Eating in China
Fermented oat groats (tianpeizi)

Fermented oat groats (tianpeizi)

Chinese name
燕麦甜醅子
Mandarin pinyin
Yànmài tiánpēizi

Cooked whole oat kernels fermented with sweet-grain starter and water, giving moist, softly chewy grains and a sweet, lightly fermented aroma.

Type
Prepared ingredients

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Cooked whole oat kernels fermented with sweet-grain starter and water, giving moist, softly chewy grains and a sweet, lightly fermented aroma.

In the kitchen

Eat with their liquid or mix into milk tea. These are whole fermented grains, not rolled oats or fermented rice.

Other grain versions and sweetened products exist. Fermentation may produce alcohol; neither zero alcohol nor gluten-free status is guaranteed. Check the starter and product label.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有燕麦甜醅子吗?

Does this dish contain Fermented oat groats (tianpeizi)?

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