There are many kinds of steamed wheaten food in Shanxi, and cornmeal nests were the most common staple food in the past. The wheat-producing areas in Jinzhong area in southern Shanxi eat more steamed bread. Steamed bread is divided into flower rolls, knife-cut steamed buns, round steamed buns, pomegranate steamed buns, jujube steamed buns, malt steamed buns and hard-faced steamed buns. The steamed food of miscellaneous grains includes the baked oat noodle in Lvliang, Jinzhong, North Shanxi; Xinzhou Wutai plain sorghum fish, in addition to a little plum, dough modeling and so on.

oat noodle is the specialty of housewives in northern Shanxi, Jinzhong and Lvliang. They put a large piece of hot water and good dough on the back of their hands, sandwiched between their middle finger and forefinger, and placed a smooth slate. When they turn it around, push it with their hands, and pick a roll with their forefinger, the thin and bright tendons are neatly packed in cages. After steaming for 1 minutes, they are poured with mutton, mushrooms, minced meat or scallion oil, salt and vinegar, which makes the tendons palatable and fragrant.

Sorghum noodle fish is a common meal in Xinzhou, Dingxiang, Wutai, Yuanping and Daixian in northern Shanxi. Housewives squeeze the mixed noodles into jujube-sized pieces, and rub their hands from both ends of the big case at the same time, forming a small fish with a delicate head.