you'll surely void the warranty. Page #3 of the manual in big letters says: "This product is for cooking and keeping rice warm only" and right underneath it has lots of "Don'ts" regarding only using it for rice and not for anything that will possibly expand/splatter/splash up to clog the pressure relief valve.
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It should work fine. People use it in their slow cooker and I use it in my steamer. Check with Amico.
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Yes this will make more than enough rice for 2 people. Not sure about the food steamer, I would not think you could do them at the same time as it would probably be different settings and times for different types of foods. Otherwise if steaming veggies they would get mushy.
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Yes It can be use as a slow cooker just make sure you do not put too much water or food inside