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 Fruit Sauces, Cooking Spices, and Cooking Ingredients for Asian Food
Thanks to the rising popularity of Asian cooking, many of the once-exotic cooking spices, fruit and chili sauces, pastes and other ingredients are now readily available in your local supermarket. You can also find them in Asian markets that cater to a specific country or region. The variety of cooking sauces and ingredients in Asian cuisine is enormous, but the following short list is a must for a well-stocked Asian pantry.
TERM:
Hoisin sauce
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DEFINITION:
A robust, spicy-sweet sauce of fermented soybeans, garlic, sugar, vinegar and spices that complements dishes such as mu shu and Peking duck.
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Asian Recipes