Zhaoqing specialty steamed dumplings, which is a more traditional snack of the Han people, uses local winter leaves and materials in Zhaoqing, which is large in size, so it is also called "wrapped steamed dumplings".
Story Legend: There is also a beautiful legend about the steamed dumplings, there is a legend in which a young man and woman of green plum bamboo horses fall in love, but because the family looks down on boys, they do not allow girls to marry men. In the end, the boy studied hard in order to marry the girl, and the girl would wrap the rice dumplings and bring the boys rice dumplings every day when the boys were diligent in studying. Later, the boy passed the examination, but was caught by the princess of the emperor and wanted to be recruited as a donkey, the boy was unwilling, and every day he looked at the rice ball and missed the girl and cried. The princess asked the boy why he was crying, and the boy told the truth, and when the princess was moved, she let the boy go back to his hometown to marry the girl he loved. On the day of the wedding, it was filled with steamed dumplings to invite guests, and later on a good story, steamed dumplings are also regarded as auspicious symbols, and locals must wrap steamed dumplings every New Year's Festival.
Features:
1, the day before wrapping the rice dumplings, prepare the pork, remove the hair, put in the appropriate amount of five-spice powder, salt and other marinade, overnight, and then peel the mung beans and soak overnight.
2, winter leaves are selected clean, no moths of large leaves, washed and dried.
3, the specific method is to make a model of the winter leaves first, and then put in the glutinous rice, put the meat and mung beans in the center position, and then add a layer of glutinous rice wrapped up, and then wrap the winter leaves tightly, with a spear to help.
4: Cook in a large pot overnight. Out of the pot is the fragrant steamed dumplings!
Wrapped steamed dumplings is a classic of Cantonese snacks, wrapped steamed dumplings for Zhaoqing, Guangdong is equivalent to stinky tofu in Changsha, Hunan, is a rare classic in the classics.