(Part 2) Best food steamers according to redditors
We found 100 Reddit comments discussing the best food steamers. We ranked the 33 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
they're not uncommon.. look around. you'll find all kinds. meat goes on the bottom level, closest to the heat, vegs go on the next level up... obviously, since IP uses constant pressure everything in the insert will cook the same.. so it's mostly for making "more room".. 3 levels of eggs when you're boiling 5 dozen for the egg hunt.
you can get stacked steamers for a regular pot on the stove, or one you plug in.
pressure cooker insert
https://www.amazon.com/Stackable-Stainless-Pressure-Steamer-inserts/dp/B00EIC1I7A
electric
https://www.amazon.com/Deni-7600-2-Quart-Stainless-Steel-Digital/dp/B000I6PHVI
bamboo - use your own pot or wok
https://www.amazon.com/Piece-Set-Natural-Dumpling-Vegetables/dp/B01N12MRE3/
stainless steel - stovetop
https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steamer-Steaming-Cookware-Concord/dp/B0086ANRGU/
A collapsible colander and steamer
http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Metal-Steamer-Nutritionists/dp/B00H7IAS7I/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415245294&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=metal+collapsible+colander
Fuck gyms, waking up early, getting "disciplined", and such nonsense. If you don't have time and energy you just don't. It's fact of life that many people don't at many stages of their life.
> I'm a vegan. I eat oats + milk
Wait, what? How does milk even...
Anyway, the right thing to do is to create more time in your life, eat reasonably (since that costs no extra time), and sleep better.
Get a fucking steamer for healthy zero effort eating. Stop shopping IRL and just order your food from the internet (that takes crazy amount of time if you add it all together). If you feel tired your sleep quality is probably shit, so try sleep masks or whatnot to improve that - if you're too tired to do anything you should take a nap.
Only once you get into state where you have some free time and feeling exhausted is an exception not a daily occurrence you can realistically think about any kind of exercise program - and even then start small.
Forcing yourself past point of exhaustion has almost 100% failure rate past few months, often just weeks.
(you being vegan makes healthy eating a lot harder, most cheap and easy vegan stuff is total crap, just throwing some chicken and random veggies into steamer beats pretty much every vegan diet in terms of cost, effort, and nutrition)
(not eating whole day is also a relatively poor idea, humans don't absolutely need to eat multiple times a day, but it sure makes them hungry, tired, and irritable)
If you keep failing, you might want to reconsider your job. Is it worth destroying your health for?
Best Rice Cooker Ever https://www.amazon.com/Cooked-Digital-Cooker-Steamer-White/dp/B00VA2VNIK/ref=sr_1_5?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI26Tt8eGc5QIVgsVkCh0y1gP9EAAYASAAEgIYIvD_BwE&hvadid=241935000877&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=9029578&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10229831340344199038&hvtargid=kwd-2213681714&hydadcr=24658_10400649&keywords=aroma+rice+cooker&qid=1571091030&refinements=p_89%3AAroma&rnid=2528832011&sr=8-5 It never sticks, settings for brown rice/white rice, auto shift to "warm" option when done, steamer tray for veggies/meat
The one I own is a dual rice cooker/food steamer.
It's made by black and decker, called the HS1000 link
At first I was REALLY BAD with it, my rice always came out soggy, even with just doing a 1:1 ratio of rice/water. I realized afterwards that the lower basin that you fill with water should really only be about halfway full. It works like a dream now! I put my rice in and turn it on in the morning, get ready for school/work, and then I have awesome rice for Onigiri which is my culinary obsession right now.
I'd highly recommend it, my average cooking time for rice is 35 minutes.
I sure do, the Aroma professional 20 cup ARC-2000SB I specifically got the one with the Saute-then-simmer function. This is the one I use for all of my baking, as long as its level is never burns anything it may develop hot spots if not level but even then it just gets a little over done. The Saute-the-simmer function stays on a high heat until liquid is added, then it lowers the heat. So for example when I'm making bread I just put the machine on keep warm for 10 minutes before putting the bread in, unless its cold out leave the machine open keep warm actualy gets pretty hot. Once my bread is kneaded and ready I turn off the keep warm and toss it in to rise, depending on the weather I may or may not leave it open for rise. If you used rapid rise yeast the bread will be ready for baking after its doubled in size, if you used regular yeast "punch" the bread down and let it rise again. Then hit the saute-then-simmer button and close the lid. When it beeps at you the bread is done.
I use a spray bottle full of water to spray the food, then cover a bowl with this: White Piggy Steamer, 8-1/2" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XHTDWY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ekXXAbDVGFB8C and microwave!
I like my Krups,. I've had it for over 10 years so far. For about 7 years, I put the parts in the dishwasher to clean them. One of the plastic handles on one side came apart. Half of the handle is still there and it works just fine. After that, I started washing all the parts by hand. The picture at the link doesn't show the "rice bowl." It's not bowl shaped. It's white plastic flat bottomed and oblong, shaped to almost fill the space of the outer clear plastic steaming tray. Mine only has one steaming tray, but I guess the newer versions come as a 2-tier. I assume you can only use one tier too. I once steamed Artichokes without wrapping them in foil and that left a slight stain. Now, I always wrap anything that looks like it might leave a stain. I particularly like steamed Salmon (in foil with lemons), steamed quinoa, and of course, steamed rice.
I've had great usage out of my vegetable steamer with rice basket. Something like this
Black & Decker Divided Food Steamer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006IUVM/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_q5qGub0JEA895
I see these at thrift stores a bunch too.
Check out a steamer. It makes better rice, never burns and you can cook a whole lot of things in it. Great for warming too.
http://www.amazon.com/Oster-Programmable-Digital-Steamer-Black/dp/B0012S8OVQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1252844951&sr=8-2
The ice cube tray is actually only $4.57 now; some of the prices aren't updating when they're supposed to. For a lot of people I think it would be worth the extra couple dollars to have an ice cube tray that lets the ice out easily and never cracks, vs a $2.79 tray from Walgreens.
I agree, $144 (edit: gah, $129 -- better try to fix this) is a lot for a rice cooker, although everyone who gets one is in love with it (4.74 stars after 242 reviews). If you want something cheaper, here's one with 3.9 stars for only $14, although be aware it broke quickly for about 1 in 7 of the reviewers. Still probably worth the much cheaper price for a lot of people:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VHKQCM
I have this Aroma rice cooker. Bought it at Costco so the price was cheaper than this one.
This thing does it all: cook rice, steam vegetables, and it is a slow cooker! Got it at Costco for $30. Was skeptical of the price but it has been working great.
https://www.amazon.com/Aroma-Professional-Cooker-Steamer-Silver/dp/B016XWOTRI