Fresh meat rice dumplings

By LiaReichert

Fresh meat rice dumplings
Every Dragon Boat Festival every year, rice dumplings are made and eaten every year. Some rice dumplings are made every year. In our home, alkaline water, bean paste, and fresh meat rice dumplings are made every year. As for other rice dumplings, they are made randomly and depends on what ingredients are available at home.

Recipe Recommendations

  • glutinous rice appropriate amount
  • pork belly appropriate amount
  • eucalyptus leaves appropriate amount
  • edible alkali appropriate amount
  • salt appropriate amount
  • chicken essence appropriate amount
  • pepper appropriate amount
  • ginger powder appropriate amount
  • soy sauce appropriate amount

Steps for Fresh meat rice dumplings

  • Make  step 0
    1
    Select slightly thinner pork belly, peel and dice, add salt, chicken essence, ginger powder, pepper powder, cooking wine, soy sauce, and oil consumption, mix well and marinate for more than 1 hour.
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Wash and soak glutinous rice for more than 1 hour.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Drain the soaked glutinous rice, add edible alkali and salt, and mix well.
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Take two washed rice dumplings leaves, align the tips of the leaves counterclockwise and rotate them to form a funnel.
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Add half of the mixed glutinous rice.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Add the marinated diced pork belly.
  • Make  step 6
    7
    Fill it with glutinous rice.
  • Make  step 7
    8
    Press the rice dumplings on both sides inwards.
  • Make  step 8
    9
    Fold the top zongzi leaves backwards to cover the funnel, and use your fingers to press the zongzi leaves on both sides according to the shape of the funnel.
  • Make  step 9
    10
    Wrap the grown rice dumplings leaves around the front of the funnel and fold them back.
  • Make  step 10
    11
    Tighten it tightly with palm hemp or cotton thread. (Don't tie the rice dumplings too tightly, it will easily explode when cooking)
  • Make  step 11
    12
    Trim more rice dumplings according to the shape of rice dumplings, especially hard rice dumplings, to prevent piercing other rice dumplings.
  • Make  step 12
    13
    This is the finished rice dumplings.
  • Make  step 13
    14
    The prepared rice dumplings should be soaked in water. It is best to mark them when cooking rice dumplings with different flavors.
  • Make  step 14
    15
    After all the rice dumplings are cooked, put them into a pressure cooker, add enough water to cover the rice dumplings, and continue to cook for 25 minutes after the rice dumplings are cooked on high heat to turn off the heat. Allow it to cool and take it out and eat.
  • Fresh meat rice dumplings Make Tips

    It is best to use pork from both fat and lean meat dumplings.