page_title: Shaoxing wine
section_title: Usage
hierarchical_section_title: Shaoxing wine / Usage
caption_attribution_description: English: Shaoxing Rice Wine, Huadiao, 10ys, bottle and glass Deutsch: Shaoxing-Reiswein der Sorte Huadiao, 10 Jahre gereift, Flasche und Glas
context_page_description: Shaoxing wine is one of the most famous varieties of huangjiu, or traditional Chinese wines, fermented from rice. It originates from the region of Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. It is widely used as both a beverage and a cooking wine in Chinese cuisine. It is internationally well known and renowned throughout mainland China, as well as in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
context_section_description: Shaoxing wine can be drunk as a beverage and is considered to take the place of rice at the beginning of a meal.  When at home, some families will drink their wine out of rice bowls, which is also the serving style at Xian Heng Inn. If not served at a meal, Shaoxing wine can also accompany peanuts or other common snacks.
  Huang jiu 黄酒 (Pinyin: huáng jiǔ), as it is known locally, is also well known for its use in meat dishes, in addition to being an ingredient in many dishes of Chinese cuisine. It is a key ingredient of Mao Zedong's favourite dish of braised pork belly with scallion greens – what he called his "brain food" that helped him defeat his enemies. The following is a sample list of other common Shaoxing wine-marinated dishes. It is not limited to the following:
  Drunken chicken (醉雞)
  Drunken shrimp (醉蝦)
  Drunken gizzard (醉腎)
  Drunken fish (醉魚)
  Drunken crab (醉蟹)
  Drunken liver (醉肝)
  Drunken tofu (醉豆腐乾)
  Drunk phoenix talon (醉鳳爪)
caption: A glass of Shaoxing wine
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