Everyone is familiar with yellow rice wine, which is the most well-known wine in our daily life. Why do you say that? Because rice wine is not produced on the production line, it can also be brewed at home, so it is also the most common wine in ordinary people's homes. Rice wine is sweet, not only can be drunk alone, but also can be used for cooking and all kinds of delicious food, which can be described as a necessary good wine for every household. So how to brew safe, hygienic and high-quality rice wine at home? Next, let's study with Bian Xiao.

1, rice selection, need to soak. The rice used to make rice wine is glutinous rice instead of rice. Choose the best glutinous rice, wash it and soak it in purified water for 6-8 hours. How far is the gun? Generally speaking, it can be crushed with a gentle pinch of your hand. This process is to make glutinous rice softer and easier to separate essence and taste.

2. Add more cold water to the pot. Spread the soaked glutinous rice on the steamer, and add enough cold water in the pot to avoid drying and affecting the sweetness and fragrance of glutinous rice. Generally speaking, it can be steamed in 20 -25 minutes after boiling. Don't cook immediately after steaming, stew for a while and let the steam soak in glutinous rice? Wake up? After a while, the effect will be better, and the glutinous rice will absorb more steam.

3. Stir, cool and add sake koji. What is Koji? Simply put, it is similar to fermenting bacteria. Take out the steamed glutinous rice, stir it loosely and evenly, and let it cool. It must be cooled before adding koji, otherwise high temperature will kill the fungal components in koji and destroy the fermentation process of yellow rice wine. After adding koji, smooth it, and then dig a hole in the middle to let it ferment smoothly.

4. The warm nest begins to ferment. The glutinous rice wine koji can be sealed and fermented in a warm place. In order to keep it warm and ferment better, it can also be wrapped in a quilt and fermented for about a week. Then you can separate several bowls of sweet and delicious rice wine.

This is the process of making family rice wine. It seems simple, but it is not easy to make delicious rice wine. It needs more practice. How's it going? Have you learned the process of making rice wine? Come on, please leave a comment on Bian Xiao's making method, take its essence and discard its dross, and we will work out the best way to make rice wine together.