Yellow rice wine

An amber wine brewed from glutinous rice, sweeter and rounder than plain rice wine. It is the wine Hakka families cook chicken in after a birth, brewed at home by the jar and used all month.

TCM properties

Nature · warming　Flavour · sweet、pungent　Meridians · heart、liver、spleen

Traditional food therapy

The tradition holds that yellow wine warms the body and moves qi. Said plainly: the alcohol does not cook away, and if you are breastfeeding it has to be counted.

Cautions: read first

• Contains alcohol. While breastfeeding, the Australian NHMRC position is that not drinking is safest.
• The alcohol does not boil off; residue remains however long it is cooked.

Preparation

Splashed into a hot wok, or used as the braising liquid on its own.

Origin

The Hakka districts of Meizhou and Heyuan in Guangdong. An Asian-grocer buy in Australia, not a supermarket line

Availability in Australia

Herbal shops / specialists

Pairs well with