Pork belly 800g Star anise 5
Light soy sauce 3 spoons Braised soy sauce 2 scoops
Salt 5 grams White sugar 1 scoop
Gray Juice Appropriate amount Clear water Appropriate amount
Zongye Appropriate amount
How to make gray meat rice dumplings # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 1

Step 1

Cut the pork belly into long strips and add star anise# Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 2

Step 2

Pour in light soy sauce and braised soy sauce, add sugar for freshness, and season with salt # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 3

Step 3

Knead the pork belly evenly and put it in the refrigerator for two days # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival#Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 4

Step 4

Soak the straw ash in hot water, filter it, pour it into the glutinous rice, soak it for coloring, and wash it clean; soak the rice dumpling leaves in advance, wash them, and cook them for 10 minutes (the rice dumpling leaves are tough) # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 5

Step 5

Ingredients are ready # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 6

Step 6

). Fold the soaked rice dumpling leaves into a boat shape, add a layer of glutinous rice, then add the pork belly, then spread a layer of glutinous rice, and fold the rice dumpling leaves# Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 7

Step 7

Make pillow-shaped rice dumplings and tie them three ways # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival#Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 8

Step 8

Put the meat dumplings into a large rice cooker, plug it tightly, pour in water, and then press the rice dumplings with stones to prevent them from floating. More than 3⃣️ hours of cooking rice dumplings # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 9

Step 9

Simmer the rice dumplings all night until the rice dumplings become glutinous and soft. The next day, take it out and let it cool # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 10

Step 10

Meat rice dumplings with a straw scent, soft, glutinous and salty # Package a rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival# Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 11

Step 11

Pillow-shaped rice dumplings are a Huizhou way of making rice dumplings #包一个Zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival#Illustration of how to make gray meat rice dumplings 12

Step 12

Finished product Cooking tips for gray sauce meat dumplings

Ingredients preparation: Cut the pork belly into cubes, add star anise, pour in light soy sauce, braised soy sauce, sugar and salt, rub the pork belly and put it in the refrigerator for two days (marinated until it tastes good). Soak the straw ash in hot water, filter it, pour it into the glutinous rice, soak it for coloring, and wash it clean; soak the rice dumpling leaves in advance, wash them, and boil them for 10 minutes (the rice dumpling leaves are tough). Fold the soaked rice dumpling leaves into a boat shape, add a layer of glutinous rice, then put in the pork belly, then spread a layer of glutinous rice to make a pillow-shaped rice dumpling, and tie it three times. Put the meat dumplings into a large rice cooker, plug it tightly, pour in water, and then press the rice dumplings with stones to prevent them from floating. It takes more than 3⃣️ hours to cook the rice dumplings. After simmering them all night, the rice dumplings will become glutinous and soft. The next morning, take out the rice dumplings with gray sauce and let them cool. The meat rice dumplings with gray sauce are salty, soft and glutinous, and have the aroma of straw.