A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
Smooth white cakes formed into strips or logs and slices; these are a prepared rice dough, not loose rice or rice flour.
In the kitchen
Cooked alongside pork chops, or used in stir-fried and soup preparations.
Rice types and proportions vary, including mixtures with glutinous rice. Water-milled versions use a ground rice slurry; they are not automatically the same as whole-grain pounded glutinous-rice ciba or sweet festival cakes.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有白年糕吗？
Does this dish contain Plain rice cakes (niangao)?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
