Eating in China
Oats ingredient on a plain plate.

Oats

燕麦Yànmài

Oat groats are whole kernels with the hull removed. Cut oats are smaller pieces, while rolled oats are steamed and pressed into flat flakes.

Type
Grains

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Oat groats are whole kernels with the hull removed. Cut oats are smaller pieces, while rolled oats are steamed and pressed into flat flakes.

In the kitchen

Whole oat grain is the chewier alternative in Qinghai tianpei.

Tianpei uses grain with the outer covering removed; rolled breakfast flakes and fine oat flour should not be assumed interchangeable with it.

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这道菜里有燕麦吗?

Does this dish contain Oats?

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