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Shaoxing wine

Also Known As : Chinese cooking wine, shàoxīng jiǔ

Vegetarian

Taste Profile

It has a salty, harsh alcoholic flavour.

Usage Tips

  1. Shaoxing Wine is particularly essential for hong shao or red-cooked dishes like Chinese Braised Fish (Hong Shao Yu) and Shanghai Style Braised pork belly (Hong Shao Rou).
  2. It is used in larger quantities in braised dishes, (our braised fish recipe calls for 3/4 cup!), while a marinade or stir-fry usually contains only a tablespoon or two.

Common names and forms

  1. Chinese cooking wine

Description

Shaoxing wine is a type of Chinese rice wine that hails from Shaoxing, a city in China. It is a rice wine that is made specifically for cooking. Just like in Western cooking, it is used to add depth and complexity to sauces, broths and anything it is added to. With early records mentioning it, Shaoxing Wine is one of the oldest forms of rice wine in China. It is also bottled for domestic consumption and for shipping internationally. Aged wines are referred to by year of brewing, similar to grape vintage year.

Selection Guide

It is preferable to buy a regular-sized bottle as well as the gallon jugs. It’s economical and keeps well in the pantry. As for quality and price, the general rule is, the more expensive the wine, the higher quality it is (less briny, more flavor).

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