粽子 Zongzi, China Zongzi is a traditional food for the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. It is mainly made of glutinous rice with other fillings, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves and cooked for a few hours by steaming or boiling. Most commonly seen Zongzi are in tetrahedron, elongated cylinder or cone shapes.
Ingredients:
1 lb (500 g) sticky rice Reed leaves or bamboo leaves Prep Time: 3 h 0.88–1 lb (400–500 g) pork Cook Time: 4 h Pieces of twine (to fasten the rice dumplings) Total Time: 7 h
Seasonings: Course: Main soy sauce Cuisine: Chinese cooking wine Servings: 4 people white sugar
Instructions:
1. Soak the sticky rice in a large bowl or a basin for 2–3 hours. 6. Place a wok with cold water over high heat and bring it to a Then scoop out and drain off the water in a colander. boil. Put the Zongzi in, cover the wok with the lid and boil for 1–2 hours. Larger ones with much stuffing may require 2–3 2. Boil the reed leaves for 5 minutes or leave them to soak in hours. Throughout this process, you must keep the Zongzi warm water a day earlier. Keep the leaves wet. soaked in boiling water – you may need to add hot water 3. Clean and slice the pork – you can cut it into 1.5 in (3–4 cm) several times. Keep a kettle with hot water at hand for your cubes. Place it on a plate. convenience. 4. Pour a little cooking wine on the pork, then add the white 7. Turn off the heat. Put the ready Zongzi on a plate with a sugar and soy sauce. Mix them thoroughly with a pair of kitchen ladle to cool down a little. chopsticks. Put aside. 8. Look at these adorable Glutinous Rice Dumplings. They smell How to Wrap Zongzi: so good. Remove the leaves and eat with a spoon or you can peel the leaves slightly and enjoy by holding the Zongzi in 5. Layer 3-4 leaves together and carefully roll the bottom into your hand. a cone. Hold the leaves at the bottom by hand. Scoop some sticky rice to fill the bottom, and then add meat. Cover the meat with more rice. Fold down the reed leaves, adjust to cover all the stuffing and keep holding them tightly. Tie with twine to fasten the leaves. Now a Zongzi is finished. Make more in the same way.