Chinkiang Vinegar Zhenjiang Black Vinegar

Chinkiang Vinegar is widely used in Chinese cooking for all types of cold appetizers, braised meats and fish, noodles and as a dipping condiment for dumplings.

It can be used to add acidity and sweetness to braised dishes like Chinese Braised Fish, where it cooks down to sweet black gold. It can also be used in dressings for cold appetizers and salads, such as our Wood Ear Salad, Tofu Salad, or Suan Ni Bai Rou (Sliced Pork Belly with Garlic Dressing).

It is also used as a classic dipping sauce for soup dumplings along with julienned ginger. It can add acidity to stir-fries as well, such as this Chinese Cabbage Stir-fry with Pork Belly. 

Chinkiang Vinegar is a specialty of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China. It is a condiment with a unique aroma and a long historical background. Chinkiang Vinegar was created in 1840, and its history can be traced back to the Liang Dynasty more than 1,400 years ago. It is one of the representatives of Chinese vinegar culture. It has a clear color, rich aroma, soft sour taste, slightly sweet, mellow taste and pure flavor. The longer it is stored, the mellower the taste. ‌

The production process of Chinkiang Vinegar is complicated. It adopts solid-state layered fermentation technology, which requires three major processes and more than 40 processes of wine making, mash making and vinegar pouring. Its main raw materials are high-quality glutinous rice and yellow wine lees, which provide the basis for the unique flavor of Zhenjiang vinegar. This process is not only the technical crystallization of Zhenjiang vinegar making industry for more than 1,400 years, but also the source of the unique flavor of Zhenjiang vinegar.

Chinkiang Vinegar enjoys a high reputation and popularity in the market. As a condiment, it has the functions of enhancing flavor, removing fishy smell and relieving greasiness, and stimulating appetite and aiding digestion. It is widely used in cooking various dishes, cold dishes, dipping sauces, etc. In addition, Zhenjiang vinegar also helps digestion, balances sodium content in the body, and controls blood sugar, among other health benefits.

Chinkiang Vinegar is not only one of the specialties and business cards of Zhenjiang City, but also a treasure in China's vinegar industry. Its unique aroma and taste, complex production process, and wide range of applications make it enjoy a high reputation and popularity in the domestic and foreign markets.