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Essentials
Food Steamer Instruction Booklet
KFS300
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Important Please retain your instruction book for future use. In the event that you need some assistance with your Kambrook appliance, please contact our Customer Service Department on 1300 139 798 (Australia) or 09 271 3980 (New Zealand). Alternatively, visit us on our website at www.kambrook.com.au KFS300_IB_FA.indd 2 11/02/10 11:14 AM
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Contents Kambrook Recommends p4 Safety First Your Kambrook Essentials p6 Food Steamer Operating Your Kambrook p7 Essentials Food Steamer Care, Cleaning and Storage p10 Kambrook Essentials Food p11 Steamer Steaming Chart Recipes p18 Warranty p28 KFS300_IB_FA.indd 3 11/02/10 11:14 AM
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Kambrook Recommends Safety First IMPORTANT: Please retain your instruction book for future use. At Kambrook, we believe that safe performance is the first priority in any consumer product, so that you, our valued customer can confidently use and trust our products. We ask that any electrical appliance that you use be operated in a sensible fashion with due care and attention placed on the following important operating instructions. Important Safeguards For Your Kambrook Essentials Food St
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to move the appliance, when the appliance is not in use and before cleaning or storing. Allow the steamer base and liquid collection container to cool before disassembling for cleaning and discarding liquid. • Do not use harsh abrasives or caustic cleaners when cleaning this appliance. • Keep the appliance clean. Follow the care and cleaning instructions provided in this book. Important Safeguards For All Electrical Appliances • This appliance is for household use only. • Fully u
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Your Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer 1. Heating indicator light 9. 3 stackable steam baskets with 2 layer support rings 3.0 Litre 2. 60 minute steaming timer capacity each basket 3. Power indicator light 10. Steam diffuser 4. Heating element for consistent steaming Not Shown 5. 30 second rapid steam • Removable rice/sauce function for fast results cooking bowl 6. Easy to view water level indicator • Removable egg tray cooks up to 7 eggs 7. Steamer base with water reservoir 1.0 Litr
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Operating Your Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer Pour sufficient clean, tap water, up Before First Use to 1 litre, into the water reservoir of Remove and safely discard all the steamer base and ensure the packaging material and promotional maximum ‘MAX’ level on the water labels from the food steamer. window is not exceeded. If cooking Wash the lid, removable steamer for long periods of time ensure the baskets, layer support rings, rice/ water level does not fall below the sauce cooki
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Operating Your Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer continued 4. Insert a second steamer basket into position on top of the layer NOTE: The Rice/Sauce Cooking support ring. Bowl and Egg Cooking Tray are placed into a steamer basket 5. Place second layer of food into for cooking/steaming food as the second steamer basket. described in steaming charts 6. Cover with lid. and recipes. Three Layer Cooking: 1. Insert a steamer basket into 10. Plug the power cord into a 230V or position on top of
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CAUTION: Always take care when lifting the lid, steamer baskets and liquid collection container, as steam and water condensation can cause scalding. Always lift the lid away from you when removing from steamer basket to avoid steam escaping from under the lid. Always allow the steamer base and liquid collection container to cool before dismantling and discarding liquid. NOTE: Denser foods or foods that take longer to cook should be placed in the lower steamer basket as this ge
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Care, Cleaning and Storage Maintaining Your Kambrook NOTE: If food with strong Essentials Food Steamer odour, such as fish has been Always switch the power off at the steamed, the above procedure power outlet and unplug the power can be followed with steamer cord of the food steamer and baskets and rice/sauce cooking allow the steamer base and liquid bowl in position to ensure the collection container to cool down odour is not transferred to the before disassembling and cleaning. n
