So why is this snack called "steamed dumplings"? Why is it open at the top? According to legend, there is a legend here.
In ancient times, there were two brothers who lived by selling steamed buns. The relationship between the two brothers has always been harmonious and business has been booming. Later, my brother got old and married a daughter-in-law. The new daughter-in-law is a little unhappy to see the two brothers divide the money for steamed buns. Privately, she advised her husband to leave her brother quickly so that she didn't have to worry about not getting the money. My brother is in a hurry. He told his daughter-in-law that I couldn't make today's steamed stuffed bun shop without my brother, so I also had my brother's sweat. You can't kick down the ladder!
Who knows, my brother overheard the conversation between him and his daughter-in-law. In order not to affect the feelings between brother and sister-in-law, the next day, the kind brother took the initiative to ask them to separate. Hearing this, my brother shed tears in an instant. He can't bear to leave his brother, but neither can his brother.
In the end, the two brothers merged, and the steamed stuffed bun shop was still owned by my brother and sister-in-law. My brother stayed in the shop to work, and my brother and sister-in-law only cared about his satiety. In addition, in order to let my brother marry his wife as soon as possible, my brother and sister-in-law give him some skins and stuffing of steamed buns every day, let him wrap them up and sell them, and save the money to buy him a bride price.
In this way, my brother finished his work for his brother and sister-in-law, made his own skins and stuffed buns. When he got to the steamer, his brother found that all the steamed buns were similar, which was really difficult to distinguish. How much he took will inevitably make his sister-in-law angry.
My brother is reasonable, but there is nothing he can do. It happened that one night, when he was making the last steamed stuffed bun, a piece of dough was missing. The steamed stuffed bun has no top, but his brother couldn't help laughing: "Why don't I make such steamed stuffed buns to sell?" Just can be distinguished from brothers and sisters' buns. "
As a result, my brother's "steamed stuffed bun" was exposed. Someone can't help wondering, patted my brother and asked, what are you selling here? Steamed bread is pleated. My brother scratched his head and thought about it. Since his steamed buns are sold by hand, it is called "selling by hand". After "selling" and steaming, the meat inside is exposed, and sometimes it is oily, which makes it more and more appetizing.
In this way, the reputation of "selling" came out, and my brother's business grew bigger and bigger, and naturally he got married soon. Later, "consignment" spread to the south and it was renamed steamed dumplings.
Besides, there are many kinds of steamed dumplings: glutinous rice steamed dumplings, potato steamed dumplings, mushroom steamed dumplings, steamed dumplings with bean paste, steamed dumplings with oil and sugar, steamed dumplings with mutton, steamed dumplings with fresh shrimp and steamed wheat in Beijing. Each of them is different. Let me give an example of glutinous rice steamed dumplings to explain.
1. Add a little salt, cooking wine, corn flour and water to the meat sauce and stir well for later use.
2. Dice bamboo shoots and mushrooms for later use, and soak glutinous rice in water for about 3-4 hours.
3. Spread a layer of gauze in the steamer, spread the soaked glutinous rice directly on the gauze, steam the glutinous rice in water (steaming 15 minutes), and then take it out for later use.
4. After frying the meat sauce in the oil pan, add the diced bamboo shoots and mushrooms, and then add some seasonings: soy sauce, soy sauce and sugar.
5. Then turn off the fire, mix in the steamed glutinous rice, and continue to wrap the mixed stuffing in the dumpling skin.
6, the steamer must be separated from the water, and then steamed with a big fire for 2-3 minutes. After the steamed dumplings are steamed, they can be quickly frozen after cooling, or they can be kept for later steaming.
Precautions:
1. Try to buy sandwich meat sauce. It is better to have more fat.
Put more oil in the meat sauce than usual, otherwise it will be too dry and sticky when mixing glutinous rice.
The dumpling skin is tough and easy to wrap. The skin will be more elastic after steaming.
Also, it takes a lot of time to make steamed dumplings. I first put the stuffing in the middle of the leather, then stuck the upper end of the leather with a tiger's mouth, pressed the stuffing with one hand, pulled the leather mouth up with the other hand, and finally closed it.
After hearing so many stories about steamed dumplings, do you really want to try them? Try it by hand, or share the process with more people who like my article. Thank you for watching. See you next time!