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Jiangsu Fresh Meat and Spinach Soup Balls

2024-06-13 14:59:34 213

Last time, I mentioned that in my hometown, when there are some big family events, there is a custom of preparing "cakes", "zongzi", "tuan", and "yuan", which should be considered the most traditional custom. Nowadays, many families no longer follow these practices< br>

Details of ingredients

Meat filling150 grams
Glutinous rice flour300 grams
spinach150 grams
Dried tofu50 grams
Haimi30 grams
Light soy sauceOne tablespoon
Cooking wineOne tablespoon
saltOne teaspoon
Chicken essencea little
sugara little
Pepper powdera little
Sesame oila little

Technique

difficultybeginner
workmanshipsteam
tastesalty and savory
timeHalf an hour

Steps to make Jiangsu Fresh Meat and Spinach Soup Balls

1. Bring water to a boil in a pot, add a little oil and salt, pour spinach into the pot, blanch, and then add cold water.
2. Squeeze the spinach dry and chop it into small pieces for later use.
3. Add ginger juice, cooking wine, and pepper to the meat filling to remove any fishy or unpleasant odors.
4. Add salt, chicken essence, sugar, and light soy sauce for seasoning.
5. Soak the sea rice in warm water, drain it, and chop it into small pieces for later use.
6. Put chopped dried tofu, spinach, dried sea rice and chopped green onion into the meat, add oil and sesame oil, and mix well
7. Add hot water to glutinous rice flour to form dough, cover it with wet cloth and leave it for 10 minutes
8. Roll the dough into long strips, take out a piece of dough and roll it into the shape of rice dumpling, then flatten it, wrap it in the filling, and squeeze the mouth tightly.
9. Take a little natural pigment, add red dots, and steam in a pot.
10. Steam over high heat for 30 minutes, turn off the heat, let it sit for 2 to 3 minutes, then remove from the pot.