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A Step-By-Step to Homemade Fermented Rice Wine

A Step-By-Step to Homemade Fermented Rice Wine muTu Note - Learn Chinese with Chinese Girl Chinese cuisine would be incomplete if not for the array of snacks passed on from generation to generation. Of those, one of the oldest, and perhaps tastiest, is the impeccable dish,láo zāo(醪糟 fermented glutinous rice wine), otherwise referred to as mǐ jiǔ (米酒) or jiǔ niàng(酒酿). This seeming cross between a pudding(布丁,bù dīng) and soup is typically translated as fermented glutinous rice wine due to its alcoholic nature, however, the alcohol(酒精,jiǔ jīng) is barely noticeable and children are often introduced to it very early on in life. Fermented glutinous rice wine cooked with glutinous rice balls (汤圆,tāng yuán) is a traditional food for marking the end of Chinese New Year. A Step-By-Step to Homemade Fermented Rice Wine How to make fermented glutinous rice wine As with all fermentation recipes, cleanliness is paramount. Make sure that everything that will come into contact with t