What does a spoiled Zongzi look like

When people choose rice dumplings, they need to look at the production date and shelf life. This is a very critical step, because this kind of food has a certain shelf life, and the shelf life will not be too long. If you don’t look at the shelf life, it is very easy to buy spoiled rice dumplings. However, many people can’t tell the appearance of spoiled rice dumplings, and will mistakenly eat some spoiled rice dumplings. In fact, spoiled rice dumplings will taste sour.

Selection method

Five things to be careful of:

First, check the production date and expiration date on the rice dumpling label to avoid buying spoiled rice dumplings;

Second, be careful about the taste changes of the zongzi. If the filling tastes a bit sour, a bit bitter, or the taste is not right, do not eat it.

Third, be careful about the quality of the rice dumplings. Make sure to buy regular rice dumplings from shopping malls, catering companies, and supermarkets.

Fourth, be careful about the outer packaging of the rice dumplings and buy safe and hygienic rice dumplings;

Fifth, be careful whether you eat the right kind of rice dumplings. People with stomach problems should not eat rice dumplings that are too sweet. People with gallstones, cholecystitis, and pancreatitis should not eat meat rice dumplings, egg yolk rice dumplings, or rice dumplings that are too greasy.

Pre-processing of raw materials

1. Soaking glutinous rice, mung beans and peanuts

After washing the pure glutinous rice, soak it in 60℃ water for 5 hours, or in cold water for 12 hours.

After washing the mung beans, soak them in boiling water for 3.5 hours, or soak them in cold water for 12 hours and then peel them for best results.

Soak the peanuts in boiling water for 3 hours, or in cold water for 5 hours, then peel them.

Preparation method of onion and ginger oil

Put chopped scallion, chopped ginger and a little salt in 25 grams of lard and fry until golden yellow. After the aroma comes out, pick out the chopped scallion and ginger to make scallion and ginger oil.

Glutinous Rice and Mung Bean

Mix the soaked glutinous rice and mung bean in a ratio of 3:1, add some alkali (10 grams of alkali for 3 kg of glutinous rice), and then mix in scallion, ginger and oil to make glutinous rice and mung bean.

Method of making tangerine peel and bacon

Ingredients: 250 grams of pork belly, a little sugar, 1 tablespoon of salt, some green onion, 20 stalks of shredded ginger, 2 pieces of shredded dried tangerine peel, a little cooking wine.

Preparation method: Wash the meat, cut it into strips as thick as fingers, mix sugar, salt and cooking wine, rub it on the meat strips, then add shredded green onion, shredded ginger and shredded tangerine peel and mix well. After pickling for 10 hours, pick out the shredded green onion and ginger.