Taiwanese Zongzi (Sticky Rice Dumpling)
Smells like bamboo leaves! Taiwanese Pyramid-shaped Chimaki with Ingredients
Description
A pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, filled with pork, dried shrimp, shiitake, and salted egg yolk seasoned with soy sauce and five-spice, either steamed (North) or boiled (South).
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Long-grain glutinous rice
- Pork belly
- Dried shiitake
- Xian Dan(Salted egg yolk)
- Peanuts
- Bamboo leaves
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Ingredients] Sauté and braise pork belly, rehydrated shiitake, and shallots with soy sauce and five-spice (Rouzao). Prepare 'Xian Dan' (salted duck egg yolk) and 'chestnuts (or peanuts)'.
- [Rice] Soak long-grain glutinous rice. *Northern Zongzi: stir-fry rice with sauce until half-cooked. Southern Zongzi: use raw rice.
- Wash bamboo leaves to draw out aroma, overlap
- leaves to make a cone pocket.
- Pack rice, fillings (pork, shiitake, yolk, peanuts), and rice again.
- Fold the leaves over to seal, shape into a pyramid, and tie tightly with string.
- Steam for
- hr (North) or boil in water for 2-
- hrs (South).
- Peel leaves and eat with sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Five-spice and Bamboo leaf aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Aluminum foil instead of bamboo leaves (loses aroma)
Pairing
Sishen Tang(Medicinal offal soup)
Trivia
[For Everyone] A tradition massively made by families during the Dragon Boat Festival. Every year sparks the debate between steamed 'Northern Zongzi (strong flavor, firm)' and boiled 'Southern Zongzi (lighter, gooey)'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Smell the bamboo leaf aroma, dump cilantro and 'sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang)' on top, and break down the chewy rice to eat!
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Egg, Peanuts, Soy