Burgers Today

It’s time to prepare your kitchen for Chinese food. I thought it would be a good time to prepare the kitchen with Chinese sauces and spices since it is the new year and we are so close to the Chinese New Year. It’s the year of the OX which means growth through hard work. I know that many of us will be working hard to produce everyday food recipes with a Chinese flair.

Before we can be like the Chinese dragon and set our burners aflame, the kitchen has to be stocked with sauces and spices so that everyday food recipes will be a breeze in the kitchen.

So get out your shopping list and I hope to get you prepared with these items.

Sauces
There are more than twenty sauces that restaurants use when preparing Chinese food. You can buy some of these already made at the store but most of them need to be made at home. The ingredients that you need are:

For Sweet and Sour Sauce
cornstarch
white vinegar
ketchup or tomato paste
orange juice
light soy sauce
salt
granulated sugar
vegetable oil or peanut oil
fresh ginger

For Brown Sauce
Brown Sauce is used a lot for beef dishes and my wife likes to dip her tofu in brown sauce.
beef broth (beef bouillion cubes can be used)
oyster sauce
dark soy sauce
sugar
cornstarch

Garlic Sauce
My wife loves to use Garlic Sauce with Chinese Chicken and Seafood recipes. You will need.
rce vinegar
granulated sugar
light soy sauce
dark soy sauce
Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
chili sauce
Asian sesame oil
cornstarch
vegetable or peanut oil
garlic cloves

That’s it for today. Tomorrow I’ll tell you about more ingredients that you will want in your kitchen to prepare XO Sauce, Black Bean, Lobster Sauce, and other sauces for everyday Chinese food recipes.

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