Philips HD9171 - Manual (Page 9)

- To steam large-sized foods (e.g. whole chickens, corn cobs), you can remove the removable
bottoms from the medium steaming basket (2) and the large steaming basket (3) to create one
large basket.
Note: The maximum capacity of the steaming baskets is 1kg.
7 Put one or more steaming baskets on the drip tray. Place the baskets properly and make
sure they do not wobble (Fig. 9).
- You do not have to use all 3 steaming baskets.
- The steaming baskets are numbered from 1 to 3. You find the numbers of the steaming baskets
on their handles. You can stack any larger basket on top of a smaller basket, but the baskets fit
best if you stack them in logical ascending order: the smallest basket (1) first, then the medium
basket (2) and then the large basket (3). Always use the drip tray under the steaming baskets
and only use steaming baskets that are filled with food (Fig. 10).
- The soup bowl is intended for preparing soup, other liquid food and fish. When you want to
use the soup bowl, put it in the large steaming basket (3) (Fig. 11).
- When you take out the removable bottom from the large steaming basket (3) to create a
larger basket with the medium steaming basket (2) underneath, you can still place the soup
bowl to prepare fish, rice or soup on top (Fig. 12).
- When you take out the removable bottom from the medium steaming basket (2) to create a
larger basket with the small steaming basket (1) underneath, you can still place the large
steaming basket (3) on top.
8 Put the lid on the top steaming basket (Fig. 13).
Note: If the lid is not or not correctly placed on the steaming basket, the food does not get steamed
properly.
using the appliance
The steamer has two steaming modes:
1 Manual mode: to quickly activate the steamer.
2 Meal mode: to prepare a complete meal with different preparation times for each basket.
See the separate sections below for more information on how to use these modes.
general procedure
The following steps are general steps that apply to both steaming modes.
1 Put the plug in the wall socket.
, The default steaming time (20 minutes) appears on the control panel and the three steaming
basket buttons light up (Fig. 14).
2 Choose one of the two steaming modes and follow the required steps (see the sections for
the different steaming modes below).
Note: You cannot use both steaming modes at the same time.
Note: If you steam large quantities of food, stir the food halfway through the steaming process with a
kitchen utensil with a long handle. Make sure you wear oven mitts.
Note: During the first 5 minutes of the steaming process, the turbo light lights up. This indicates that the
steamer uses extra power to heat up quickly.
3 When the steaming process has finished, the appliance beeps 5 times and then automatically
switches to the keep-warm mode (see section ‘Keep-warm mode’).
4 After use, carefully remove the lid.
Beware of hot steam that comes out of the appliance when you remove the lid.
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