Chongzuo Food

Chongzuo is a multi-ethnic city centered on the Zhuang people. As a representative of the Zhuang cuisine, you can't miss it! Roasted pigs, glutinous rice cake, and rice cake... Each delicious dish is a manifestation of Zhuang's culture. To experience the local customs of Chongzuo, let’s start from the national cuisine! Here's a guide to food experiences you shouldn't miss in Chongzuo.

 

Five Colors Glutinous Rice

Five colors glutinous rice is a traditional snack of the Zhuang ethnic group region. It is named after the glutinous rice has five colors of black, red, yellow, white and purple, also known as “black rice”. It has the symbol of good luck and good harvest.

Steamed Sponge Cake

steamed sponge cake is an indispensable special food for Chongzuo people to worship the ancestors. The most traditional authentic one should be browned steamed sponge cake, usually made of brown sugar, with a unique sweet taste of brown sugar.

Zhuang Style Zongzi

Ningming Zhuang style zongzi is a large zongba made from glutinous rice, pork, etc., which is a traditional food specially made by the Zhuang people on March 3rd.

Banana Leaf Glutinous Rice Cake

Banana Leaf Glutinous Rice Cake is a home-style snack of Zhuang people. The general banana leaf Glutinous Rice Cake have peanut or sesame filling. Their tastes vary with the fillings, either sweet or salty. the banana leaf's fragrance is mixed with delicious fillings.

Maple Leaf Rice 

Maple Leaf rice is a traditional food of Ningming Zhuang's family in March 3 festival. Maple Leaf's unique fragrance and sweetness linger around the lips and teeth. It has the healthy efficacy of clearing the bowels and scraping oil.

　　

Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Cake

The sweet potato Glutinous Rice Cake is one of the famous specialties in Fusui County and has the unique flavor of Zhuang style. The sweet potato is used as the main raw material, after washing, steaming, peeling, and mixing with the glutinous rice slurry to make the glutinous rice cake skin. The fillings inside the cake are both peanuts and sesame, according to personal preference, either fried or steamed, with Simple production and unique flavor.

Golden Porridge

"Golden Porridge" does not contain gold because it is named after its golden color. The corn kernels are the main material. Production requires a certain amount of fine effort. First, screen and remove the wizened, worm-eaten granules. Then, grind it into uniform fine particle and sieve out the powder and pick out the large coarse granules. Only use the uniform particles to cook, the porridge is not sparse and welcomed by people.

Bamboo Tube Cooked Rice

Bamboo rice is one of the common specialties of Guangxi's ethnic minorities. Pingxiang's climate and environment are very suitable for the growth of bamboo. Zhuang people can cook rice in a hollow piece of bamboo which gives it a distinctive flavor. rice, peanuts, pork, soy sauce, salt, monosodium glutamate, water, lard, a little spice, a fresh hollow bamboo are Ingredients of bamboo rice. After being sealed and cooked, the scent of bamboo is better preserved.

Roasted Suckling Pig 　

The suckling pigs need to be fed with glutinous rice or rice to make the meat fine and skin tender. Generally, it is better to use about 4kg of suckling pigs that have not been weaned. After the laparotomy, the pigs are opened, dried and placed on a charcoal fire, and baked. Both two sides will be turned over. At the same time, spices such as soy sauce and honey are added and baked to make the skin color golden. When the sound is crisp, the meat is soft and refreshing.