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Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer Steaming Chart All recipes and information provided 2. Smaller, even-sized pieces of in steaming charts rely on the vegetables will steam faster than preceding assembly instructions larger pieces. being followed, for example, the 3. Estimated steaming times are element protection cover should be listed in chart below however placed over heating element, the the freshness, quality and size water reservoir filled with water to the of the food, as well as
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Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer Steaming Chart continued Type/Vegetable Weight/Size Approx. Cooking Time Eggplant, thickly sliced 500g 12 minutes Mushrooms 500g 8-9 minutes Onions, peeled, sliced 250g 10 minutes Parsnips, trimmed, sliced 500g 8-10 minutes Peas, shelled 250g 4-5 minutes Potatoes, peeled, quartered 1kg 20-25 minutes Potatoes, whole chats 1kg 35 minutes Pumpkin, peeled chunks 500g 20-25 minutes Snow Peas 250g 4-5 minutes Spinach (English) 250g 6-7 minutes Spinach (Silver Beet) 2
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Variety Cups Of Rice Cups Of Water Approx. Cooking Time Brown: med grain ½ cup 1 cup 55-60 minutes Brown: long grain 1 cup 2 cups 60 minutes Wild Rice ½ cup 1 cup 60 minutes White: Long Grain, 1 cup 1½ cups 25 minutes Basmati, Jasmine White: Med Grain 1 cup 1½ cups 25-30 minutes Grains And Cereals Variety Method Approx. Cooking Time Oats 1 cup oats with 2 cups 15 minutes water into rice/sauce cooking bowl Cracked Wheat 1 cup cracked wheat with 1 12-13 minutes ½ cups of water. Place into rice/
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Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer Steaming Chart continued 4. Most seafood cooks very quickly. Seafood Steam in small portions or in 1. Steaming guidelines in the chart amounts as specified below in chart. below are for fresh and fully- 5. Fish fillets can be steamed in thawed seafood. steamer baskets, however to 2. Frozen seafood should be retain juices cook fish in rice/ completely thawed before sauce cooking bowl, however steaming. cooking times will be longer 3. Always clean and pr
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4. Whole chickens and roasts can Meat And Poultry be steamed but for smaller cuts 1. Steaming guidelines in the chart choose even size pieces for more below are for fresh and fully even cooking. thawed meat and poultry. 5. Arrange the smaller pieces of 2. Frozen meat and poultry should meat or poultry in a single layer. be completely thawed before 6. Steam until the meat or poultry is steaming. well done. Pierce the thickest part 3. Always clean and prepare of the poultry or roast wit
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Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer Steaming Chart continued Eggs For Poached Eggs The following are some handy Eggs should be cracked into individual guidelines when cooking eggs in the sized heat proof dishes containing a Kambrook Essentials Food Steamer. little water then placed into a steamer The steamer is ideal for steaming, basket for poaching. poaching and scrambling eggs. For Scrambled Eggs For Cooking Eggs In Beat together eggs with a little milk The Shell or cream then pour into
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Recipes 17 KFS300_IB_FA.indd 17 11/02/10 11:14 AM
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Recipes Potato Salad Warm Green Bean And Mushroom Salad Serves 4-6 Serves 4-6 800g new potatoes 1 medium Spanish onion, peeled and 400g baby green beans, trimmed and finely chopped cut in half ¾ cup thinly sliced celery 200g button mushrooms 150g salami, finely chopped Dressing: 2 tablespoons freshly snipped chives 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar Dressing: ¼ cup olive oil ¾ cup mayonnaise 2 teaspoons grain mustard 2 tablespoons light sour cream 1 teaspoon white sugar 1½ tablespoons lemon juic
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Sesame Pumpkin Chicken Risotto Serves 4 Serves 4 600g pumpkin, peeled and cut into 250g chicken breast fillets 3cm pieces 1 tablespoon butter 1 brown onion, peeled and Dressing: finely chopped 1 tablespoon peanut oil 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds 2 cups/500ml chicken stock 1 tablespoon honey 1 cup Arborio rice 1 tablespoon lemon juice ¼ cup freshly chopped mixed herbs 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1. Freshly ground black pepper, optional 1. Fill water reservo
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Dim Sims With Citrus Thai Sauce Pesto Rice Serves 4 Serves 4 2 x 250g packets frozen mini dim sims 1 cup uncooked white rice 1 brown onion, peeled and finely Dipping Sauce: chopped ¼ cup fresh lemon juice 1 cup/325ml cups water 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon pesto sauce 1 tablespoon sweet Thai chilli sauce ¼ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon finely chopped coriander 1. Fill water reservoir to MAX level, insert 1. Fill water reservoir to MAX level, insert the liquid collection container then t
