How to microwave steam-food without the hassle of steaming?
Steam food, although amount to a big portion of Chinese cooking, is not just another Chinese home dish. It is indeed a cuisine. A good Chinese steamed grouper fish in Hong-Hong can easily fetch up to 2, 000 – 3,000 US Dollars in a restaurant.
Every Chinese household must have at least a wok (Chinese frying pan) to cook but not a teaming pot. A Chinese steaming pot consists normally of three separated layers. The bottom layer is for boiling water to get the steam out to ascend up to the second layer though the many tiny holes in between the two layers. The second layer is for holding the heated steam in order to cook the food laid in the third layer. Then there is a conical type of lid for top cover. This makes the set very bulky.
The pot is normally large and cumbersome to handle. This is why not many Chinese would like cook steam food and especially true when the microwave cooking came into the cooking scene. There are many types of microwavable utensil for steaming in the market now, but it is still rather inconvenience to use.
As I have a strong savor for steam food and lazy in washing up the many parts of the steaming pot, I have throughout the years found out an easy way of steaming foods in a micro wave without actually having to go through all the troublesome steaming. The taste is virtually the same. Two of the steam dishes I like most are:
Steam egg
1. Crack two eggs in a microwavable bowl.
2. Stir thoroughly.
3. Add half a liter of water and mix well.
4. Add flavor to your taste.
5. Cover bowl with lid.
6. Microwave at medium heat for 8 minutes.
Serve hot as soup.
Steam fish
1. Cleaned fish and put in microwavable bowl.
2. Add flavor such as soya sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, to your like.
3. Add 15 cc. of water.
4. Cover bowl with lid lid must be properly covered so that moisture may stay inside the bowl to keep the fish succulent and juicy.
5. Wave at medium heat for about 10 12 minutes depending on the size of the fish.
6. Take out and top up with greenery like spring onion, celery or parsley.
Serve hot with plain rice.
As you can see the process is so easy that every one can do it without any extra effort. It does not only take away all the hassle in traditional steaming, it saves you time too. The microwave steaming can also apply to some other Chinese food of Dim-Sum, meat and rice. So, start and enjoy now.