酒酿 (jiǔniàng) · sweet fermented rice, glutinous rice wine

Measure Word

一碗酒酿 wǎn

Meanings

1 sweet fermented rice
2 glutinous rice wine
3 jiuniang

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

Steamed glutinous rice fermented until soft, sweet and slightly boozy, the grains sitting in their own sweet liquid. It is eaten with a spoon or stirred into hot sweet soups with rice balls or beaten egg.

Also called 醪糟、甜酒酿、江米酒

Used in 3 dishes

酒酿圆子 jiǔniàng yuánzi

醪糟鸡蛋 láozāo jīdàn

干烧虾仁 gānshāo xiārén

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

酒酿的甜味很自然。

Jiǔniàng de tiánwèi hěn zìrán.

The sweetness of jiuniang is very natural.

HSK 6

妈妈用酒酿煮了一碗汤圆。

Māma yòng jiǔniàng zhǔ le yì wǎn tāngyuán.

Mom cooked a bowl of glutinous rice balls in sweet fermented rice.

Tips

culture

Made by fermenting steamed glutinous rice with 酒曲 (rice-wine starter). Mildly alcoholic and sweet - eaten warm with 汤圆 or stirred into 鸡蛋羹. Sometimes called 醪糟 (láozāo) in Sichuan and the northwest.