What's it called?
Shaoxing rice wine, rice wine Shaohsing, Chinese rice wine, Shaoxing jiu (绍兴酒).
What is it?
The most famous of all Chinese rice wines come from Shaoxing, about 160 km in Shanghai. Steamed rice is allowed in large kettles with a starter culture (Jiu Mu, literally: Mother Rice Wine) a few weeks to months to ferment. Then the "rice-gunk" compressed rice wine and stick on. That is made clear, tinted with caramel and pasteurized (heated briefly) to the fermentation process to stop and then in small jars outside, under the influence of the seasons a year to mature.
How to use?
A good Shaoxing rice wine Of course you can just drink. Can be heated, as is sake. The kitchen is often used to remove any unpleasant smells of fish or meat to neutralize. Just short "marinate" in a little rice wine is enough. But a dash to the end to extinguish it is also delicious meat and gives you just that Asian touch. You will also find all kinds of Shaoxing rice wine in marinades, soups, you name it. Really indispensable in Chinese cooking.
Tips, tricks & recipes
- Recipe: drunken chicken
- Who really wants to know ins and outs, there is a very comprehensive document online: Grandiose Survey of Chinese Alcoholic Drinks and Beverages .
- Note that one Shaoxing rice wine the other is not. Read more about it in the mail: counterfeit products
- See all discussed: rice wines in a row .
What to buy?
 | Brand: TTL Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation country of origin: Taiwan label: Taiwan绍兴酒Shaohsing wine. Taijade 13.5% approximate price: € 3.75 - € 5.25 (600ml) |
Robin, what do you think the best dark / black rice wine? Have a go at Amazing Orientel Utrecht looked for one of TTL, but I could not find it.
That I wrote about it in the mail about black rice vinegar . ;-)
Dear Robin,
I meant no wine and vinegar.
In some cookbooks is a distinction made between "regular" rice wine and black / dark rice wine.
The difference between ordinary and black vinegar was already clear to me.
Oh, silly me, to read quickly. :-)
I have not much experience, I know / have only this:
Is also still on the to-do-list to that a little more figuring out. So as yet I can not really help them.
In the kitchen I have another brand stand. Give me your address I will send you a picture of soon.
There in the right column, right at the bottom a little envelope. "Underneath" is my email address. ;-)