Jiaxing's zongzi is delicious and fragrant, and its unparalleled taste experience brings endless delicious feelings to those who have eaten it. Jiaxing Zongzi is famous for its waxy but not paste, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, and moderate salty and sweet. Especially fresh meat zongzi is the most famous, and it is known as "the king of zongzi". Jiaxing Zongzi is loved by tourists because of its delicious taste, convenient carrying and eating, and is known as "Oriental fast food".
What's delicious about Jiaxing Zongzi?
Jiaxing Zongzi has many flavors, all of which are quite good. Of course, it still depends on personal taste.
Zhejiang Jiaxing Zongzi has a long history and is famous in China. Jiaxing Zongzi is rectangular, with fresh meat, bean paste, eight treasures, chicken dumplings and other varieties. Jiaxing Zongzi is known as the King of Zongzi in Jiangnan. Its zongzi is unique in material selection, production and cooking. The rice should be top-grade white glutinous rice, and the meat should be selected from the pig's hind legs. After the zongzi is cooked, the fat oil seeps into the rice, which is delicious and fat but not greasy. Many friends at home and abroad didn't know the place name of Jiaxing, Zhejiang until they tasted Jiaxing Zongzi.
Expand your knowledge: What are the tastes of Jiaxing Zongzi?
There are more than a dozen flavors of Jiaxing Zongzi. Common Jiaxing Zongzi fillings include egg yolk dumplings, red bean paste dumplings, fresh meat dumplings, red date dumplings, chestnut dumplings and so on.
1, egg yolk meat dumplings
Egg yolk meat dumpling is a traditional snack in China, which belongs to one of Cantonese dumplings and one of the main tastes of Jiaxing Zongzi. The raw materials are mainly glutinous rice, pork belly, salted egg yolk, zongye, etc. After the pork belly is cooked, the glutinous rice is washed and soaked, and the zongye is funnel-shaped, and the glutinous rice, pork belly, egg yolk, etc. are put into the pot for cooking. The leaves of zongzi are mixed with the aroma of fresh meat, and the yolk makes the salty zongzi bring a little sweetness and unique flavor.
2. Red bean paste dumplings
To say what stuffing Jiaxing Zongzi has is more in line with the public's taste, I recommend this bean paste Zongzi. The bean paste Zongzi is made of high-quality glutinous rice from Zhejiang, which has good viscosity and uniform particles. The raw materials are glutinous rice, bean paste, zongzi leaves, etc. The zongzi leaves are naturally grown with a length of 35-37 cm and a width of 10cm, which are natural and fragrant. The made zongzi is fragrant and glutinous, with a faint bean paste flavor, and its sweet taste is extremely delicious.
3. Fresh meat dumplings
There are several flavors of Jiaxing Zongzi that must be tasted, one of which is fresh meat Zongzi, which is the most famous and one of them. The outer layer of zongzi leaves is extremely labor-intensive, and the rice is dense and tender. Dumplings are wrapped in round glutinous rice that has been preserved for 50 years, which is very delicious. The main raw materials are glutinous rice, pork belly, and bamboo leaves.
4. Red dates and dumplings
Jiaxing's jujube zongzi is a traditional flavor, made of glutinous rice, jujube, zongye and other ingredients. It is nutritious and healthy, and has the functions of nourishing qi, invigorating spleen and stomach, and prolonging life. Everyone knows the health-care effect of jujube, so wrapping jujube in zongzi not only increases the fragrance of zongzi, but also makes it more nutritious. Jujube dumplings are sticky, waxy, fragrant with dumplings and dates, and have quite distinctive taste.
5. Chestnut dumplings
Chestnut Zongzi is a brand-new taste in Jiaxing Zongzi. Chestnut Zongzi is soft, glutinous and sweet, crispy outside and tender inside, and has a prominent taste. Chestnut Zongzi uses chestnut, pork belly, white glutinous rice, meat sauce, peanuts and so on. Compared with traditional meat Zongzi, it has more prominent characteristics, exquisite materials selection and complementary taste.