Perfect Roasted Veggies: Steam & Reverse Sear Technique 🥦
Learn how steaming and reverse searing create better browning, texture, and tenderness in roasted vegetables. A must-try method!

America's Test Kitchen
888.7K views • Mar 22, 2025

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For perfect browning, texture, and tenderness, the best way to cook vegetables is to steam them and reverse sear, rather than roast. In this episode of Techniquely Lan Lam explains why.
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0:00 - Poorly Roasted Brussel Sprouts
0:34 - Reverse Seared Vegetables
1:20 - Prep the Vegetables
3:45 - Arrange the Vegetables
6:13 - Steam the Vegetables
8:42 - Brown the Vegetables
10:17 - Tasting
Roasted Cabbage Recipe: https://cooks.io/4ikrvAr
Brussels Sprouts Recipe: https://cooks.io/4im78CQ
Roasted Fennel Recipe: https://cooks.io/4kJthga
Get exclusive access to every recipe, review, and more: https://cooks.io/4ih3cU3
Sign up for our free newsletters to receive more delicious recipes, cooking tips, and exclusive content: https://cooks.io/4ik7sC9
Follow Lan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lan_cooks/
ABOUT US: The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK All-Access subscription for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.
If you like us, follow us:
http://americastestkitchen.com
http://facebook.com/americastestkitchen
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http://instagram.com/testkitchen
http://pinterest.com/testkitchen
0:00 - Poorly Roasted Brussel Sprouts
0:34 - Reverse Seared Vegetables
1:20 - Prep the Vegetables
3:45 - Arrange the Vegetables
6:13 - Steam the Vegetables
8:42 - Brown the Vegetables
10:17 - Tasting
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Mar 22, 2025
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