Babao rice has a long history. When making, the glutinous rice is washed, soaked and dried; Put cooked lotus seeds, eggs, red dates and other condiments in the "eight treasures" in an empty bowl to form patterns such as flowers and birds; Stir-fried glutinous rice, pig's foot soup and so on with lard. Until it is ripe, add sugar, sesame oil, etc. After stirring, put it in a bowl with bean paste in the middle, then steam the glutinous rice and buckle it in the dog food plate to expose the flower and bird patterns in the original bowl. This is eight-treasure rice. Eight-treasure rice is sweet and delicious, and has the effect of moistening lung and tonifying kidney, so it is suitable for all ages in Xian Yi.
Xuwen county has a long history of making eight-treasure rice. When steaming, the glutinous rice should be washed and soaked first; Take lotus seeds, lilies, red dates and eggs, cook them, and put them in an empty bowl with other seasonings in the "eight treasures" (except bean paste) to make flowers and birds and other patterns; Stir-fried glutinous rice, pig's foot soup and so on with lard. When it is ripe, add honey (or sugar) and sesame oil. Stir and put into each large bowl, with bean paste in the middle and flat with the bowl. Then steam the glutinous rice in each big bowl and buckle it in the big plate, so that the flower and bird patterns in the original big bowl will be exposed to the upper layer. If the patterns come from experts, they will be very beautiful-this is eight.
Eight-treasure rice is delicious, sticky, sweet, fragrant and delicious. It is usually eaten at a big banquet. At the feast in China, when people fully enjoy the meat, they taste the eight-treasure rice, which is wonderful. The famous restaurants in xuwen county have eight-treasure rice on their menus. Every wedding banquet, eight-treasure rice is essential. In a large banquet, no matter how rich the dishes are, it will be considered a pity if there is a lack of eight-treasure rice. The current rice with eight treasures is not only sweet, but also salty. Lotus seeds, lilies, red dates, eggs and other "eight treasures" are replaced by sausages, bacon and shrimp skins. The method is quite complicated and the taste is particularly delicious. Generally, there are two bowls of eight-treasure rice upside down at the banquet. One bowl is sweet and the other is salty, which means "yes-man". People with different tastes can choose to eat it. 1994 In the spring, Hong Kong singer Xu Wen performed for nothing, and even in front of the audience during the performance, he couldn't help praising the taste of Xu Wen's eight-treasure rice, which shows the popularity of eight-treasure rice.
Babao rice is delicious, but it's not easy to cook. When eating at home, if you want to try the eight-treasure rice, you usually have to buy it from a restaurant or a monopoly.