Ham rice dumplings
Xuanwei ham 400g | Glutinous rice 1000 grams |
Zongye Appropriate amount | Zong rope Appropriate amount |
Step 1
Prepare 1000 grams of glutinous rice and a piece of ham.Step 2
Wash the glutinous rice with water several times and drain the water. If the glutinous rice is not drained dry, water dripping out during the process of making the rice dumplings will affect the action of making the rice dumplings.Step 3
Clean the ham and cut it into cubes. Cut into fat and thin pieces. Zongzi with fat seeping into the glutinous rice will be more fragrant.Step 4
Clean the rice dumpling leaves and rope in advance, and use scissors to remove the leaf tips at both ends. Roll it into a cone-shaped funnel shape, making sure there are no gaps at the bottom corners.Step 5
Add a spoonful of glutinous rice and press it tightly (you can use chopsticks to poke it so that the glutinous rice fills the sharp corners.Step 6
Add ham meat.Step 7
Continue to fill with glutinous rice, you can use a spoon to tighten it. Zongzi filled with glutinous rice will look better if you wrap it tightly.Whether or not it will also affect the taste of the rice dumplings.Step 8
Knead the zongzi with one hand to fix the shape, and cover the top leaves with the other hand.Step 9
Pinch the extra leaves together and fold them to one side.Step 10
Fix the rice dumpling with one hand, take the rice dumpling rope with the other hand, hold one end of the rice dumpling rope with the hand holding the rice dumpling, and tie the rice dumpling rope tightly with both hands.Step 11
As shown in the pictureStep 12
After wrapping the rice dumplings, cut off the excess leaves to make the rice dumplings look nice and neat. Put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and soak them for an hour. Cover the pot, cook for 2 hours, and simmer for another hour. The cooking time of the rice dumplings can be flexibly controlled, depending on the size of the rice dumplings.Step 13
Finished productStep 14
Finished productStep 15
Finished product Cooking tips for ham rice dumplingsSoak the prepared rice dumplings in water for a period of time to reduce the cooking time.