Red Bean Sausage Zongzi

Red Bean Sausage Zongzi

Overview

Every time when the Chinese New Year is approaching, every household has to pickle bacon and pack sausages. After the Chinese New Year, I usually don’t finish the sausages, so I always leave some frozen in the refrigerator. During the Dragon Boat Festival, take it out and make rice dumplings with glutinous rice and red beans. It is very delicious.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Soak red beans in appropriate amount of water overnight

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 1

  2. Wash the rice dumpling leaves, boil them in a pot of cold water, take them out and set aside

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 2

  3. After the sausage is cooked, cut it into even pieces and set aside

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 3

  4. Rinse the glutinous water, drain the water, add the soaked red beans and mix well

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 4

  5. Add a little salt and mix well (be sure to add less salt because the sausage is already salty)

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 5

  6. Add sausage crumbs and mix well

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 6

  7. Roll the rice dumpling leaves into a funnel shape. If the rice dumpling leaves are too small, use two

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 7

  8. Add the glutinous rice and red bean sausage dices and press them down a few times with chopsticks

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 8

  9. Pull the top leaves down to cover the funnel

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 9

  10. Twist the pulled leaves to the left to press the rice dumplings

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 10

  11. Press the end of the thread with your left thumb, and wrap the thread around the back of the rice dumpling with your right hand to tie it

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 11

  12. The left side of the tied zongzi (just tie it once, it will not fall apart after cooking)

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 12

  13. For the wrapped rice dumplings, the upper pot is tied with thread, and the lower pot is tied with straw (cannot use too thin a thread)

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 13

  14. Add water to cover the surface of the rice dumplings, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for two hours, then turn off the heat and simmer until the rice dumplings are lukewarm before eating.

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 14

  15. Finished product pictures

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 15

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    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 16

  17. Finished product pictures

    Red Bean Sausage Zongzi step 17