yes.

"cooking wine" is the name of cooking wine. It is brewed with yellow rice wine, and its alcohol concentration is low, with the content below 15%, while the ester content is high, which is rich in amino acids. It is widely used in cooking dishes. The seasoning function of cooking wine is mainly to remove fishy smell, and cooking wine, as a wine specially used for cooking and seasoning, is widely used in folk. However, experts pointed out that the main function of cooking wine is to remove fishy smell and increase freshness. It is mainly suitable for cooking meat, fish, shrimp, crab and other meat dishes, and it is not necessary to put cooking wine into vegetables. [2]

In addition, cooking wine is not suitable for direct drinking because of its high salt content. Although that cook wine suitable for cooking meat, fish, shrimp and crab carry the word "wine", it is different from drinking wine such as yellow wine, beer and white wine, and belongs to condiment. Wang Yi, director of the dietotherapy and nutrition department of Guang 'anmen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that cooking wine is a new variety developed on the basis of yellow rice wine, which is made of yellow rice wine as raw material and some spices and seasonings, and is a kind of seasoning wine. According to Wang Yi, yellow rice wine, the main raw material of cooking wine, is brewed from glutinous rice or millet, so it is rich in grain components and amino acids. When cooking meat, adding cooking wine will produce amino acid salts, so as to achieve the purpose of removing fishy smell and increasing freshness. [2]

Main efficacy

The main function of cooking wine is to remove the fishy smell of fish and meat, increase the aroma of dishes, and help the salty and sweet flavors to fully penetrate into dishes.

Cooking wine is rich in eight amino acids needed by human body, such as leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine and threonine. When heated, they can produce a variety of fruity, floral and toasted tastes. Among them, lysine and tryptophan can produce neurotransmitters in the brain, improve sleep, contribute to the synthesis of human fatty acids, and are also good for children's physical development.

cooking wine is made from glutinous rice by soaking, cooking and fermentation. The alcohol concentration is about 15 degrees, the wine tastes mellow, and it is rich in amino acids and vitamins. When rice wine is added to cooking, the amine substances with fishy smell in fish, shrimp and crab are dissolved in the alcohol of rice wine and volatilized with the alcohol when heated, so as to achieve the purpose of removing fishy smell. In addition, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, etc. also have different degrees of fishy smell. Adding yellow wine to cooking can also remove fishy smell. [3]

enhance fragrance.