Everyday meals
Zongzi
Pyramids of fragrant sticky rice filled with pork, beans or salted egg yolk, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves and steamed. They are the speciality of the Dragon Boat Festival, at the start of summer.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Farce
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Soak the glutinous rice, leaves and beans for at least 4 hours in cold water.
- Cut the pork into cubes and marinate it with the soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, ginger and spices for 30 minutes.
- Fold a leaf into a cone, fill it with rice, place a piece of pork, some beans and a quarter of salted egg yolk, then cover with rice.
- Close the leaf into a tight pyramid and tie it securely with string.
- Place the zongzi in a pot, cover with water and cook for 1 hour 30 over medium heat, keeping the water at a gentle simmer.
- Let them rest for 10 minutes before unwrapping and eating them lukewarm.
Variations and tips
Sweet version. Fill the rice with sweetened dates and red beans, without pork or salted egg yolk.
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Original Ecomely recipe.