What is a good alternative to using rice wine when cooking chinese food?!


Question: What is a good alternative to using rice wine when cooking chinese food!?
I always wondered what the purpose of adding rice wine is to a chinese recipe!. what difference does it make by leaving it out!. and what non alcoholic alternatives are there!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


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It's an acid, so it adds acidity to a dish!. I never buy rice wine, but found that rice vinegar is great because it's a very mellow vinegar!. Just use a little less than your recipe calls for!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I am a former chef and worked in Asia and use many different ones, but you can get away in most recipes without it, an alternative if you do is a mix of white wine and sweet sherry or either one alone, sake is o!.k but is higher in alcohol than normal chinese cooking wines, I buy a shaixcin type which is darker and more flavourful than the clear type, but if you do not want to add it even a bit of rice vinegar is fine!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Rice wine adds a subtle flavor!. Just like adding wine to any food like red wine to stews!. It's there, you notice it!. You can leave it out of course!. A substitute is dry sherry!. I often buy just a cheap sherry and use that for cooking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

dry sherry is fine ,
just the cooking proccess will evaporate the alcoholWww@FoodAQ@Com





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