What to Substitute for Chinese Cooking Wine? Dry Sherry is Your Best Bet Forget the common advice to reach for mirin; the most effective, versatile substitute for Chinese cooking wine (specifically Shaoxing wine) is actually dry sherry. Its nutty, savory, slightly alcoholic profile mirrors the depth Shaoxing brings to a dish far more closely than […]
Despite the exotic name, the closest and most versatile substitute for most culinary rice wines – especially dry Chinese Shaoxing – isn’t another Asian spirit at all, but rather dry sherry. A good dry fino or pale dry sherry shares the nutty, umami-rich depth and mild sweetness that makes rice wine invaluable in the kitchen, […]
Finding the Best Woolworths Rice Wine: Your Top Pick for Cooking & Drinking You’ve got a recipe open on your phone, scanning the aisles at Woolworths for “rice wine,” and you’re probably seeing a few bottles that look similar but aren’t quite right. Maybe you’ve spotted “Shaoxing” but aren’t sure if it’s the real deal […]