MIRIN sweet rice wine for cooking; from a mixture of medium-grain rice, glutinous rice and distilled rice spirit which is matured for two months to result in its particular sweetness of flavour SAKE dry rice wine, a basic ingredient in many Japanese dishes. Special and first grad is for drinking while ryoriyo sake is made for cooking and has a lower alcohol content than drinking sake
Called Shao Hsing in China, also known as Chinese cooking wine is a dry, strong, flavorful and clear wine made from fermented rice. If rice wine is not available, Japanese sake or dry sherry can be substituted. Rice wines are usually lower in alcohol and popular in Chinese stir fried and steamed dishes.
Is a sweet, golden wine made from fermenting freshly steamed glutinous rice.
yellow wine, Shaoshing or Shaoxing wine (this is the most popular type of rice wine)
Called shao hsing in Chinese markets. A good dry sherry is a fine substitute.
A dry, strong, flavorful, clear Chinese cooking wine made from fermented rice. This sherry flavored wine is used in Chinese stir fried and steamed dishes.
Wine from fermented rice, it is golden yellow in colour. It has a dry sherry like flavour and is used to flavour many Chinese dishes.
Technically not a wine at all, this fermented beverage is made from steamed glutinous rice. It is classified as a beer in the U.S. but because of its alcohol content (between 12 and 16%) it is marketed more like a specialty wine. Produced mainly in Asia, rice wine ranges from colourless to golden yellow and from very dry to sweet. The most famous variety is Japan's sake.
An essential ingredient in Chinese cooking and other...
Rice wine refers to alcoholic beverages made from rice. However, unlike true wine, which is made by fermenting grapes and sometimes other fruit, rice "wine" is more akin to beer, in that it is brewed from grain. Rice brew typically has a higher alcohol content (18-25%) than wine (10-14%), which in turn has a higher alcohol content than beer (4-8%).
