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[missdaredevil]

What is the difference between *braise* and *steam*? If anyone reads Bon Appetit
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[asterix]

When you braise something,you cook it in a closed vessel with very little liquid for a long time. It is used with the tougher cuts of meat, certain vegetables, large poultry, and some fish.
The classic method of steaming consists of filling a saucepan a quarter full of water or stock, flavoured as desired, then placing the item to be cooked in a perforated container or basket, the base of which is just above the level of the boiling liquid. The saucepan or steamer is covered and the item is cooked gently in the steam from the water or stock. Larousse - La Gastronomie.

[missdaredevil]

[asterix]

No, it's the other way round... When you braise something you cook it in the liquid, slowly, in a covered casserole.
When you steam something, it doesn't touch the water but is cooked in the steam from the boiling liquid.