13 Simple Steamed Recipes with a Bamboo Steamer | Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

A day spent with my steamer basket: morning, noon, and night recorded🌿
The charm of steamer basket cooking lies in how effortlessly it brings out the rich umami and natural sweetness of ingredients, simply by steaming.
While things steam, I tidy up or brew some tea.
Having a steamer basket feels like it creates a little more breathing room, not just in cooking but in my heart too.
I hope this serves as a helpful reference for those wanting to try using a steamer basket or expand their daily recipes☺

▼Timestamps
00:18 Cooking 3 dishes simultaneously in the steamer
01:27 Tofu shumai
03:15 New ways to use your steamer
04:14 Moist steamed chicken breast
07:08 Steamed yakisoba and steamed udon
08:25 French bread
08:52 Steamed sweet potato bread
10:15 Steamed vegetables with bagna càuda
12:39 Simmered dried daikon radish and hijiki seaweed
14:12 Pasta salad
15:33 Steamer basket care instructions
16:09 Soy milk pudding
17:42 Cabbage and pork belly mille-feuille

▼Steamer basket used in the video
Wanosato Steamer Basket 18cm
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Steamer (Base & Height Adjustment Ring) 21cm
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Mini Steamer 8cm
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▼Recipes
●Tofu Shumai
Ground pork: 250g
Tofu: 100g
Onion: 1/4
Potato starch: 2 tbsp
Soy sauce: 1 tbsp
Sesame oil: 1 tbsp
Sugar: 1 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Ginger: a small amount

●Moist Steamed Chicken Breast
Chicken breast: 1 piece
Salt 1 tsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Ginger 1 piece
Mirin 2 tbsp
Reference Recipe: https://amzn.to/4nGaKSr

●Steamed Chicken Sauce
Green onion 1/4 stalk
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Vinegar 1 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Chili oil 1 tbsp
Garlic 1 clove
Reference Recipe: https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/446...

●Bagna Cauda Sauce
Milk 100ml
Garlic 2 cloves
Olive oil 2 tbsp
Anchovies 1 tsp (can substitute with miso)
Potato starch 1 tsp
Salt and pepper

●Steamed Dried Daikon Radish
Dried daikon radish 20g
Soy sauce 2 tsp
Mirin 2 tsp
Sake 2 tsp
Shiitake mushrooms, carrot, fried tofu as desired

●Steamed Hijiki Seaweed
Dried hijiki seaweed 15g
Mirin 2 tbsp
Sake 2 tbsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Shiitake mushrooms, carrot, fried tofu as desired

●Steamed Sweet Potato Bread
Sweet potato 1 small
Pancake mix 150g
Milk 130g
Salad oil 1 tbsp
Reference recipe: https://www.meijioishiigyunyu.com/rec...

●Soy Milk Pudding
Unflavored soy milk 200ml (can substitute milk)
Eggs 2
Sugar 1 tbsp
Reference recipe: https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/55a...