
First release of dried bamboo shoot and cured meat zongzi
A rustic southern-style zongzi wrapping soaked glutinous rice around chewy rehydrated bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, and rich cubes of cured pork for a savory, smoky, umami-packed filling.
Instructions
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Ingredients: 150g of pre-prepared dried bamboo shoots, 3 rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, 200g of cooked cured pork, appropriate amount of soy sauce, appropriate amount of oyster sauce, appropriate amount of salt, a small amount of sugar, a small amount of minced ginger and garlic, 400g of glutinous rice, 12 bamboo leaves.
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Soak the glutinous rice in clean water for several hours.
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Separate the bacon into skin, lean meat, and fat, and cut each into cubes, set aside.
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Clean the dried bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms separately, and cut them into small cubes.
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Heat the wok, add the fatty part of the cured pork, and stir-fry to render the oil.
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Move the sautéed fat to one side, add the minced ginger and garlic to stir-fry until fragrant. Then stir everything together.
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Add the dried bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms, and stir-fry them together with the fatty pork until fragrant.
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Then add the lean meat and diced cured pork skin, and stir-fry evenly.
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Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, and sugar for seasoning, then add a small amount of water and stir-fry.
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Stir-fry until the water evaporates, then turn off the heat.
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Remove from the pot and let cool for later use.
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Put the bamboo leaves into the pool, scrub them clean, and drain the water.
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After the glutinous rice has swollen, pour it into a sieve and drain the water.
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Pour the stir-fried cured meat into the glutinous rice.
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Mix thoroughly until even.
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Take a leaf and roll it one and a half times, forming a long, thin cone.
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Put in the filling and press it firmly.
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Fold the leaf above downward to cover the filling.
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Fold both sides towards the center to form a triangular top,
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Fold to one side again into a triangular pyramid shape.
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Tie a cord from the top to the waist.
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All wrapped up.
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Trim off the grown leaf stalks.
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Put it in the pot, add enough water to cover the zongzi, bring it to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium-low heat and cook for about 2 hours.
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When the rice dumplings become soft and fully cooked, turn off the heat. Remove from the pot and drain the water.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Prepared dried bamboo shoots150 g
- Soaked shiitake mushrooms3 piece
- Cooked cured meat200 g
- glutinous rice400 g
- Bamboo leaves (used for wrapping zongzi)12 pieces
Seasonings
- Soy sauceto taste
- Oyster sauceto taste
- Saltto taste
- Sugara pinch
Auxiliary Ingredients
- minced ginger and garlica pinch