Menu Enter a recipe name, ingredient, keyword...

99 Live-saving Kitchen Hacks: Your All-Time Epic Masterlist

,
Gourmandize

© Thinkstock

Cook In Layers

You can easily steam fish, chicken or eggs on top of another food. When simmering or sauteeing vegetables, beans or sauces—anything moist—simply lay your protein on top, cover with a lid and allow the top layer to steam cook. Eggs Florentine works well like this, with the eggs cooking on the spinach instead of being poached separately.    


More steaming articles



Chef Tips and Tricks

8 Mistakes That Everybody Makes With Pasta

Do you put the pasta in without waiting for the water to boil? Add oil? Forget the salt?