How to Use glutinous rice in a Sentence

glutinous rice

noun
  • Is mochiko the same as glutinous rice flour?
    — Alma Avalle, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The glutinous rice cakes are filled with mung bean and pork, then steamed in banana leaves.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Chen’s favorite filling is glutinous rice with split mung beans.
    — Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Sweet, glutinous rice is washed, soaked, steamed and pounded into a smooth mass.
    — Amanda Kludt, CNN, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Made with tender glutinous rice flour and filled with mung bean paste, the balls are then rolled in sesame seeds and fried.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 18 May 2022
  • In its early form, tang yuan was a glutinous rice ball packed with a mixture of lard, black sesame and white sugar.
    — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Pair either of these with chicken in wine sauce and slivers of lotus root stuffed with glutinous rice.
    — Bill Addison, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • This is mixed with local glutinous rice that is boiled and air dried, and kept to ferment in earthen vessels.
    — Joanna Lobo, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2021
  • These foods would include fish, dumplings, Tangyuan (sweet rice balls), and Nian gao (glutinous rice cake).
    — Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Families observe this time by enjoying special foods, such as glutinous rice balls known as tang yuan.
    — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Made with glutinous rice flour, this dough is hydrated and heated so that the starches absorb water, swell and burst.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Its distinctive crackle is owed to its blend of white and black glutinous rice, whose runoff color dyes the former lavender.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2025
  • These days, of course, satchels of glutinous rice can be found at most markets, and a rice cooker with a sticky or sweet rice setting will cook the rice in no time.
    — Sunset Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Another menu item is nian gao, a rice cake that is sticky and compact, made of glutinous rice flour and can be either sweet or savory.
    — Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Mochiko is our preferred brand of glutinous rice flour, but Bob’s Red Mill sweet white rice flour will also work.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The types of rice that are high in amylopectin and lower in amylose are stickier—think arborio or glutinous rice.
    — Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The glutinous rice dough balls are stuffed with surprising combinations like matcha, chocolate, red bean filling, fruit and meats.
    — Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Everything gets steamed together in one bowl so that the glutinous rice can absorb all the delicious flavors.
    — Jessie Yuchen, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Nian gao, the traditional glutinous rice cake, appears in the shape of gnocchi with chives, for example.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Genuine salep powder might prove tricky to track down outside of Turkey, but glutinous rice flour or other starch can stand in while whipping up a batch.
    — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Enter mochi, a Japanese treat that is made from mochiko, or glutinous rice flour (which is naturally gluten-free, despite its name).
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 2 May 2022
  • Then there’s Japanese mochi and Filipino kakanin, a coconutty glutinous rice cake, with a more pliable feel that verges on tacky.
    — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2019
  • In a pinch, different varieties of glutinous rice flour can be substituted for one another.
    — Alma Avalle, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
  • For something completely different texturally, pick up a pack of tri-colored sapin-sapin, made with glutinous rice flour and coconut milk.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Eating long noodles brings longevity, while desserts such as tang yuan — glutinous rice balls with sweet fillings such as peanut or sesame — center on family relationships.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Tangyuan is a Chinese dessert -- sticky balls made from glutinous rice flour containing a sweet filling, such as ground peanuts or black sesame paste, and served in a bowl of sweet soup or rolled in ground peanuts.
    — CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Jian diu are one of my mum’s specialties—round, puffed glutinous rice balls with a savory filling, along with a sweet variation that is shaped like a finger and stuffed with a peanut and coconut mix.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Others compared it to a glutinous rice ball, a traditional food eaten during the celebrations.
    — Joy Dong, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • This unique flavor comes from fermenting red chile flakes, soybeans, glutinous rice, and salt in Korean earthenware pots called onggi.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2021
  • The fifteenth and final day of the holiday is the Lantern Festival, during which people have tangyuan, or sweet glutinous rice balls.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 17 Feb. 2026

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