What to Cook with warm water – Tasty Recipes to Try
Looking for recipes with warm water? We’ve got simple, tasty ideas the whole family will love — perfect for everyday cooking.
Recipes with warm water
A soft, sweet steamed mantou with rich brown sugar flavor, paired with a light, airy Ma Lai cake-style center. Made with yeast-raised dough and a smooth brown-sugar batter (with tapioca starch for bounce), it’s a warm, comforting treat that feels like a dim sum-style dessert you’ll want to eat straight away.
Soft, fluffy steamed buns with a beautiful “thousand-layer” look and a deeply nutty black sesame filling. Made with black sesame paste and black sesame powder, sweetened with sugar and honey, they’re fragrant, gently sweet, and wonderfully comforting served warm.
Focaccia is a soft and airy Italian flatbread with a crisp, golden crust, often topped with olive oil, sea salt, and herbs like rosemary. It's perfect as a side, for sandwiches, or enjoyed on its own.
Fluffy yeast buns infused with black sesame paste, wrapped around a chewy red-date mochi layer and a lightly sweetened black sesame filling, then steamed and sliced to show a beautiful swirled cross-section—best enjoyed warm.
This is sesame oil shortbread, a traditional Chinese pasta. It is usually made of flour, sesame and other ingredients, baked, crispy on the outside, with sesame aroma, and has different flavors such as sweet and salty. It is common in breakfast and snacks in many places. The production process and flavor vary from region to region. It is a traditional food that is deeply loved by the public.
Make some rock sugar kumquat syrup for your family in autumn and winter. It's sweet, delicious, and soothing to the throat. Just mix it with warm water. Rich in Vitamin C, it's gentle and refreshing, and my family loves it. A cup is more effective than medicine when your throat is a little sore.
“Soak chicken” is actually a slow-cooking method—using warm water to gently cook the chicken, reducing protein loss and preventing moisture from being drawn out, resulting in a more tender, silky texture. Additionally, to enhance the flavor, this time we’ve added pork ribs to the poaching. The perfect accompaniment to white-cut chicken is, of course, minced ginger, which we’ll share in another recipe.
Soft glutinous rice balls, enveloped in the warm aroma of steamed sweet potatoes, hold a sweet mung bean filling at their heart. Covered in crunchy golden sesame seeds, each bite offers a harmony of flavors—a savory exterior, a sweet melt-in-your-mouth center, and a tempting textured edge. An elegant and characterful traditional snack, perfect enjoyed warm or with a relaxing cup of tea.