Square Rice Cake with Mung Bean and Pork Belly Recipe (Bánh Chưng)

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Banh Chung - Square Cakes
 

So, are you ready to make one of amazing Vietnamese Dish Recipes like this cake? Please follow our instructions carefully. With this cake, we need to concentrate on more than other dishes.

Ingredients:

4kg sticky rice
1,5kg mung bean (no cover)
1,5kg half lean half fat pork meat
Spices: 10gr Purple onion, pepper, fish sauce, salt, sugar, vegetable oil
Square moulds (16*16)
Phrynium leaves (Lá Dong)

Process:

Step 1: Clean sticky rice in water added a little salt. Soak through over night. Next, pour out water and wait to dry.

Step 2: Peel off the cover of purple onion. Slice small and bring to fry with hot oil. When it is fragrant, turn off the heat and separate into equal parts.

Step 3: Soak mung bean until they are soft. Bring to steam. Then, mix well with 1 part of fried purple onion (in step 2) and a little vegetable oil + salt + pepper. Next, use spoon to scoop this mixture and roll into small balls.

Step 4: Clean carefully pork meat (halt lean, half fat – you should choose this part of pig to create one of stunning Vietnamese Dish Recipes on Tet Holiday). Next, slice until square pieces and marinate with one left part of fried purple onion + 1 teaspoon salt + 1 tablespoon pepper + 1 tablespoon Maggi’s stuff + 1 tablespoon fish sauce. Wait about 30 – 45 minutes to absorb all spices and bring to fry quickly in 4 – 5 minutes.

*** For Covering Square Cake Process:

Step 5: Clean phrynium leaves carefully. Wait to dry. Cut each leaf with width 32cm. Put 2 - 3 leaves on the bottom of mould.

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From VietnameseFood.com.vn