I love steaming my food
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Great advice here if you’re new to it
How to Steam Food: 3 Ways to Set Up a Steamer
Tips on how to steam food, from vegetables and proteins to buns, dumplings, and desserts––even without special equipment. Here are 3 ways!
The Woks of Life (thewoksoflife.com)
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by [email protected]
If you have a pot you can close fully, and something that can hold up a plate inside, you can steam food.
I don’t only steam dimsum, I also steam tofu, fish, vegetables, even poultry, meatball and pork (it’s very common in my food culture). You can even cook rice by steaming (a traditional method).
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TheJen fucking votedreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte I prefer this to reheat food vs microwave, although I don't do it often. Need to retrain myself to do it this way. It's just better.
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Lunch!
Steam timings: frankly I don’t bother, it’s done when it’s done. When you can poke a fork through broccoli. Fish: when you use chopsticks to test one side, it flakes beautifully. Tofu and shrimp: if you’re thinking whether it’s done, it’s done
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Adrianna Tanreplied to TheJen fucking voted last edited by
@TheJen same. It just heats up nicely vs being blasted.
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I like to steam a whole fish (around 10-12 min for a medium sized fish). Transfer it to a nice plate. Warm up some soy sauce, sesame oil, scallions and white pepper. Pour it over.
A restaurant style steamed fish. Then I transfer myself $50 for not paying a Chinese restaurant $50 for it.
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@skinnylatte my mom does this in the microwave with a pyrex pan and saran wrap to cover. so low-effort yet so good
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@atsuzaki smart! I should try
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@skinnylatte I love me some steamed fish! What kinda fish do you use?
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@skinnylatte Did you make the dumplings?
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@venitamathias no, i have a list of frozen dimsum by chinese brands that i like
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Farah last edited by [email protected]
@farah pompano usually. You can even steam hilsa! (I caused a major freakout in Bengali twitter when I showed a Chinese restaurant selling steamed hilsa.. for.. US$100)
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@skinnylatte Holy shit! That’s freaking expensive!! I mean Hilsa itself is expensive but damn
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@farah usually at high end chinese restaurants, they have fish tanks and they keep the fish alive, they never steam from frozen
so that's part of the cost
i only eat that type of steamed fish when it's a wedding or when someone's buying haha
the quality difference is remarkable tho
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@skinnylatte IMO also still the best way to reliably soft boil an egg to a specific consistency—and fast.
