https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/condiments/ a culinary genealogy Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:50:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/condiments/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/sweet-sour-sauce/ https://thewoksoflife.com/sweet-sour-sauce/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:06:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76879 Sweet and sour sauce dishes are some of the most iconic out there. Even in China, dishes like sweet and sour pork (咕噜肉 – gū lū ròu) and Sweet and Sour Squirrel Fish, (松鼠魚 – songshǔ yú), a famous recipe from Jiangsu Province, have spread across the country. Today, we’re going to talk about how ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/sweet-sour-sauce/feed/ 13 https://thewoksoflife.com/perfect-turkey-gravy-recipe/ https://thewoksoflife.com/perfect-turkey-gravy-recipe/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:02:18 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=19626 Up until now, I’ve never thought about sharing a turkey gravy recipe. At our house, making the gravy for Thanksgiving dinner has always just been the assumed final step of cooking a turkey. You marinate and roast the turkey using our go-to Thanksgiving turkey recipe, and then just use the pan drippings to make gravy…right? ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/perfect-turkey-gravy-recipe/feed/ 19 https://thewoksoflife.com/best-chili-oil-brands-taste-test/ https://thewoksoflife.com/best-chili-oil-brands-taste-test/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:53:41 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=71766 Over the years, many of you have discovered how simple and rewarding it is to make your own chili oil at home. Yet there is always a small handful of folks who ask me, “What are the best chili oil brands I can buy from the store?”  The truth is, there weren’t that many options ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/best-chili-oil-brands-taste-test/feed/ 95 https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-pot-dipping-sauce/ https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-pot-dipping-sauce/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:22:22 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=71492 Important question: Is there a right way to make a hot pot dipping sauce?  More and more of you are loving hot pot, and we’ve gotten a lot of queries about how to prepare it at home. We have posts on how to set up a hot pot dinner, and how to make an easy ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-pot-dipping-sauce/feed/ 5 https://thewoksoflife.com/egg-foo-young-gravy/ https://thewoksoflife.com/egg-foo-young-gravy/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:56:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=71072 Some say that the egg foo young gravy is really what makes the dish. Serving egg foo young without gravy is like serving mashed potatoes without gravy. You could…but why? Whether you’re making Chicken Egg Foo Young or any other egg foo young recipe, you need that gravy to pour over the fried patties and ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/egg-foo-young-gravy/feed/ 48 https://thewoksoflife.com/best-restaurant-style-salsa/ https://thewoksoflife.com/best-restaurant-style-salsa/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2022 04:08:13 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=64866 This is the best restaurant-style salsa recipe—at least, by our family’s estimation! It’s pretty straightforward to make, and you can’t help but dunk chip after chip after chip! Everyone we’ve made this for has loved it. There are a few secret ingredients here that make this salsa taste like you spent a lot more time and ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/best-restaurant-style-salsa/feed/ 60 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-hunan-salted-chilies-duo-jiao/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-hunan-salted-chilies-duo-jiao/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:56:50 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=59403 Hunan salted chilies or “duo jiao” is a signature Hunan ingredient. Salty, spicy, and slightly tangy from natural fermentation, Hunan chopped chili peppers are especially delicious in steamed dishes like our Duo Jiao Steamed Fish. We have a version using fish filets as well as a Hunan Steamed Whole Fish.  Hunan salted chili peppers are ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-hunan-salted-chilies-duo-jiao/feed/ 43 https://thewoksoflife.com/salted-egg-yolk-sauce/ https://thewoksoflife.com/salted-egg-yolk-sauce/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:38:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=57417 You probably haven’t yet heard of Salted Egg Yolk Sauce, but it’s already made its way into Asian supermarkets, and it’s a sensation waiting to happen stateside.  Salted duck eggs are already trendy and beloved in China, and especially in Singapore.  It’s a brand new food item on the sauce shelf (perhaps the most fun ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/salted-egg-yolk-sauce/feed/ 29 https://thewoksoflife.com/chili-oil-black-beans-homemade/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chili-oil-black-beans-homemade/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2021 04:06:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=55598 Chili Oil with Black Beans is exactly what it sounds like. Our tried and true technique for perfect Chili Oil + lots of tasty, salty fermented black beans.  Recreating a Much-loved Classic If you love our homemade Chili Oil, you’ll love this Chili Oil with Black Beans. It’s an approximation of Lao Gan Ma (fondly ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chili-oil-black-beans-homemade/feed/ 27 https://thewoksoflife.com/hummus-recipe/ https://thewoksoflife.com/hummus-recipe/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:01:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=55355 I’m ashamed to say that back in 2017, we posted a deeply flawed hummus recipe. Today, we right those wrongs with Michael Solomonov’s (of Zahav fame) great hummus—plus our personal tips for success.  You can still reference that old post for a still very good recipe for two kinds of pita chips—one salty and one ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hummus-recipe/feed/ 66