Rice blood cake, referred to as rice blood for short, refers to a traditional rice cake made from glutinous rice and animal blood (pig, duck, chicken, goose), which originated from the rural areas of southern China. Depending on the raw materials, most of them are duck blood cake and pig blood cake. In addition to the type of glutinous rice, there will be some differences in taste. Duck blood cake is the main dish in southern Taiwan, while pig blood cake is a traditional snack in northern Taiwan. Made of 30% glutinous rice and about 70% duck blood ~ Factory-made ones also add other additives!
Rice blood cake is a rice cake originating from southern China. It was spread with immigrants from Fujian Enter Taiwan. Chinese people mostly eat rice, and they often use steaming and boiling methods to change the type of rice. , duck meat nourishes yin and replenishes deficiency. In the past, after killing the duck, farmers could not bear to throw away the duck blood due to their virtue of frugality, so they used food containers to hold rice and duck blood, steamed them and dipped them in sauce before eating. Later, it spread to the people and gradually became a civilian snack, also known as "Duck Blood Cake". However, duck meat is expensive and time-consuming to raise, duck blood is in short supply, and chicken blood is not easy to coagulate, so pig blood gradually replaces duck blood and becomes "pig blood cake." Therefore, rice blood cake is another name for duck blood cake and pig blood cake.
Rice blood cake has two meanings. One is rice blood cake as a food raw material; the other is a snack made from the above ingredients. The name can be "pig blood cake" depending on the type. , "Peanut Rice Blood" or "Peanut Pig Blood Cake" are popular snacks in Taiwan
Some food stalls directly call it pig blood cake, while others call it peanut pig blood cake, which is a popular snack in Taiwan. After the steamed strips of pig blood cake are dipped in soy sauce, only sweet chili sauce or chili sauce is added according to the customer's needs, or thick peanut powder and a small amount of coriander are added, and then a bamboo skewer is inserted and eaten directly on the hand. It is one of the indispensable snacks in Taiwan’s night markets.
Another option is the salt-fried chicken stall. The pork blood cake is directly thrown into the pan and fried. It is cut into pieces before eating, and then sprinkled with salt and pepper powder, chili powder, etc. according to the customer's requirements. Some local stalls use duck blood cake as an ingredient, but people often call it pig blood cake directly.
Rice blood cake is commonly found at roadside stalls. After being steamed, it is often sold with dipping sauce, peanut powder or coriander, and can be used as a staple food or snack. During autumn and winter, rice blood cake is also one of the popular hot pot ingredients. However, it cannot be cooked for a long time as it will stick to the bottom of the pot and cause a burnt smell.
In 2009, Taiwanese pig blood cake was ranked first among the top ten strange foods in the world by members and editors of the British travel website "VirtualTourist.com". It was considered by foreign tourists to be more disgusting and terrifying than bugs.... .