Sticky Rice Dumplings Recipe (step-by-step Guide) | Bak Chang Recipe | Zongzi Recipe | 粽子食谱

Sticky rice dumplings are traditionally made during Dragon Boat Festival. In Cantonese dialect, these dumplings are called “Zong”, in Hokkien dialect, its called “Bak Chang” or in Chinese it’s called Zongzi “粽子”. These dumplings are made with glutinous rice filled with meat and other ingredients, wrapped in bamboo leaves and then boiled about 2 hours. You can also use a pressure cooker to reduce the cooking time.

Last year my Aunt taught me how to make my Grandma’s Zongzi Recipe. So this year I wanted to make sure that I practiced making them. It does take some practice to wrap and tie the bamboo leaves correctly. Yes I had a few dumplings fall out from the strings while boiling them. So heartbreaking! But you’ll soon get the hang of it!

In this recipe, I’ll show you the ingredients and steps we use to make our family’s Zongzi Recipe. I’ll also go into detail on how to wrap the dumplings. I find this the most important step to make sure the dumplings don’t fall out while cooking. I will try my best to make sure you can successfully make these dumplings.

Ingredients:

Ingredients for the rice:
1 kg glutinous rice

Seasoning for the rice:
2 tablespoons of lard (optional)
1 and a 1/2 cup shallot oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon msg seasoning
3 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoon dark soy sauce

Ingredients for meat:
500 grams pork belly (no skin)

Marinate for meat:
1.5 teaspoon five spice powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1.5 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
and 1 tablespoon dark sweet thick sauce

Ingredients for mushrooms:
12 mushrooms (half mushroom for each zongzi)

Seasoning for mushrooms：
2-3 tablespoons shallot oil
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/8 teaspoon five spice powder
1 tablespoon oyster sauce

Ingredients for chestnuts:
24 chestnuts

Seasoning for chestnuts:
2-3 tablespoons shallot oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/8 teaspoon five spice powder

Other ingredients:
100 grams of dried shrimp
300 grams of mung beans
12 salted eggs (half salted egg per zongzi)
300 grams shallots
3 cups of neutral cooking oil

Kitchen tools:
1 packet (300 grams) bamboo leaves, 50-60 leaves (2-3 leaves per zongzi)
Grass water strings
Kitchen strings

材料：
糯米的材料：
1公斤糯米
糯米的调料：
2汤匙猪油（可选）
1 和 1/2 杯香葱油
3/4 茶匙盐
1茶匙糖
1茶匙味精调味料
3汤匙生抽
1汤匙蚝油
2 茶匙老抽

肉的材料：
五花肉 500克 (无皮）
肉类腌制：
1.5茶匙五香粉
1/4 茶匙盐
1汤匙糖
1汤匙生抽
1.5汤匙蚝油
1/4 茶匙胡椒粉
1 汤匙老抽

香菇的材料：
香菇12个（每个粽子半个）
香菇调料：
2-3汤匙香葱油
1汤匙生抽
1/8 茶匙五香粉
1汤匙蚝油

栗子的材料：
24个栗子
栗子调料：
2-3汤匙香葱油
1茶匙糖
1汤匙生抽
1/8 茶匙五香粉

其他材料：
100克虾米
300克绿豆
12个咸蛋（每个粽子半个咸蛋）
300克小洋葱
3 杯菜油

厨房用具：
1包（300克）竹叶，50-60片（每个粽子2-3片）
粽绳
厨房绳子

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