Dumplings Festival

Happy Dumpling Festival (aka Dragon Boat Festival), here's a recipe for dumplings!

Ingredients:

2kg whole chicken (cleaned and deboned)

1kg glutinous rice

60g diced onions

3 whole garlic

200g chestnut (steamed and skin removed)

300g dried shrimps

250g mushroom

Fried garlic

Salted egg yolks

Food enhancer

Salt and pepper to taste

Black bean sauce

Soy sauce

Bamboo leaves and hemp strings

Cooking method:

1. Heat some oil in a pan and add in onions and garlic, fry till light brown or fragrant.

2. Add in dried prawns, followed by mushrooms, chestnuts, and chicken meat.

4. Lastly, add in salt, pepper & ajinomoto (optional).

5. Stir till chicken is cooked. 

6. Form two leaves into a cone and begin filling the dumpling. Make sure you wrap the ingredients with the smooth side.

7. Start with a spoonful of rice, followed by a salted egg yolk and the cooked ingredients. Top it off with another layer of rice.

8. Delicately wrap and tie the dumpling.

(Tip: tie several strings together and hang it up, it is easier to tie the dumplings this way).

9. Boil water in a huge pot with cover. Add in dumplings and cook for an hour and a half.

10. Ensure the water covers the dumplings.

11. Remove and place on a piece of paper till water drains out. Ready to be served.