How to use a bamboo steamer basket in a perfect way in 2022!

When we talk about perfection in making healthy food, a bamboo basket steamer is the best choice. The purely natural way to manufacture them makes them good utensils to give you a purely natural diet. They are meant to keep the natural taste and preserve the essential minerals and nutrients in the food. But the question: of how to use the best bamboo steamer basket, still waves through the internet very widely. Read this article to see how to use steamer basket bamboo ten inches.

Buying a bamboo steamer:

While buying a dumpling steamer, always consider the size and capacity of the steamer basket. When I was looking to buy it, my preference was to make sure that I had the maximum capacity to cook more recipes at once.

Here is an important point; maximum capacity doesn’t mean that you buy a steamer with more than 2 tiers. Having more than two tiers, steamer baskets face issues while managing all the recipes to cook properly at the same time. So, you should prefer to use a 2-tier bamboo steamer.

Now the size of the steamer basket comes. If you like the food with small size treats, then a wide number of bamboo steamers under ten inches are available. But you can only cook small size treats in it and no other recipes have big or medium pieces. So, I suggest buying a ten-inch and two-tier Chinese bamboo steamer.

Read here: How to clean a bamboo steamer after use in a perfect way?

Cleaning it:

Cleaning is important before using an Asian steamer for the first time because it evolved from a purely natural process. To avoid the smell of bamboo, it’s essential to clean it. Follow the steps below to clean it for the first time:

Dip it into clean water for a minute. And make sure that the whole bamboo steamer is dipped completely.
Place it in hot clean water for 8 hours.
After 8 hours, rinse it in soapy water.
Now take a black tea bag and rub the base of each tier with it.
To end up, rub the bases with lemon.
It is now ready to use.

How to use a bamboo steamer for cooking:

The main bamboo steamer basket target is to make perfect and healthy steamed recipes. After cleaning it perfectly, enjoy the delicious bamboo steamer basket recipes.

Arrangement of saucepan:

The pan is for boiling the water. The steamer basket is placed inside the pan. Make sure that the size of the saucepan you are using is so that the bamboo steamer fits on the top of the pan. The steam coming from the boiling water will enter the steamer basket, hence cooking the food. The pan should be of the size of your bamboo steamer to avoid any heat leak.

How to place food in baskets:

Place the food in each layer uniformly and separately so that the steam can surround every side of the food.

Stack management :

The multi-tier purpose of bamboo steamer is to enjoy more than one recipe simultaneously. To achieve this, manage the stack in a proper way. Place the food which needs more temperature in the bottom layer/tier. And other food with less temperature needs is placed in the top tier.

After cooking:

When the food is cooked, remove the lid from the top tier and carefully separate the two layers. Clean the steamer basket after use to increase its life.