Steamed bread

Steamed bread

Steaming bread in Xi'an's Muslim Quarter
Details
Type	Bread
Main ingredient(s)	Wheat flour
Variations	Boston brown bread, mantou

Steamed bread is a kind of bread, typically made from wheat, is produced by steaming instead of baking. Steamed bread is produced and consumed all around the world. In Chinese cuisine, mantou is a staple food of northern China, where up to 70% of flour production in the region is used to make it. Wotou is another steamed bread found in northern China. In South African cuisine, a number of groups produce steamed bread, such as the Zulu ujeqe which can be eaten alone or with tomato soup. South African steamed breads are typically made at home for consumption on the same day, but research on commercial production continues to advance, aided by earlier developments in the mass production of Chinese steamed bread. In the cuisine of the United States, one example of steamed bread is Boston brown bread, a sweet food which may be eaten as a dessert.

See also

• List of steamed foods
• Pumpernickel, the dark German bread made from rye and cooked in a low-heat, steam-filled oven
• Food portal