It takes at least three hours to cook zongzi in an ordinary pot. First, cook for half an hour with high fire, and then cook for two and a half hours with low fire. Because the dumplings are tightly wrapped, the cooking time is not long, and the rice inside is not cooked well, so it takes at least three hours to cook in an ordinary pot. Cut fat pork into pieces, soak red beans in boiling water for 3 hours, pour out and drain, soak glutinous rice in clear water for 30 minutes, pour out and drain, fry peanuts and peel them.
The zongzi is too big and boiled, so the water can't pass the zongzi when it is cooked. After cooking for two hours, take out the zongzi, put them in the bottom of the pot and cook for another hour. Jiaozi ate too much, and he couldn't finish it for a while. Freeze them in the refrigerator. When you want to eat, take it out and thaw it, then boil the water and put it directly in the pot. Don't put too much water, just over half of the zongzi, don't take the leaves apart, so it won't rot. Cook on high fire for about 15 to 20 minutes. If the microwave oven is used, 10 minutes will be enough.
Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Let me talk about zongzi, which is mainly made of zongzi leaves and glutinous rice. The wrapping methods vary from place to place, and you can make zongzi with different tastes from a variety of ingredients. How long does it take to cook zongzi in an ordinary pot? It depends on the temperature and the size of zongzi. Generally, the palm-sized zongzi is cooked in medium heat for almost an hour. The best way to cook zongzi is to cook it on a firewood stove. When zongzi is put into the pot, it won't be watered. Then the fire will boil and turn to low heat for two hours. Don't boil the pot then, stew it all night and eat it the next morning. The residual temperature of charcoal fire will make zongzi soft and sweet, and the sweetness of red dates penetrates into glutinous rice, which has the best taste.