Zong zi
Zong zi

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, zong zi. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Zong zi is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Zong zi is something which I have loved my entire life.

They are cooked by steaming or boiling. In the Western world, they are also known as rice. Zongzi in Canton is the representative style in southern China, and most of them are in pyramid shape, smaller than the ones in northern areas.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook zong zi using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Zong zi:
  1. Get Rice
  2. Prepare 250 g glutinous rice (rinse and soak for minimum 4 hours)
  3. Make ready 1 tbsp soy sauce
  4. Make ready Garlic
  5. Get Oil
  6. Get Filling
  7. Make ready 5 mushroom (cut four)
  8. Take 3 slices pork belly (thinly chopped) - soak in 1tbsp soy sauce
  9. Take 2 chinese sausages (cut diced)
  10. Prepare 7 salted egg yolk
  11. Take 2 Garlic (finely chopped)
  12. Prepare 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  13. Take 1 tbsp Soy sauce
  14. Make ready 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
  15. Take Salt
  16. Get Pepper
  17. Make ready Sugar
  18. Take Oil
  19. Get leaves Bamboo
  20. Take Prepare 3 for each (soak at least 30 min)

Since the Zongzi Festival (also called Duanwu Festival, 端午节, Dragon Boat Festival) falls on the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, I decided to make my own rice dumplings, tapping into her expertise and experience of more than half a century! Savory zongzi flavors include salted pork fat zongzi, sausage zongzi, ham zongzi, dried shrimp zongzi, and diced meat zongzi. Generally, Guangdong zongzi are large in size and have special shapes. They are either sweet with walnuts, dates, or bean paste as a filling, or savory with ham, egg, meat, or roast.

Steps to make Zong zi:
  1. I soaked the rice and the leaves for 24 hours
  2. After, drain the rice, add soy sauce and mix. Heat a pan, add oil and fry garlic. Put the rice in and stir for a while until it's fragrant.
  3. For the filling, heat a pan, bring the chinese sausage in, pork belly in, add a bit of oil, fry the garlic, and followed with other ingredients until it's cooked.
  4. Cut the edge of the bamboo leaves and fold as follow. Fill with rice, filling, then rice again until it's full and firm.
  5. Fold the over part of the leaves into the rice side until it's triangle, then tight it with the twine.
  6. Soak it in a water and bring boil for minimum 4 hours. Or use pressure cooker to save some times.

The fresh and unique fragrance of the reed leaves or bamboo leaves can greatly set the pure. Ensure the water is not boiling but simmer with light bubbles rising. If you need to add water, be sure to use HOT water. Remove the plate and zongzi carefully out of the pot using tongs. Some useful tips for enjoying your zongzi: To eat, simply cut the twine and unwrap the leaves to reveal the zongzi inside.

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