Hongdong steamed rice is a traditional famous food in Hongdong, the largest county in Sanjin.

The traditional steamed rice in Hongdong County has become a beautiful scenery on people's dining tables.

In Hongdong, sweet and delicious steamed rice is indispensable for family banquets, wedding banquets, birthday banquets, etc.

Steamed rice is culture, and the highlight of steamed rice culture is "cohesion, harmony, and unity", inheriting and promoting the classic crystallization of ancient Chinese civilization.

According to legend, when the Sophora japonica immigrated in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang paid a private visit to Hongdong County incognito. He was very happy to see the golden crops in the fields, which looked like a bumper harvest.

After asking the people, they learned that it was millet, the main local crop. When eaten, it is soft, glutinous and sweet.

Later, the local government officials paid tribute with this rice. After eating it, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and sighed that this was a delicacy in the world.

Because tribute was paid to the emperor every year, the local people changed the name of millet to yellow rice, which has the same pronunciation as Huang rice.

Local Hongdong millet is selected, combined with red dates, to create an authentic Hongdong specialty delicacy - jujube rice steamed rice, which continues the Hongdong descendants' commemoration of the immigration event.

Hongdong steamed rice is sweet and delicious, suitable for all ages. It is an indispensable staple food for banquets and other important events.

Its sweetness, glutinousness, and fragrance always make people fall in love with it deeply as soon as they taste it, and they have endless aftertaste.

Special craft ingredients are a must-have for families during holidays, and travelers from far away can enjoy the taste of home.

But it is no longer just an ingredient, but a synonym for hometown.

Production method: ●Millet (or glutinous rice) is the main ingredient, sifted and washed, soaked in cold water overnight, then fished out with a grate into a special steaming utensil such as an iron tripod or a tile tripod.

●A layer of rice is sprinkled with a layer of red dates. In some areas, it is also customary to add "golden beans". After filling, cover and fumigate.

●When it is half-cooked, pour boiling water over it and continue steaming until it is cooked through.

●Then pour the sugar water while stirring with a rolling pin to make the dates, rice, beans, etc. even.

●When eating, use a small spatula to shovel it into the bowl.