https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/steamed-dishes/ a culinary genealogy Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/steamed-dishes/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84587 This Hakka taro roll is a little-known recipe that you may only see around Lunar New Year. Julienned taro and a bit of ground meat are mixed with dried mushrooms, dried shrimp, Chinese sausage, and peanuts. The mixture gets rolled in tofu skin to hold it together, steamed, and pan-fried until crispy.  While it’s a ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-egg/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-egg/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:39:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=8145 Once you learn how to make Chinese steamed eggs (蒸蛋), you’ll be making it all the time. Not only is it delicious and comforting, the recipe is so easy to remember, you’ll know it by heart. An Anytime Recipe If you find yourself short of one dish to serve for dinner, make some Chinese steamed ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-egg/feed/ 137 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-chicken-mushrooms-dried-lily-flowers/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-chicken-mushrooms-dried-lily-flowers/#comments Mon, 27 May 2024 14:05:14 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=14109 We have posted a lot of childhood dishes here on The Woks of Life, but this Chinese Steamed Chicken recipe with mushrooms & dried lily flowers is one of the most memorable dishes my mother used to make for my sisters and me growing up. As I wrote this post, I was thinking about why ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-chicken-mushrooms-dried-lily-flowers/feed/ 196 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-salmon-shanghai-style/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-salmon-shanghai-style/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2024 04:58:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=78698 This Shanghai-style steamed salmon recipe may just become your new favorite salmon preparation. This simple, fragrant, and delicious dish takes minutes to prepare. It’s basically one step to season it. Then you steam it for a few minutes, and it’s done! If you’re looking for new ways to prepare salmon, look no further than this ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-salmon-shanghai-style/feed/ 53 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-chicken-black-bean-sauce/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-chicken-black-bean-sauce/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2024 05:58:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75927 This steamed chicken with black bean sauce (蒜蓉豉汁蒸滑鸡) is a comforting home-cooked recipe that’s super simple, yet flavorful, and produces lots of sauce to pour over steamed rice. Serve with your favorite vegetable side for a completely awesome and hearty meal the whole family can agree on!  We were actually hoping to include this dish ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-chicken-black-bean-sauce/feed/ 40 https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:53:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74661 This siu mai recipe, made with pork and shrimp, can stand up to any siu mai from a Chinese dim sum restaurant! They’ll transport you to those big dim sum halls of old, filled with push carts, the smell of warm aromatic steam, and the din of dozens of families enjoying a weekend brunch together.  ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/feed/ 52 https://thewoksoflife.com/three-color-steamed-eggs/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/three-color-steamed-eggs/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:48:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=72205 Three Color Steamed Egg (known in Chinese as sān sè zhēng shuǐ dàn – 三色蒸水蛋) is a recent discovery for me (and for a couple of us, a rediscovery). While newer to me, it’s a beloved and well known dish that you might also see called tricolor eggs or steamed three eggs. The three eggs ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/three-color-steamed-eggs/feed/ 11 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-pork-patty-salted-duck-eggs/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-pork-patty-salted-duck-eggs/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2022 05:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=69318 A Steamed Pork Patty with Salted Duck Eggs is classic Cantonese comfort food. My mom used to make it whenever she made a homemade batch of salted duck eggs, or if she could find uncooked ones at the market.  Needless to say, growing up in rural upstate NY, it wasn’t easy to find freshly salted ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-pork-patty-salted-duck-eggs/feed/ 21 https://thewoksoflife.com/green-bean-noodles-bian-dou-men-mian/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/green-bean-noodles-bian-dou-men-mian/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:23:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=10677 Biǎndòu mèn miàn (扁豆焖面), or steamed noodles and green beans, is a delicious noodle dish that you’ll only find on family tables rather than restaurants. Steaming the noodles makes them extra chewy! Note: This recipe was originally published in July 2015. We have since updated it with clearer photos, metric measurements, and nutrition information. The ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/green-bean-noodles-bian-dou-men-mian/feed/ 101 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-garlic-ribs-taro/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-garlic-ribs-taro/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2022 04:31:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=64598 This recipe for steamed garlic ribs with taro combines three of my favorite ingredients: juicy pork ribs, sweet garlic, and buttery taro.  If you’ve never tried taro, now is the time! Some people (Sarah) say that the taro is the star of the dish, which I can definitely understand. It is similar to a potato, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-garlic-ribs-taro/feed/ 32