Artemisia Rice

Name: Artemisia Rice
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: A handful Artemisia; 500g Rice; piece bacon; Some peanut; piece Xianggan; 200g Glutinous rice; Some oil; Some salt

by Meimeijia's Kitchen

5.0 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

1h

Serving

2

Spring is the happiest season for foodies. During this time, Meimei does not harm all kinds of wild vegetables. Haha, there are a large group of friends who like to cook. When walking every day, the topic of chat is inseparable from what to eat: where is the soi tree The flowers are blooming! How can there be wormwood picking? Haha, every weekend I will go up the mountain to look for fungi, go into the water to touch the snails, meet the strange eyes of others, and self-ridicule that we are all gourmets haha!

Life has to be a little bit pursued. For the food we have been thinking about for a long time, we enjoy it!

Today’s food, not to mention the friends who have eaten it, it is estimated that there are very few friends who have seen it! Meimei was only seen in this place in Xiangxi. After eating rice for 30 years, this is really the first time I have seen it. The authentic Xiangxi cuisine will be remembered by anyone who has eaten it!
When you talk about Xiangxi, do you think of chasing a corpse? Haha, in fact, the Xiangxi region is not only world-famous for killing corpses, it also has a lot of food, and most of them are authentic rural ingredients with unique flavors that people will never forget.

This communal meal is the most delicious kind in Meimei's memory. Every spring, when the wormwood is tender, everyone will pick it back, mix it with the Hunanese favorite bacon, dried fragrant and other ingredients, cook a big pot, friends and relatives give each other, exchange and taste different combinations, different Although the taste and ingredients of social rice are similar, each family has their own different procedures. Therefore, the social rice made by everyone will not be exactly the same. I was fortunate to have tasted many varieties. As I came out of the countryside, the taste of the countryside fascinated me the most, so I simply learned to do it this year!
A lot of food is like this, it looks troublesome, in fact, as long as you start to act, you have already succeeded more than half! Under the guidance of a friend, Meimei’s first social meal is super perfect! The oily but not greasy, the faint scent of wormwood and bacon are intertwined, the softness of rice and the glutinous rice Q bomb, one can't hold back, a big pot makes me all the disc!

Haha, there will definitely be friends asking me what to do if I don’t have wormwood, buy online, or switch to spinach. For foodies, there is nothing that can’t be done, only unexpected, super delicious Xiangxi community rice, a gift from nature , The unique delicacy of spring, you must try it!

Ingredients

A handful Artemisia
500g Rice
piece Bacon
Some Peanut
piece Xianggan
200g Glutinous Rice
Some Oil
Some Salt

Artemisia Rice

1. It is better to use this kind of wormwood for making social meals with a white back. It tastes without bitterness and has a slight fragrance, which even children like. The wormwood is a little tenderer, and the stems and leaves can be eaten.

2. Put the wormwood in boiling water, blanch it, and let it cool.

3. Take it out, wring out the water, and cut into small pieces. If you like to eat grainy, you can cut a little longer.

4. It is better to choose pork belly for bacon, because wormwood is relatively vegetarian, and pork belly has more fat. The cooked rice is crystal clear, oily and not greasy, the most delicious. Cut the bacon into small pieces.
The dried fragrant is also cut into grains about the size of bacon.

5. Stir-fry the peanuts in advance and set aside.

6. To cook social rice, you need to use glutinous rice and rice to make it taste richer. Soak the two kinds of rice for about 4 hours.

7. Pour twice as much water as the rice into the pot, then pour the rice into the pot after it is boiled, and continue to boil for about two minutes after it is boiled over high heat.

8. Scoop out the rice and drain for a while.

9. Put a little oil in the pan, pour the bacon cubes into the pan and stir fry. Put a little less oil and stir fry slowly on a low fire. When the fire is high, it will be easier to fry the bacon cubes. Slowly stir all the fat in the bacon Come out, if there is too much oil, you can scoop it out.

10. Pour the dry fragrant grains into the pot and stir fry until fragrant.

11. Pour in chopped wormwood and stir fry evenly.

12. Finally, pour in the peanuts and mix well.

13. After the vegetables are fried, turn off the heat, pour the processed rice into the pot, add appropriate amount of salt to taste, and mix well with a spoon.

14. Spread gauze on the steamer and pour the mixed rice on the steamer. If the amount of rice is too large, flatten the rice first, and then cut a hole in the middle of the rice with your hands so that the rice will not be steamed. There is a phenomenon of pinching.

15. Bring the water to a boil on a high fire and steam it for another 30 minutes. The steaming time depends on the amount of ingredients. Add enough water at one time, and try not to add water in the middle.
Out of the pot, mix the rice with a spoon and serve it! Eat it while it's hot, the aroma is tangy, the more you eat, the more addictive it becomes!

Tips:
In traditional communal rice, bacon must be indispensable. You can decide whether you want dried fragrant or not according to your own preferences. You can also add other ingredients according to your own preferences. The richer the ingredients, the more nutritious it will be to eat!