How to make delicious and simple green rice sausage at home

1. Ingredients for making green rice sausage

Minced shoulder meat: 200g
Dried green rice: 200g
Minced pork: 500g
Fish sauce: 1 teaspoon
Cooking oil: 100 ml
Banana leaves/lotus leaves: a little

2. How to make delicious green rice sausage, Hanoi style

Step 1:Raw material preparation

With green rice, you clean out the sand as well as the damaged and flat rice grains. Next, soak the green rice in half a bowl of water for about 15 minutes until the rice expands, then use a sieve to scoop it out and drain.

Step 2: Marinate meat and minced pork

Take a large bowl and add all 200g of minced pork shoulder and 500g of minced pork and mix well with gloved hands.

Step 3: Mix rice

Add 200g of drained green rice with 1 teaspoon of fish sauce and continue mixing until the mixture thickens into a mass. Then add the green rice to the meat mixture above and mix well.

Next, add 1 teaspoon of cooking oil to the meat mixture above, mix well, cover with plastic wrap and leave in the refrigerator for about 30-35 minutes.

Step 4Steamed green rice sausage

Take the meat mixture out of the refrigerator, separate a little into the palm of your hand and flatten it into the shape you like.

Next, place the lotus leaf at the bottom of the steamer, put the green rice balls on top and steam for about 10-12 minutes. This is how to make green rice balls as delicious as in restaurants, helping the finished product have a characteristic, attractive aroma and not stick to the bottom. Steam until the surface shrinks and the green rice grains are cooked, then it is done.

Step 5: Fried green rice sausage

After steaming, take it out and let it cool down. You can fry it and eat it right away or put it in the refrigerator to eat gradually.
Place the pan on the stove, add about 100ml of cooking oil, wait for the oil to boil, then add the patties and fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides for about 10-15 minutes depending on the size of the patties.

Step 6: Complete

Take the fried green rice patties out onto a plate lined with oil-absorbing paper and then place them on a plate lined with lotus leaves or banana leaves to make them more appealing. That completes the recipe for delicious green rice patties in the true Hanoi style.

Com sausage with a firm, crispy outer layer combined with a chewy, fragrant, fatty filling inside is extremely attractive and delicious.

Com and minced meat sausage can be eaten with hot rice or you can also eat it with a plate of vermicelli and fried tofu, it's delicious.

3. Some notes when making cốm sausage

To make delicious cốm sausage, you need to note the following points:

You should buy green rice in the morning because at this time the green rice will be more delicious, fragrant and sticky. You should not choose green rice that is too mushy or too hard.

You can also make cốm sausage from dried cốm. You should choose to buy young green grains, not slightly yellow or chemical green.

The green rice flakes are made from firm, thin and chewy glutinous rice grains, so they are the preferred choice. When we bite into these green rice flakes, we will immediately feel the chewy, rich and fragrant texture.

Delicious dried green rice flakes are when the grains are loose and separate from each other instead of sticking together due to moisture or being left for too long.

With minced pork, you should choose to buy minced pork that is packaged securely, carefully and airtight to ensure the minced pork is clean, safe and free of dirt.

Do not buy raw meat that has traces of meat and fat due to improper grinding or has an unusual odor.

Since most of the raw ham is packaged product, you need to pay attention to the expiration date and choose a reliable manufacturer. Note that the raw ham inside must always have an even light pink color and be soft and smooth.

Besides, you can also refer to how to make raw ham at home to ensure quality and food safety.

For minced meat to make cốm sausage, you should choose lean shoulder or loin meat in advance and ask the seller to grind it for you or bring it home and mince it yourself or use a meat grinder.

You should choose meat that is bright pink and tender. The fat should be bright, firm and have a distinctive aroma.

Alternatively, you can press your finger into the meat and release it. If it doesn’t leave a fingerprint, springs back quickly and is pinkish red, then it’s fresh meat.

Avoid buying pieces of meat that have fat, separate meat, and yellow liquid when touched because those are pigs raised with lean meat-producing chemicals, so they are not safe to eat.

When making cốm sausage, you should not add spices such as onions, garlic... Because they will overpower the natural aroma of cốm.

Fried green rice sausage is usually eaten with soy sauce, chili sauce, rice or noodles.

You should eat fried green rice sausage while it is still hot to feel the stickiness of the green rice, the fat of the meat and ham.

The finished Com Cha dish has an eye-catching yellow color and is delicious. Don't forget to eat it with chili sauce to enhance the flavor of the dish.

Above is how to make delicious cốm sausage at home. Wish you success when making this dish.