Editing Steaming (section)

===Steamed foods===
[[File:CantoneseSteamedfish.jpg|thumb|Cantonese cuisine, steamed fish, seasoned with [[soy sauce]], [[coriander]] and [[Welsh onion]]]]
{{See also|List of steamed foods}}

In Japan, glutinous rice is steamed to prepare ''[[mochi]]'' rice cakes. Traditional Japanese sweets or ''[[wagashi]]'' making involves steaming rice or wheat dough for making mochigashi and manju.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

[[File:ChineseSteamedEgg.jpg|thumb|[[Chinese steamed eggs]]]]

In Western cooking, steaming is most often used to cook vegetables{{mdash}}it is rarely used to cook meats. However, [[steamed clams]] are prepared by steaming. With [[Chinese cuisine]], vegetables are usually [[stir frying|stir fried]] or [[Blanching (cooking)|blanched]] and seldom steamed. Seafood and meat dishes are steamed. For example: Steamed whole [[fish]], steamed [[crab]], steamed pork spare ribs, steamed [[Ground meat|ground]] [[pork]] or [[beef]], steamed [[Chicken as food|chicken]] and steamed [[goose]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

[[Rice]] can be steamed too, although in Chinese cooking this is simply referred to as "cooking" rather than "steaming". In Thailand steaming is the definition of minimalist cooking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodtolove.com.au/recipes/whole-thai-style-steamed-fish-17775|title= Steaming fish in Thai-style|author=The Australian Women's Weekly|author-link=The Australian Women's Weekly|publisher= [[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Media Pty Limited]]|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> [[Wheat]] foods are steamed as well. Examples include [[Mantou|buns]] and Chinese steamed cakes. Similarly, in [[Mexican cuisine|Mexican]] and [[Central American cuisine]], [[tamale]]s are made by steaming a dough made from [[nixtamalization|nixtamalized]] [[maize]] (called [[masa]]) in wrappers made from corn husks or banana leaves; the dough can be stuffed or left plain.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Steamed meat dishes (except fish and some [[dim sum]]) are less common in Chinese restaurants than in traditional home cooking,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steamed Dishes — www.hospemag.me - world's largest hospitality career emag |url=https://www.hospemag.me/cms/tag/Steamed+Dishes |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.hospemag.me |date=25 April 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> because meats usually require longer cooking times to steam than to stir fry. Commercially sold [[frozen food]]s (such as dim sum) formerly had instructions to reheat by steaming, until the rise in popularity of home microwave ovens, which have considerably shorter cooking times.{{cn|date=October 2024}}