Luzhou Piglet Dumplings

Luzhou Piglet Dumplings

　　Luzhou Piglet Dumplings are made with carefully selected ingredients, crafted meticulously, and known for their excellent quality. They have become one of Luzhou’s famous snacks due to their unique texture—soft, sticky, fragrant, and tender without sticking to the teeth. There are two types: savory and sweet. The savory filling is made from fresh pork, winter bamboo shoots, scallions, MSG, and refined salt; the sweet filling is made from white sugar, refined lard, orange-red coloring, osmanthus sugar or rose sugar, and sesame. The wrapper is made from glutinous rice flour—80% well-cooked glutinous rice and 20% regular cooked rice—ground into a paste and drained. Freshly steamed Piglet Dumplings are white and glossy, resembling boiled piglets, which is how they got their name. (Luzhou)