25 Jun Chinese Glutinous Rice Dumplings (Zong Zi)
Happy Dragonboat festival! We usually celebrate it with dumplings made by my grand aunts… but they are no longer around… so i had to learn how to make em.. traditions shall not perish!! These dumplings are mostly made from plants.. and a small portion of meat.. just the way Parent Earth likes it too 😉
Chinese Glutinous Rice Dumplings (Zong Zi)
Course: MainCuisine: AsianDifficulty: EasyServings
15+
servingsPrep time
1
hour30
minutesCooking time
1
hour30
minutesIngredients
325 g glutinous rice
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 cup diced shallot
1 tbsp diced garlic
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp dark soy sauce
10 -20 pieces of bamboo leaves
- To marinate chicken
200 g chicken thighs cut into large cubes
1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp five-spice powder
Directions
- Soak bamboo leaves in hot water for 1 hour.
- Marinate chicken with all the marination ingredients listed.
- In a wok sauté shallots and garlic until fragrant. Add in shitake, glutinous rice and soy sauces.
- Using two bamboo leaves to shape into a cone as shown per video. Fill with rice, chicken pieces and then rice mixture again.
- Wrap and tie.
- Put dumplings in a pot and fill with water. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 2.5 hours. (Or cook in pressure cooker for 1-1.5 hour.)
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