How to Prepare Perfect Zongzi Cantonese Style

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have Zongzi Cantonese Style using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Zongzi Cantonese Style:

1. 36-40 dried zongzi leaves (2 to 3 leaves per zongzi)
2. 5 cups uncooked sweet rice
3. 2 tbsp (plus 2 tsp) light soy sauce
4. 2 tsp (plus 1/2 tsp) salt
5. 2/3 cup raw peanuts
6. 1 pound pork belly, cut into 12 equal pieces
7. 1/2 tsp sugar
8. 2 tsp shaoxing wine
9. 1/2 tsp ground white pepper
10. 1 tsp oil
11. 1/2 cup water
12. 6 salted duck egg yolks
13. 3 chinese sausages

Instructions to make Zongzi Cantonese Style

1. Soak leaves, sweet rice, and peanuts overnight
2. In a bowl, toss pork belly, 2 tsp soy sauce, sugar, shaoxing wine, salt, and white pepper. Marinade overnight
3. The next day, wash and rinse each leaf, and keep in water so they don't dry out
4. Drain the rice completely in a colander. Mix soaked, uncooked rice with soy sauce and salt.
5. Boil the peanuts for 5 minutes. Drain, then set aside
6. Heat oil in a wok over medium heat. Cook pork belly for a few minutes
7. Add water ro wok. Cover wok and cook for 5-10 minutes until water is gone. Remove from wok and let cool
8. Cut egg yolks in half, and cut sausage into pieces
9. Layer three leaves together, cut the ends offx and form into a cone
10. Fill bottom with rice, then add pork belly, egg yolk, peanuts, and sausage. Top with some more rice
11. Fold leaves around side of filling, and bring down over filling to crete wrap
12. Tie wrap closed, and cut off excess leaf at the end.
13. Place zongzi in a pot, and submerge with cold water. Weigh down zongzi with a plate.
14. Bring water to boil, then bring to simmer. Simmer for 7-8 hours. Add boiling water if necessary periodically.

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