料酒 (liàojiǔ) · cooking wine, Chinese culinary rice wine

Measure Word

一瓶料酒 píng

Meanings

1 cooking wine
2 Chinese culinary rice wine

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

Cooking wine, mostly yellow rice wine, some brands brewed with spices such as Sichuan pepper, star anise and cassia. A splash in marinades and cooking takes away the fishy or gamy smell of meat and seafood; Shaoxing wine does the same.

Contains wheat

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

厨房里料酒用完了。

Chúfáng lǐ liàojiǔ yòng wán le.

The kitchen is out of cooking wine.

HSK 7-9

炒鱼前先加点料酒去腥。

Chǎo yú qián xiān jiā diǎn liàojiǔ qù xīng.

Add some cooking wine before frying the fish to remove the fishy smell.

Tips

culture

Chinese 料酒 is a seasoned rice wine (often Shaoxing-based) with added salt and spices, not meant for drinking. Its main job is to de-odorize meat and fish (去腥) and add umami depth during stir-frying.