Steam glutinous rice with ant egg: an exotic taste for foodies

If your next trip is Vietnam’s northern mountains, be mindful enough to try the steam glutinous rice with ant egg – the traditional dish of Tay ethnic people. From the first bite, you’ll fall in love with the perfect combination of sticky rice, fired shallots, and ant eggs – the key to the exquisite flavor. Plus the crispy sounds of ant eggs melting in your mouth when chewing will make your trying the dish a much more interesting experience.
April 03, 2020 | 08:36
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Ant eggs are sprinkled on top of the dish together with fried shallots (Photo: Bac Giang Portal)

In spring, during March and April when ants enter the reproductive stage, locals go into the forests to collect ant eggs. It is noted that not all kinds of ant eggs are edible; but only the eggs of black ants that built their nests in trees can be used to make this sticky rice. In addition, black ants can produce the biggest sweet eggs to serve the taste of eaters.

These tiny eggs are cleaned gently with warm water and mixed with seasonings, dried onions and fried with fat until the eggs spread a nice aroma. Then ant eggs will be stored in banana leaves to store and add more flavours.

While the steamed glutinous rice is cooked and a soft texture, they will mix with the ant eggs delicately and carefully to avoid breaking the eggs. You should take a small pinch of sticky rice to enjoy the crunchy crispy experience in your mouth with the scent of fresh glutinous rice and fatty taste of pickled fried onions in oil on top.

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