What is cooking wine? Is it sold in the supermarket?

The so-called cooking wine, as its name implies, is the wine specially used for cooking and seasoning. Cooking wine has been used in China for thousands of years. Some countries in Japan, America and Europe also have the habit of using cooking wine. Theoretically, beer, white wine, yellow wine, Portuguese fishing wine and whisky can all be used as cooking wine. However, after long-term practice and tasting, Ren Mi J found that the flavors of dishes cooked with different cooking wines are far from each other. After repeated experiments, people found that yellow wine cooking is the best.

Efficacy: The main efficacy of yellow rice wine in cooking is to remove fishy smell and greasy taste. Adding yellow rice wine to stir-fry can make the substances causing fishy smell dissolve in hot alcohol and be taken away with the volatilization of alcohol. The ester aroma and mellow aroma of yellow rice wine are very harmonious with the aroma of dishes. When used in cooking, it can not only add fragrance to dishes, but also induce the inherent aroma of food to evaporate through ethanol volatilization, so that the aroma of dishes is overflowing. Yellow rice wine also contains a variety of polysaccharide flavor substances with high amino acid content. When used in cooking, it can increase the umami flavor and make the dishes have rich flavor. When cooking meat, poultry, eggs and other dishes, yellow wine can penetrate into food tissues, dissolve trace organic matter, and make dishes soft and tender. Warm drinking and yellow sprinkling can help blood circulation, promote metabolism, nourish blood and beauty, promote blood circulation and dispel cold, dredge meridians, effectively resist cold stimulation and prevent colds. Yellow rice wine can also be used as a drug primer.

Suitable for the crowd: adults can enjoy it.

Usage: When cooking, use according to the food cooked. When drinking directly, it is advisable to use about 30 ml, and each time it does not exceed 200 ml.

Tip: Don't put too much when cooking, so as not to expect too much wine to affect the taste of the dish itself. Not suitable for drinking in summer. Hot drinks are good for health. In this way, a very small amount of organic compounds such as methanol, aldehydes and ethers in yellow rice wine are volatilized, and at the same time, the lipid aromatic hydrocarbons contained in it are also transpiration, which makes the wine more refreshing and mellow.