I bought a Bamboo steamer but it came with no instuctions on how to clean it or use it.?

Question

It has 2 tiers if that makes sense. It is wooden and bamboo.

Answer 1

Never use soap or detergent - rinse and spray thoroughly with extremely hot water - allow to dry before storing.

When cooking fish, place it on a lettuce or cabbage leaf to prevent odors in the steamer - also use for dim sum dumplings which have a tendency to stick. If you do not have veg. leaves handy, use parchment paper - trimmed so as not to block rising steam. Enjoy!

Answer 2

Use your bamboo steamer over boiling water in a wok. Be sure the wok doesn't boil dry.

Place foods to be steamed on dishes and set the dishes in the steamer baskets. You should also have a plate lifter for removing the hot dishes from the steamer baskets.

Wash with warm water and detergent. Rinse well with fresh water. Allow to dry thoroughly before storage.

Bamboo steamers will wear out and start falling apart after two or three years.

Answer 3

Honestly, I don't know if this is right, but I usually use mine on top of a dutch oven (one that fits beneath it) with a few inches of boiling water. To clean it, I just use a barely damp sponge and a brush if there's sticky bits in the weave. I really only steam vegetables that have already been cleaned so usually there's not that much of a mess.

Oh yeah, two tiers...two places to put food. If you're going to do meat and veggies, do the meat on the bottom so it doesn't drip meat juice on your veggies, unless you like it like that.

Answer 4

you put water in the wok, put the steamer on top and put items needing more steaming on the bottom smaller dumplings and things on the top
watch that you do not run out of water. if you run out of water you will burn your steamer.
there is not much cleaning needing to be done, just rinse it off,
sometimes dumpling skins might stick on but not often.

Answer 5

DAMN those ppl who sold it to you.