Chef at 17:56, 1 February 2016

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[[Image:Cumin rice steaming cloth.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Cumin rice]] steaming under a cloth]]
This category contains recipes where primary method of cooking is steaming.
[[Image:Cheese mould - Chinese steamer.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Chinese steamer makes a good cheese mould]]

Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. Overcooking or burning food is easily avoided when steaming it. Health conscious individuals may prefer steaming to other methods which require cooking oil, resulting in lower fat content.

Steaming also results in a more nutritious food than boiling because fewer nutrients are leached away into the water, which is usually discarded.

In [[:Category:Chinese recipes|Chinese cooking]], steaming is used to cook many [[:Category:meat recipes|meat dishes]], for example, steamed whole [[:Category:Fish recipes|fish]], steamed [[pork spare ribs]], steamed ground pork or beef patties, steamed chicken, steamed goose etc. Other than meat dishes, many Chinese [[rice]] and [[wheat]] foods are steamed too. Examples include buns, Chinese steamed cakes etc. Steamed meat dishes (except some dim sum) are less common in Chinese restaurants than in traditional home cooking because meats usually require longer cooking time to steam than to stir fry.

You can use a traditional Chinese steamer to steam food, however, the ones I have found are quite small. I find a colander raised on an Pyrex bowl in a large pan is a better method.

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==See also==
* [[Pressure cooking]]

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Chef at 17:56, 1 February 2016