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7 Essential Chinese Food Ingredients
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Introduce the essential seven ingredients for making Chinese food recipes at home.
2
Present soy sauce, noting it's an everyday seasoning and can be substituted with less sodium soy sauce.
3
Show premium dark soy sauce, explaining it's used for color and is thicker and less salty.
4
Introduce oyster sauce, highlighting its savory and umami taste.
5
Present hoisin sauce as an alternative to oyster sauce for those who don't like or can't have oysters.
6
Show Shaoxing wine, explaining its use for marinating meats and clarifying that it's not for drinking.
7
Introduce white pepper, noting its milder heat compared to black pepper and its subtle heat contribution to dishes.
8
Reveal chili crisp as the seventh essential ingredient, emphasizing it as a personal favorite brand.
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Conclude by stating that with these seven ingredients, you are ready to make your favorite Chinese dishes at home.
Ingredients
soy sauce
dark soy sauce
oyster sauce
hoisin sauce
Shaoxing wine
white pepper
chili crisp
Tips
Soy sauce can be substituted with less sodium soy sauce.
Hoisin sauce is a good substitute if you don't like or can't have oysters.
Shaoxing wine is for marinating meats and not for drinking.
White pepper is milder than black pepper and adds a subtle heat.
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