Sticky Rice Dumpling. Sticky rice dumplings (zongzi in Chinese) are common throughout Southeast Asia―both savory and sweet versions. This savory recipe is like having a full meal all wrapped up in one neat little package, featuring a healthy chicken and shiitake mushroom filling wrapped up in banana leaves and either steamed, barbecued, or baked in the oven. Serve as the main course with a salad or stir-fry.
No need for hours of wrapping and cooking!
Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) are traditionally eaten during the Duanwu Festival (Doubler Fifth Festival) which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, and commonly known as the "Dragon Boat Festival" in English.
The festival falls each year on a day in late-May to mid-June in the Western calendar.
You can have Sticky Rice Dumpling using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Sticky Rice Dumpling
- It's 5 cups of sticky rice.
- Prepare 1 of salted egg yolk.
- It's of Red bean.
- It's of Pork or chicken meat.
Popular origin myth Sticky rice dumpling is a classic Chinese food eaten to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. It is a bamboo leaf wrapped dumpling filled with sticky rice and packed with rich & flavourful ingredients. by Huang Kitchen. Notes on the Sticky Rice Dumplings (Banh It Tran) Recipe, Tips and Tricks. To save time, make the mashed mung bean a day or so ahead and store in the refrigerator.
Sticky Rice Dumpling instructions
- Cook pork or chicken in light soy sauce, garlic, black soy sauce. Set aside.
- Boil the red bean. Boil also the salted egg. Then just used the yolk.
- In a leaf put sticky rice first then mix all ing in the middle then cover with rice again. Tie the leaves tightly so that it will not come out the rice. Steam for 30 to 40 mins.
You will need to stir vigorously to blend. It is important that this is done energetically and quickly. Transfer the dough to a floured board (use rice flour) and knead lightly to a smooth silky dough. Use a very generous amount of rice flour. The dough is very soft and sticky- you cant have too much flour.