Lotus Leaf Tian Tian Yi Jiangnan·lotus Leaf Chestnut Meat Dumpling
1.
Rinse the dried lotus leaves with clean water first;
2.
Prepare a pot of hot water and blanch the lotus leaves for two to three minutes;
3.
After the lotus leaves become soft, take them out and rinse them with cold water, and lay them flat for later use;
4.
I used the leftover meat and peanuts from the previous dumplings, so it has been marinated. If you use fresh meat, you can use cooking wine, soy sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and five-spice powder to marinate for a while. The longer the time, the more delicious it will be. , I also added a spoonful of barbecued pork sauce;
5.
When making the meat, you can add some butter onion crisps. This is the key seasoning for Taiwanese-style braised pork, which is very flavorful. If not, you can omit it;
6.
I use bags of ready-to-eat chestnuts, which is more convenient. If it is raw chestnuts, it is best to cook them in advance;
7.
Cook the rice in a rice cooker in advance. It is best to add less water than usual to make the rice a little harder and achieve the effect of distinct grains;
8.
Put the oil in the pot to heat up, add the onion crisps to explode the fragrance;
9.
Pour in pork and peanuts and stir-fry until the color changes;
10.
Add appropriate amount of water, simmer for about 15 minutes, adjust the saltiness according to taste;
11.
Pour the meat and juice on the rice, then add the chestnuts and mix well;
12.
Divide the whole lotus leaf into two halves, use half for each portion, spread the rice just mixed on the lotus leaf, use chopsticks or a spoon to arrange it into a triangle shape, a quadrilateral shape is fine, and lightly compact;
13.
Wrap the lotus leaves with the opening facing down. If you want to look more like rice dumplings, you can also tie them with a rope;
14.
Put the lotus leaf dumpling in a small cage, if not, use a normal container;
15.
Put cold water into the pot, steam for 15 minutes after SAIC, turn off the heat and continue to simmer for 5 minutes, so that the aroma of lotus leaves can be fully released.
