can you use it to cook pasta and boil eggs?
1402346
NO!! This set is not like my set of years ago! All of the cooking pieces are shallow and cannot hold enough water to cook anything inside. You will have to keep looking for microwave dishes that can hold enough water for pasta. This set has very low sides for things like you see pictured on the box.
1402347
I certainly don't think so. This is really useless, I haven't been able to do one thing with it.
1402348
You could use it to reheat plain pasta(no sauce, it will stain). Do it low and slow, or you'll wind up with soggy mush. It is a steamer, so boiling eggs is out. You can steam potatoes, corn on cob, green beans, I do spagetti squash in it.(small ones. puncture small hole so pressure escapes). The top may not fit all the way down, but that has not been a problem. Do everything lower and slower, heat can be intense and dangerous. Any kind of hard skin vegs can be done.
1402349
You can reheat pasta, that's already cooked. Won't come out "gummy" . No eggs.
1402350
I never boiled eggs or cooked pasta in it.. I mainly use it to poach fish and steam veggies. I have mine about 18-20 years and I absolutely love it.
827437
The problem I can see, is that fresh pasta would tend to stick to itself, and that's why you use a lot of boiling water during cooking to prevent that. This doesn't use much water and it works fantastically for dry pasta, you could try it for fresh, but I don't recommend it.
839047
Not according to the directions, however, I don't see why you can't. But the fact is, unless one of your eggs breaks, all you really need to do is give the two plastic pieces a thorough rinse in hot water.After I cook eggs, while the tray is still very hot, I take a wad of wet paper towels and clean the plate with it (being careful, because it's very hot). Every 10 uses or so, I put vinegar and water in the plate as directed, and let it boil for 10 minutes. Everything is always sparkly clean. I LOVE this thing! We use it all the time.
1896101
Perfect for that. I think you can hard boil an egg with it. Dry leaves would catch fire :D lol
1353477
I would think you could... It will take a lot for a pot this size to boil water.
1161314
You definitely can. It is a stainless steel so it should not be a problem. However, make sure you set it on a medium flame because the handles can sometimes go bad with continuous exposure to high heat. But the body of the cooker itself is of a very good quality steel and can be used as pan for sautéing, as pressure cooker and of course for deep frying too.
536257
yes, you can. The quality of the pot is not as good as I expected. It is indeed thin.
2061549
I'm not sure why you'd want to. It's a rice cooker/slow cooker/steamer, not a pasta or lobster pot. If I really had to try, I'd probably try the steam, or quick rice setting, but either one will probably take quite a while to get there. If I need to boil water, I do it on the stove top. If you're going to try, do not put the water in it without the liner. Put the water in the liner first.
1036647
You should be able to. We got it for cooking a rack of lamb, which is not very balanced, and had no problems.
338303
I use this to cook rice and quinoa and my daughter uses it to cook dried beans. It can be used as a slow cooker, so you could heat soup or baked beans in it, but you'd have to be very patient. The microwave would be much quicker. I doubt you could do spaghetti; I don't think it could boil water in a timely fashion. This is one of the few rice cookers that can properly cook brown rice. I'd recommend re-gifting it to a rice eating family.
409780
While I like this unit, it is not a true pressure cooker in spite of the name. It is more of a steam cooker, so any recipes for a steam cooker should work just fine. It also makes a fine rice or shell pasta cooker. By adding flavorings and/or other ingredients you can create your own recipes. Just make sure that the added ingredients will cook safely in about the same time as it takes for the rice or pasta to cook.
612813
I have not used mine for anything except pasta. Here is a link to the Lekue website http://www.lekueusa.com/Pasta-Cooker-Orange-plu0200702N07M017.html I am sure they can answer this for you.
1741435
Sure! You can use it for steaming, boiling or deep frying. We used it last night for steaming veggies, seafood, and sausage. My dad uses his to deep fry turkey.
1999433
No.This kettle is only for boiling water.You can use the water to make whatever you want in a different container.
327931
Yes you can! I have a regular electric stove( coil one )It's so quick to make a hot water! I just love this!
2258041
You can cook any pasta in this - you put in the pasta then add water. Once it is through cooking you drain and then you can add your sauces but I always put in a different pot to do that. You don't have to though, you could put your sauces right into this cooker - I just don't want to. I love using this - don't have a huge pot to wash and don't have to wait for the water to boil which takes forever on an electric stove.
1053177
You can cook pasta in a tea kettle, but it may not be the best suited for it. Much like this pot. I don't think I would try to cook pasta in this. I think the feature of this pot is the ability to cook asparagus evenly (hottest at the thickest part of the asparagus).