Stir-Fried Kidneys

In China, offal meats and innards aren’t regarded as secondary to main meats, and are thus accorded a status rarely granted to them in the West. The skilled cooking of liver, kidneys, tripe and brain can reach great culinary heights. This dish hails from Fujian and would have formed part of an imperial banquet. Mei kuei lu chiew — literally ‘rose essence liquor’ — is derived from kaoliang wine made in north China from sorghum and millet, by distilling it with rock sugar and a particular spe