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How to make Chinese rice wine ( no mi jiu 糯米酒 - sarawak style)

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Chinese rice wine 糯米酒 are mainly used during confinement and general cooking of wine chicken dishes like "Ka chang ma" and "Ginger wine chicken". There are various methods to make Chinese wine. Traditional recipes are mostly "agak agak" or just rough estimates. sometimes they are successful and sometimes not. This lead to a lot of Pantang and taboos. For example, you cannot make wine on certain days of the month or when a woman is having her period.

The recipe that I now use have been tested by myself and I have also given them to a few friends to try. They have all reported success even on their first attempt without any taboos. The recipe can be ratio and would suggest you to try using one kilo first until you are more confident.

Ingredients :(This may be reduced according to ratio)
6 Kilo Glutinous Rice
18 pcs small wine biscuit ** ( see below)
3 bottles Chinese white wine.( ½ bottle per kilo of rice) ++ see notes below
150ml water more or less
** used the round type for wine biscuits. The ratio is 3 pieces for every kilo of rice.
Chinese wine biscuits

Method:
1. Cook all the Glutinous Rice and let it cool down completely, preferably overnight.
*Letting it cool overnight to make sure all the rice have cool completely. If continue other steps by using the hot rice will cause the wine to become sour )

2. Get ready the wine biscuit and crushed into powder form.

4. Get ready a Ceramic pot (I used a large pryrex glass bowl with lid for 1 kilo rice) and start with 1st layer of wine powder then 1 layer of Glutinous Rice…cover with another layer of wine powder.

5. Repeat Step 4 until all the Glutinous Rice & wine powder are finished.

6. Finally Pour a little bit of water on the top of those ingredients

7. Cover it nicely and keep at a dark cool place but not airtight, the yeast fermentation need to breath.
8. On the 3rd day open and pour the Chinese white wine into it to make it more 'thick and tasty. ++(see notes below)
9.Close the jar (not air tight) and leave the jar in a cool place to ferment for 21 days.

10. Open up after 21days. Stir wine and strained out the wine into a clean pot or bottles. Discard the residue.

Notes :
1) Keeping the wine longer than 20days will further the fermentation and may result in sour wine.(vinegar)
2) With good result may produce 10 - 15 bottles (1 liter) sweet & tasty Chinese rice wine.
3. Once bottled, wine may be kept for 1 or 2 years. The wine ages in its container and changes from a milky white color to cherry red while developing a sherry-like flavor.

++Use ordinary Chinese white wine. Some white wine sold in Chinese Oriental Shops which were imported from china were salty. No worries, my friend informed me on her second attempt she used these salty white wines and also with good results.The final Rice Wine would not be salty. She informed that upon opening on the 21st day, the wine were very sweet but without any wine smell. She just bottled it and eventually as the wine age in about another three weeks, the wine smell became stronger and tasty.


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  1. Thanks for the recipe, just made, I also bought the salty rice wine but my mom said can't use, anyway, will try to use that as i can't find the normal one here in Singapore. Hope it turns out well.

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    1. huh...salty rice wine from China ..if it is for confinement..you cannot use..hope your wine turns out well.

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  2. yes, salty wine from China, it says "rice wine", not for confinement, just too cook chicken wine and kachangma for normal days consumption. Can use?

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  3. yes, salty rice wine may be used for normal cooking

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    1. Hi Shoonyin, can you pls tell me how to cook the glutinous rice? in a rice cooker with the given amount of water as indicated in the rice cooker to the cup of rice.

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    2. yes, but before that please soak the glutinous rice in water at least 4 hours or overnight... then cook the rice with just enough water covering the rice. or as the same level with the rice surface.
      Do not use the measurement cup in the rice cooker.

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  4. I have tried the recipe and it turned out to be successful! Thank you, Shoo yin.
    May I know whether it is necessary to boil the rice wine before bottling them?

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    1. oh no...Do not boil the wine..it will all evaporate..Just bottle it as it is.
      shoonyin

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  5. What type of rice wine is used in confinement? Most is the chinese wine I find here are salty or mixed with sugar and have little percentage of alcohol. Do I need PURE rice wine for confinement body rubs? - to keep warm (Not to drink or cook) thank you for answering. I'm based in melbourne australia.

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  6. What type of rice wine is used in confinement? Most is the chinese wine I find here are salty or mixed with sugar and have little percentage of alcohol. Do I need PURE rice wine for confinement body rubs? - to keep warm (Not to drink or cook) thank you for answering. I'm based in melbourne australia.

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    1. hi, the wine recipe no mi jiu is for cooking only...
      For body rubs you have to use 白米酒 or white rice wine..I think you can easily get in any oriental stores preferably made in Taiwan which is less salty. The ones from China is much more salty

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  7. Thank you for your reply. I didn't know there is a difference between rice wine and white rice wine. So looks like they contain salt content? Do you have a brand that you recommend for body runs? :) cheers

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  8. Hi Shoonyin.
    i want to try to make glutinous rice wine for my confinement. may i know what brand you are using in Chinese white wine? thanks.
    Lina from singapore

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    1. hi Lina, any brand can do as long as it is not salty like the ones imported from china.
      Chinese white wine is also known as 白米酒. Most local made are not salty and can be used.
      regards
      shoonyin

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