Zongzi [0000307]

Ingredients:

2 cups glutinous rice, soaked overnight
1 lb pork belly, cut into small cubes
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, soaked and chopped
1/4 cup gluten-free soy sauce
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp white pepper
Bamboo leaves, soaked and cleaned
Cooking twine

Steps:

Mix soaked glutinous rice with gluten-free soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and white pepper.
In a pan, cook pork belly until browned; add chopped shiitake mushrooms and sauté.
Combine the cooked pork and mushrooms with the seasoned glutinous rice.
Take two bamboo leaves, overlapping them, and shape into a cone. Fill with the rice and pork mixture.
Fold and wrap the bamboo leaves, securing with cooking twine.
Steam the zongzi for 1.5 to 2 hours until the rice is cooked through.
Allow zongzi to cool before unwrapping and serving.
Enjoy your Gluten-Free Zongzi, a traditional Chinese rice dumpling!