Asian sauces

badjak said:
The eight Asian sauces to keep in your pantry

I got most of them, except XO (don't know it) and hoisin (too sweet)

I normally also have Ketjap manis for Indonesian food and several types of sambal
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I have all of them apart from XO which I'm not familiar with in the uk is £15 for 220grams!
And I have to make my own black bean sauce, I've never had the pre-made because they're all gluteny!

Quite glad it didn't add anything to my ever expanding list of ingredients to bring back with me this year 😂
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I have all of them apart from XO which I'm not familiar with in the uk is £15 for 220grams!
And I have to make my own black bean sauce, I've never had the pre-made because they're all gluteny!

Quite glad it didn't add anything to my ever expanding list of ingredients to bring back with me this year 😂
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XO is typically a bit pricey ( a good one anyway) as it contains minced dried scallops - a lot of it by percentage.

A great way to dip your toe in the waters with it is to make some scrambled eggs with prawns with it.
 
I'd add one more to this list - some kind of 'mala' sauce.

Mala is the quite distinct taste of Sichuan, so a combo of the Sichuan peppercorn and chili. It's become more widely known in the past decade outside China and was a bit of a craze here for a bit. It's also been popularised more by cooking writers such as Fuchia Dunlop. Now there are loads of Sichuan Hotpot restaurants in Singapore and elsewhere.
 
vernplum said:
XO is typically a bit pricey ( a good one anyway) as it contains minced dried scallops - a lot of it by percentage.

A great way to dip your toe in the waters with it is to make some scrambled eggs with prawns with it.
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Oh for the love of god Moss, what are you doing to me? My mouths watering and now I need to buy more ingredients 😱
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Ok I can see why it's expensive now.
It's gluten free 👏 so it's in my basket and I'm going to order it as a treat for my return to Blighty.
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Feedback please when you get it and try it.
Meanwhile I will keep an eye out in our chinese market. But comms are a problem. The Chinese shop owners/managers don't speak English and their Zambian staff don''t eat the stuff :)
And labelling is in Chinese.
And don't get me wrong, I love going there
 
badjak said:
Feedback please when you get it and try it.
Meanwhile I will keep an eye out in our chinese market. But comms are a problem. The Chinese shop owners/managers don't speak English and their Zambian staff don''t eat the stuff :)
And labelling is in Chinese.
And don't get me wrong, I love going there
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If I wasn't a coeliac I would love that. Especially coming home with gawd knows what and trying it out.
 
badjak said:
Feedback please when you get it and try it.
Meanwhile I will keep an eye out in our chinese market. But comms are a problem. The Chinese shop owners/managers don't speak English and their Zambian staff don''t eat the stuff :)
And labelling is in Chinese.
And don't get me wrong, I love going there
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Sounds like me going to the Vietnamese/Thai store. Giggle and the phone...
 
badjak said:
Feedback please when you get it and try it.
Meanwhile I will keep an eye out in our chinese market. But comms are a problem. The Chinese shop owners/managers don't speak English and their Zambian staff don''t eat the stuff :)
And labelling is in Chinese.
And don't get me wrong, I love going there
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I've find pictures very useful, a few screen shots of different brands.

Looks to me like there are many XO sauces out there so they might recognise the pic?
 
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