At the table
Remove every tie and leaf. Eat the rice and filling with chopsticks or a fork; cut into smaller pieces for sharing.
Contains pork and duck egg. Seasonings may include soy, wheat, peanut oil and cooking wine; ask if relevant. The sticky rice and hot filling need care.
Garlic, soy sauce, sugar, oil and cooking-wine seasonings differ between makers.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Seasoning varies; some other versions include beans. This is the pork-and-yolk version.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory pork, rich salted yolk and a gentle leaf aroma.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Dense sticky rice, tender fatty pork and crumbly yolk.
- How it’s made
- Seasoned rice, pork and yolk are wrapped in Phrynium leaves, tied and boiled until cooked.
Seasoning varies; some other versions include beans. This is the pork-and-yolk version.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Its origins are linked to Hainan.
About this regional connection
Hainan: Danzhou pork-and-yolk zongzi.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有儋州粽子吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A Hainan rice parcel
Danzhou zongzi pair aromatic wrapping leaves with generously filled sticky rice. The pork-and-yolk and bean-containing versions are distinct choices; ask which filling you are buying.
