Hi everyone! Veronica here and I’m back in the Dailey Kitchen today to share with you how to make steamed vegetables. This is a quick and easy way to cook vegetables. It’s also fat free and takes just a few minutes.
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Here’s my video showing how to make steamed vegetables using a stainless steel steamer pot with a lid.
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How to steam vegetables
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Equipment you’ll need
- You’ll need a knife and cutting board to prepare your vegetables, and a pot with a lid for steaming the vegetables in.
- A simple steamer basket set inside of any pot with a lid works well. Or, I recommend investing in a stainless steel steamer pot like I’m using in this video.
Here’s a photo of my recommended steamer basket on Amazon:
Here’s a photo of my recommended steamer pot with lid on Amazon:
Having this inexpensive stainless steel steamer pot with a lid has been a game changer for my little kitchen because it doesn’t take up a lot of space and allows me to do so much with it.
I use this steamer pot for a variety of cooking techniques, including steaming foods, boiling pasta and straining, washing produce, draining water from beans in a can, and more.
Ingredients
- Today I’m steaming green beans and baby asparagus.
- These take the same amount of time to steam so I can cook them together in the pot.
- If you’re steaming thicker vegetables, like carrots or broccoli, those take twice as much time to steam and should be cooked separately from thin vegetables like these.
Directions
- First, you’ll need to wash and prepare your vegetables. I like to trim the ends of my green beans and chop them into thirds. I like to trim the bottom 1 ½ inches of the baby asparagus and trim them into thirds as well.
- Once I’m finished preparing my vegetables, I’ll place them into my steamer basket.
- When my vegetables are ready to be steamed, I’ll get my pot ready.
- Add ½ inch water to the bottom of the pot and cover with the lid. Bring to a simmer on medium heat.
- Once the water is simmering, remove the lid using a pot holder to protect your hand.
- Place the steamer basket with the vegetables into the pot and cover again.
- Set a timer for 3 minutes. As a general rule, it takes 3 minutes to steam thin vegetables, and 6-8 minutes to steam thick vegetables.
- After 3 minutes your vegetables should be tender and ready to serve.
- To prevent them from continuing to cook and get mushy, rinse them with cold water right way.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial for how to steam vegetables!
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