Steamed pork with rice flour is one of the traditional Chinese dishes that are widely popular in southern China. And it is one of the top ten famous dishes in Chongqing mow. It is mainly made with pork belly, rice flour and seasoning materials. It is one of the most popular dishes for Chinese New Year.
Steaming pork methods
Depending on the cooking method, it can be spicy or sweet. It is based on vegetables (Such as old rice dumplings, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes.) as the bottom and places the pork on it, and then steaming them together.
Benefits of steaming pork
It is rich in fat and contains a certain amount of protein, carbohydrates, phosphorus esters, niacin, and trace elements (Such as phosphorus, calcium, and iron.), which is beneficial to human digestion and absorption.
Steamed pork recipe
You’ll need:
350g pork belly, sliced
Green onion
Ginger slices
15g oyster sauce
15g light soy sauce
10g cooking wine
10g fermented tofu juice
10g sweet soybean paste
Sugar
Rice flour
1 lotus leaf
8 slices pumpkin
135g warm water
2g yeast powder
250g plain flour
2g baking powder
2g butter
Vegetable oil
Green Lettuce
Garlic, minced
How to steamed pork
1. Mix the pork belly, green onion and ginger. Pour the 15g oyster sauce,15g light soy sauce, 10g cooking wine, 10g fermented tofu juice, 10g sweet soybean paste and sugar. Marinate it for half an hour. And then, wrap it with a layer of rice flour.
2. Spread a soaked lotus leave in a steamer and lay pumpkin slices on it. Spread the pork belly on top and steam for 45 minutes.
3. Mix 135g warm water, 4g yeast powder and 15g sugar in a bowl. Mix yeast mixture with 250g plain flour, 2g baking powder and 2g butter in another bowl.
4. Transfer the dough on a workbench and knead well. Then cover it with plastic wrap in a bowl for 20 minutes. Then divide it evenly into 10 doughs around 40g each one and knead them into a round dough. Cover them with plastic wrap and set aside for 10 minutes.
5. Use a rolling pin to roll the small dough into an oval shape. Brush the inside of the dough with vegetable oil and fold it in half. And engraving a pattern with a saw tooth scraper on it. Pinch the midpoint of the bottom of the crust into a petiole. Ferment it for 20 minutes, steam it for 35 minutes.
6. Use the lotus leaf buns sandwich with green lettuce and steamed pork. Serve with Chinese garlic sauce.
Steamed Pork With Rice Flour (Fengzhengrou)
Ingredients
- 350g pork belly sliced
- Green onion
- Ginger slices
- 15g oyster sauce
- 15g light soy sauce
- 10g cooking wine
- 10g fermented tofu juice
- 10g sweet soybean paste
- Sugar
- Rice flour
- 1 lotus leaf
- 8 slices pumpkin
- 135g warm water
- 2g yeast powder
- 250g plain flour
- 2g baking powder
- 2g butter
- Vegetable oil
- Green Lettuce
- Garlic minced
Instructions
- Mix the pork belly, green onion and ginger. Pour the 15g oyster sauce,15g light soy sauce, 10g cooking wine, 10g fermented tofu juice, 10g sweet soybean paste and sugar. Marinate it for half an hour. And then, wrap it with a layer of rice flour.
- Spread a soaked lotus leave in a steamer and lay pumpkin slices on it. Spread the pork belly on top and steam for 45 minutes.
- Mix 135g warm water, 4g yeast powder and 15g sugar in a bowl. Mix yeast mixture with 250g plain flour, 2g baking powder and 2g butter in another bowl.
- Transfer the dough on a workbench and knead well. Then cover it with plastic wrap in a bowl for 20 minutes. Then divide it evenly into 10 doughs around 40g each one and knead them into a round dough. Cover them with plastic wrap and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the small dough into an oval shape. Brush the inside of the dough with vegetable oil and fold it in half. And engraving a pattern with a saw tooth scraper on it. Pinch the midpoint of the bottom of the crust into a petiole. Ferment it for 20 minutes, steam it for 35 minutes.
- Use the lotus leaf buns sandwich with green lettuce and steamed pork. Serve with Chinese garlic sauce.
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