Jiao Zi is the traditional Chinese food loved by Chinese people. It's a staple food in northern china and local snacks in other regions, also the essential food in Lunar New Year. There is a folk song called ''No matter severe cold or moderate cold, eating Jiao Zi in New Year.''
The Source of Jiaozi
Jiao Zi, primary called ''Jiao Er'', originated in the Eastern Han period, firstly invented by medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing. His story about ''Drive Chill - Jiao Er Soup'' was come down to now. It's said that he boil the mutton, pepper and some medicine of drive chill, then take out these things shred for stuffing. Wrap the stuffing by flour skin into ear-shaped ''Jiao Er'' and then boil to cooked. After the patients eat the Jiao Er soup, the body temperature rise and blood smooth so the ears warming and cured gradually.
Making Method
The raw material is cold water and flour, and then mix up the flour with water and bunched it into the big thick dough; placing the dough about an hour, chopped into a number of small dough, and then rub into the small section with diameter in 3 centimeters; rolling these small sections into the skin with thick in middle and thin around by rolling pin, wrapped stuffing, shaped into crescent - shape or angled. Put the completed Jiao Zi into boiled water and using the colander to stir along the pot border to prevent adhesion. It's time to eating when the Jiao Zi floats on the surface of the water.
The feature of Jiao Zi
The features of Jiao Zi are thin sk
in and tender stuffing, taste delicious, unique shape and un-bored in repeated eating. The material is full of nutrients and cooking method avoiding the nutrients loss, which is keeping with the Chinese cuisine culture.
Recommended Place for Eating Jiao Zi
1. Beijing, Xianlaoman Address: No.252 An'dingmen Avenue, Dongcheng District
2. Xi'an, Defachang Dumpling Store Address: No.3 West Street, Drum Tower Plaza, Lianhu District
3. Shanghai, Aunt Dumpling Chain Store Head Office Address: No.1662, Zhongxing Road
4. Chengdu, Confucius Dumpling Feast Address: No.30, Fangcao Street, Wuhou District
5. Guangzhou, Buyehou Tea House Address: Building 1, Xinghui International Masion, Jinhui Road, Zhujiang New District