Chinese Rice Snack
From Chinese Food Wiki
Introduction
Rice is the staple grain for much of China. After cleaning, hulling, and milling, rice retains a large share of its nutrients and appears not only as steamed rice but also as snacks: crispy crusts, sticky dumplings, porridges, and festive cakes.
Lists of rice snacks
- Guoba 锅巴 — crispy rice crust, also used in stir-fries
- Zongzi 粽子 — leaf-wrapped sticky-rice dumplings (Dragon Boat Festival)
- Popcorn rice / puffed rice 爆米花
- Snow crackers 雪饼
- Dried seafood rice crackers 鲜贝 (snack style)
- Fried rice kernels 炒米
- Rice candy / puffed-rice candy 米花糖
- Nian gao 年糕 — sticky rice cake for New Year
- Eight-treasure porridge 八宝粥
- Fermented sweet rice 醪糟 (láo zāo)
- Ci ba / ci ba cake 糍粑