酒糟 (jiǔzāo) · wine lees; liquor dregs

Meanings

1 wine lees; liquor dregs
2 distiller's grains; spent grains

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

The mash left after brewing rice wine, used as a seasoning for its winey taste. Fujian's 红糟, the lees of wine brewed with red yeast rice, is red and slightly sour and flavours chicken, pork and eel.

Used in 1 dish

糟溜鱼片 zāoliū yúpiàn

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

酒糟可以用来腌鱼，味道很香。

Jiǔzāo kěyǐ yònglái yān yú, wèidào hěn xiāng.

Wine lees can be used to cure fish, and the flavor is wonderful.

HSK 7-9

酿酒剩下的酒糟常用作饲料。

Niàngjiǔ shèngxià de jiǔzāo cháng yòngzuò sìliào.

The leftover distiller's grains from brewing are often used as animal feed.

Tips

culture

酒糟 used in cooking is the lees left from making rice wine (黄酒 or 米酒). It flavors and cures fish and meat (酒糟鱼, 糟溜鱼片). The grains left after distilling baijiu mostly go to livestock feed. 糟 alone can mean 'dregs' or 'spoiled'.