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Chinkiang vinegar
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English
Zhenjiang vinegar
Alternative forms
en Chinkiang vinegar
Etymology
From en zh 鎮江zh 香醋 or zh 鎮江zh 醋, using the old romanization Chinkiang instead of the modern romanization Zhènjiāng.
Noun
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An aromatic rice-based black vinegar produced in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
en https://archive.org/details/martinyansinvita0000yanm/ 1999 w:Martin Yan Martin Yan's invitation to Chinese Cooking Singapore Bay Books 1-57959-504-9 229 https://archive.org/details/martinyansinvita0000yanm/page/229/ Chinese black vinegar is made by fermenting a mixture of rice, wheat, and millet or sorghum. It has a smoky, somewhat sweet flavor when compared to regular white distilled vinegar, which is more tart and lighter in body. A popular black vinegar is Chinkiang vinegar, produced in Eastern China near Shanghai.
en 2020 Pippa Middlehurst Dumplings and Noodles https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dumplings_and_Noodles/Z5rwDwAAQBAJ Hardie Grant Publishing 9781787135697 If you can't find it, substitute with a quarter of the amount each of red wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar (4 tablespoons of Chinkiang vinegar thus equates to 1 tablespoon each of red wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar).
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