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snopea wrote:
Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! snopea I think bottled sauces don't even come close to the taste you get if you make your own by adding the ingredients when cooking. The ingredients are inexpensive and it is really easy to assemble a good sauce. |
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"snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! Tried a few and they pretty much all taste like jam. Way too much sugar. Most sauces are made with the same ingredients like soy sauce, oyster sauce etc so just use those. It will taste a whole lot better. Paul |
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snopea wrote on Mon, 12 May 2008 18:15:12 +0100:
(ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! I never use bottled stir-fry sauces because most such sauces are extremely easy and quick to prepare. Most people who eat Chinese food will have soy sauce (the light variety is often good.). Garlic and fresh (or frozen) ginger root are not hard to come by and most people have cornstarch. Rice vinegar and mirin are useful but a little less distilled vinegar can be used and sherry will substitute for mirin. Chicken stock, black bean sauce and sesame oil are sometimes called for. One recipe that I have includes ketchup :-) -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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"snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! snopea soy vey! bought at trader joes. www.soyvey.com -- snopea |
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"Woolstitcher" wrote in message ... "snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! snopea soy vey! bought at trader joes. www.soyvey.com oops, make that an A not an E. http://www.soyvay.com/ |
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snopea wrote:
Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! The single-most important sauce for stir-frying is oyster sauce. A good one like Lee Kum Kee premium or Amoy. And if you can't get those, then LKK Panda brand is fairly decent. Rice wine, chicken stock, light soy sauce, black bean sauce, shrimp paste, bean paste, and hot chili pastes are secondary, and with all the above you can make any sort of stir-fry. Don't ever buy anything labeled "stir-fry sauce" - They all suck. -sw |
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Paul M. Cook wrote:
"snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! Tried a few and they pretty much all taste like jam. Way too much sugar. Most sauces are made with the same ingredients like soy sauce, oyster sauce etc so just use those. It will taste a whole lot better. Paul I read an interesting comment about Indian sauces the other day--that combining a couple of sauces makes the flavor less uniform. Maybe one could try that with other types of sauces and achieve a similar result? -- Jean B. |
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"Woolstitcher" wrote: "snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! soy vey! bought at trader joes. www.soyvey.com Yep, use their teriyaki sauce all the time. Highly recommended. Miche -- Electricians do it in three phases |
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kilikini wrote:
Sqwertz wrote: snopea wrote: Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! The single-most important sauce for stir-frying is oyster sauce. A good one like Lee Kum Kee premium or Amoy. And if you can't get those, then LKK Panda brand is fairly decent. Rice wine, chicken stock, light soy sauce, black bean sauce, shrimp paste, bean paste, and hot chili pastes are secondary, and with all the above you can make any sort of stir-fry. Don't ever buy anything labeled "stir-fry sauce" - They all suck. -sw You got that right, my friend! We really like the Lee Kum Kee brand of things. Their Premium Dark Mushroom soy sauce is AWESOME! We use about three brands of their soy, their Hoisin and their Oyster. Great stuff. kili If you like dark mushroom soy sauce grab a bottle of Pearl River Bridge if you ever spot it in an Asian market. |
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"Woolstitcher" wrote: "snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! snopea soy vey! bought at trader joes. That's an "interesting" sauce and marinade, but a "good" soy sauce, it ain't. We like Lim Lan Premium. Isaac |
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"isw" wrote in message ... In article , "Woolstitcher" wrote: "snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! snopea soy vey! bought at trader joes. That's an "interesting" sauce and marinade, but a "good" soy sauce, it ain't. We like Lim Lan Premium. Isaac Look at the subject line. |
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isw wrote on Mon, 12 May 2008 20:06:13 -0700:
"snopea" wrote in message ... Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! snopea soy vey! bought at trader joes. That's an "interesting" sauce and marinade, but a "good" soy sauce, it ain't. We like Lim Lan Premium. I've been using Kikkoman soy sauce for decades. I even buy a large quantity in a can to refill the bottles I keep around. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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isw wrote:
That's an "interesting" sauce and marinade, but a "good" soy sauce, it ain't. We like Lim Lan Premium. Lim Lam - sounds like a flim flam. Do you mean Kim Lan? It's my preferred brand, but a stir-fry sauce it ain't. -sw |
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On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:05:55 -0400, George
wrote: kilikini wrote: Sqwertz wrote: snopea wrote: Any good ones out there anyone can recommend? (ie do the meat and veg and add the sauce and it's done) thanks! The single-most important sauce for stir-frying is oyster sauce. A good one like Lee Kum Kee premium or Amoy. And if you can't get those, then LKK Panda brand is fairly decent. Rice wine, chicken stock, light soy sauce, black bean sauce, shrimp paste, bean paste, and hot chili pastes are secondary, and with all the above you can make any sort of stir-fry. Don't ever buy anything labeled "stir-fry sauce" - They all suck. -sw You got that right, my friend! We really like the Lee Kum Kee brand of things. Their Premium Dark Mushroom soy sauce is AWESOME! We use about three brands of their soy, their Hoisin and their Oyster. Great stuff. kili If you like dark mushroom soy sauce grab a bottle of Pearl River Bridge if you ever spot it in an Asian market. i have a bottle of this, george, and frankly i'm wondering what to do with it. what do you like it in? your pal, blake |