steamed
- adjective
- /stiːmd/
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al vapor
- She eats grilled fish and steamed vegetables and that's it.
I can break all the florets off and create like a little steamed or or broiled broccoli dish.
- I can break all the florets off and create like a little steamed or or broiled broccoli dish.
- So I was only eating more or less boiled chicken and steamed broccoli.
- And then the other thing I would do is a lot of red meat, beetroot juice, you know, steamed spinach, some of those steamed green vegetables.
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For dinner, we enjoyed grilled chicken with a side of steamed vegetables.
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Gottier was also the man who said the height of English cuisine is the steamed potato.
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I would have a steak with steamed vegetables.
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It's just steamed broccoli and carrots.
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I also have some steamed broccoli and some pan fried Cajun green beans.
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We've got Szechuan chicken, some sushi, got dumplings, steamed broccoli.
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She prepared a healthy meal consisting of steamed fish and rice.
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The chef recommended trying the steamed dumplings as an appetizer.
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Food that is heated until ready to eat
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Etymology
Steamed comes from steam, which means 'hot water vapour', so steamed food is cooked by that hot vapour instead of by dry heat or boiling water. Think of the pot's warm 'breath' cooking the vegetables or fish, which explains the word's cooking meaning.