date:Jul 07, 2014
-bodied and well rounded than regular distilled vinegar, Yan says in his cookbook Martin Yan's China. This vinegar is comparable, he says, to the most expensive balsamic vinegar from Italy.
Besides being used as a dipping sauce for dumplings or additional flavoring for soups, mature vinegar is also used in cooking dishes such as sweet and sour spare ribs, and pork and chestnuts braised in brown sauce, says Song Xin, executive sous chef at the Fairmont Beijing Hotel.
Shanxi's vinegar production