Rice Wine
Also known as "yellow wine," it is a flavoring liquid made from fermented rice, usually noted for a mild taste and somewhat sweet in flavor, and has a relatively low alcohol content.
Rice wine used both in drinking and cooking, the Chinese often use it to remove any strong odors from seafood, such as fish.
Till now, the best quality rice wine come from Shaoxing in the Zheijang province, thus you can easily find Shaoxing rice wine in any Asian markets. Or, if you do not have rice wine at hand, no worry, dry sherry can also work perfectly.
Other names:
Yellow wine, Shaoshing or Shaoxing wine.
Provide:
Rice wine is available in any Asian markets, you may also find wines labelled "cooking rice liquor" or "wine for cooking", these are not as good as rice wine, as those do not have the sweet taste of rice wine.
Storage:
Place in a cold, dark place at room temperature.
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