Pasta
Dumplings
Dumplings
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Does the drawer cloth for steaming dumplings need to be wetted?
You need to dampen it, and after the drawer cloth is dampened, it will be less likely to have the dumplings stick to the bottom.
When the cloth is wet, it will be less likely to stick to the bottom.
How to do it: Put water in a pot, cover it with a lid, and bring it to a boil over high heat. Wet a cloth with water, wring it out until it's half-dry but not dripping, spread it over the drawer, arrange the dumplings evenly, and place them in the pot to steam.
The drawer cloth has the advantage of being easy to clean and avoiding sticking. Using the drawer cloth prevents the dumplings from sticking to the drawer, which is difficult to clean, and prevents the dumplings from falling out of the eye of the drawer and into the pot.
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Steaming dumplings with a drawer cloth how to not stick
1. The above wetting the drawer cloth with water is a way to avoid the dumplings not sticking to the drawer cloth;
2. In addition, you can also smear a little bit of oil on the bottom of the dumplings, and then put on the drawer cloth and steam them, which will also be able to avoid the sticking;
3. The drawer cloth is more likely to be sticky if it is not clean.
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Steaming dumplings without a drawer cloth
1. Use greaseproof paper and corn husks as a substitute
The main purpose of the drawer cloth is to avoid deformation of the dumplings during steaming due to the large latticework of the drawer, and to avoid dumplings from sticking to the drawer and the pot, and the use of greaseproof paper and the surface of the corn husks of the fresh corn will also play these two roles, therefore, if you don't have a drawer cloth, you can use greaseproof paper, corn husks, and corn husks to make dumplings. , you can use greaseproof paper and corn husk instead.
2. Use an aluminum steamer
Drawer cloths are usually used with the cage drawer. If you are using an aluminum steamer to steam the dumplings, you don't need a drawer cloth, just brush a thin layer of oil on top of the steamer and start steaming, to avoid the dumplings sticking to the aluminum steamer.
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How long does it take to steam the dumplings
After the water in the steamer is boiled, the vegetarian dumplings are usually steamed for another 10 minutes, while the meat-filled dumplings need to be steamed for 15 minutes, or longer if the dumplings are thicker than the regular ones.
The vegetarian dumplings are easy to cook, can not steam too long, or easy to break the skin; and meat dumplings if the steam time is short, the meat inside the steam is not cooked, eat will increase the burden of digestion, but also easy to get infected with raw meat in the parasites, parasites, and so on.