1, selected cooking wine (key 1)
The most obvious cooking wine is brewing cooking wine and blending cooking wine;
Brewing cooking wine: based on yellow rice wine, raw materials are glutinous rice and rice. The wine is mellow, rich in amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients, and the effect of deodorizing and refreshing the brewed cooking wine is much higher than that of blending cooking wine, so the words "brewed cooking wine" should be recognized when choosing a good cooking wine;
Blending cooking wine: it is mainly blended with alcohol, pigment and food additives. No aroma of cooking wine, light taste, no amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients. It is cheap, but it has little edible value.
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2. Look at the ingredient list (key 2)
The ingredients list is marked with yellow wine, high-quality and pure cooking wine, which can be purchased with confidence. If the ingredients list is marked with the words "water+alcohol, food additives, etc.". , is undoubtedly blending cooking wine, it is not recommended to buy.
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3. Check the alcohol content of cooking wine (item 3)
Products with high alcohol content have long cycle and high production cost. The alcohol content of general yellow rice wine is about 15. When buying cooking wine, we should try our best to choose cooking wine with alcohol content above 10, and 15 is the most suitable.
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4, do not add any preservatives ≠ no additives
Some bottle packages will be specially printed with words such as preservative-free and alcohol-free preservatives, which is a marketing strategy and a small means to attract customers. It does not mean that other additives are not added, such as caramel pigment, flavor enhancer, sodium glutamate and so on. Please observe carefully before buying, and be sure to find a formal channel to buy when buying.
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5, onion ginger cooking wine
In order to meet the various needs of the public, there are various kinds of onion and ginger cooking wine circulating in the market. For this kind of cooking wine, it is generally recommended to use it only for pickling ingredients, not for cooking and frying. Because cooking wine itself has the function of improving taste and removing fishy smell, and people are used to matching it with fresh-cut onion and ginger, so the effect of removing fishy smell is better.
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Note: When cooking, you don't need to put too much cooking wine, so as not to be too heavy and affect the umami taste of the dishes themselves.
When buying cooking wine, don't always pick expensive ones. Look for these three places on the bottle, so that you can easily choose good cooking wine.