Ingredients

  • Glutinous rice flour 200g
  • Warm water 160 grams
  • Powdered sugar 10g
  • Monascus powder, cocoa powder, matcha powder, etc. Appropriate amount
  • Bean paste filling Appropriate amount

Steps

Chicken making Lantern Festival

1. Prepare the required materials

Chicken making Lantern Festival

2. Add 30 grams of glutinous rice flour to 40 grams of water and steam in a pot

Chicken making Lantern Festival

3. Steam and stir into a dough

Chicken making Lantern Festival

4. Mix the remaining 170 grams of glutinous rice flour, 120 grams of water, and powdered sugar into a dough

Chicken making Lantern Festival

5. Wrap the kneaded dough in plastic wrap to prevent drying

Chicken making Lantern Festival

6. Divide the dough as needed, and then add cocoa powder, etc., little by little until you get the color you want

Chicken making Lantern Festival

7. Three-color Yuanxiao: dough made of three colorsFlatten the strips, stack them together, cut them into pieces of about 15 grams, and roll them into balls. Chicken Yuanxiao: Divide the white dough into 13g portions and roll into balls. Little Bear Yuanxiao: Cocoa-colored dough is divided into 15g portions

Chicken making Lantern Festival

8. Stuffing: Divide bean paste filling into 8 grams each, wrap it in various colored yuanxiao skins and roll into a round shape for later use

Chicken making Lantern Festival

9. Make the facial features of the chicken and bear and glue them with water to arrange them

Chicken making Lantern Festival

10. Isn’t it cute? Boil water in a pot. After the water boils, put the dumplings into the pot, stir slowly, and cook until the dumplings float.

Chicken making Lantern Festival

11. After cooking, your eyes will not fall out of your mouth

Chicken making Lantern Festival

12. It’s called Jade Lantern Festival

Chicken making Lantern Festival

13. Little Bear Lantern Festival

Chicken making Lantern Festival

14. Chicken making Lantern Festival