Condiments Category

Condiments
Including those used in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Hispanic countries, India, and the Middle East.
nuoc cham, Nu?c ch? m, Vietnamese dipping sauce, Vietnamese hot sauce
nuoc cham
Nuoc cham is a Vietnamese dipping sauce. It has a fish sauce base.
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olive butter
Olive butter is a mixture of olive oil and butter.
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oyster sauce
oyster sauce
This Cantonese dipping sauce is both sweet and salty. Look for bottles of it in Asian markets and large supermarkets.
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piccalilli relish, green tomato relish
piccalilli relish
This goes especially well with ham.
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relish
pickle relish
Pickle relish is typically a sweet relish of chopped pickled cucumbers. It is very popular in America on hamburgers and hot dogs.
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pil pil sauce
pil pil sauce
Pil pil is a basque sauce made from skin-on salted cod, olive oil, garlic and chili peppers. After cooking, the fish is removed and the reminder emulsified into a sauce. The pil pil sauce is them poured over the cod or other seafood.
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pipián, green pumpkin seed sauce, pipian, pipian paste, pipián paste
pipián
This Hispanic paste is made from ground pumpkin seeds mixed with oil, chiles, sesame seeds, and other ingredients. It's used to make rich, creamy sauces.
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piri piri sauce, piri-piri sauce
piri piri sauce
This is a fiery Portuguese sauce. To make your own: See the Piri Piri Sauce recipe posted on RecipeSource.com.
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preserved lemon, heriseh, salt-cured lemon
preserved lemon
These are lemons that have been preserved in a salty brine for one or two months. They're a staple of Moroccan cuisine and somewhat hard to find in the U.S.
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recaito
recaito
This mild Puerto Rican specialty is made from peppers and cilantro.
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red pepper sauce
red pepper sauce
Red pepper sauce is a mild sauce made from roasted red bell peppers and other spices.
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red sweet bean paste, red bean paste, red bean sauce, sweet red bean paste
red sweet bean paste
This is made from azuki beans, and Asian cooks use it to fill buns and dumplings and to make puddings. Like peanut butter, it comes in both creamy and crunchy versions. The creamy version also comes in powdered form. Don't confuse this with sweet bean paste, which is made from sweetened fermented soybeans.
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rocoto sauce
rocoto sauce
This moderately hot Peruvian sauce is made from rocoto chiles.
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sambal blachan
To make your own: See the recipe for Sambal Blachan on Recipecottage.com
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sambal manis
sambal manis
This Indonesian sauce is used for dipping and stir fries. It's fairly spicy, but milder than sambal oelek.
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sate sauce
This is a spicy red sauce from Vietnam.
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shrimp paste, balachan, belacan, blacan, blachan, kapi, mam tom, terasi, trasi
shrimp paste
Look for this in Southeast Asian markets.
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silken tofu, kinu-goshi
silken tofu
This Japanese tofu is soft and creamy and it's the preferred tofu for shakes, dips, custards, puddings, and dressings. It's available either fresh in tubs or in aseptic packages that don't need refrigeration. When working with silken tofu, it's a good idea to make a dish ahead of time so as to allow the tofu to absorb other flavors. Don't freeze it.
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soy sauce
soy sauce
Soy sauce is made from soybeans that have been fermented and salted. It's used throughout Asian, with different regions producing quite different variations. Japanese soy sauce = shoyu is sweeter and less salty than Chinese soy sauce. Chinese soy sauce comes in light and dark versions. Lite soy sauce has 1/3 less sodium.
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Sriracha
Sriracha
This is a hot sauce used as a condiment by Thais and Vietnamese.
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sweet bean sauce
sweet bean sauce
This brown sauce is made from sweetened fermented soybeans. Taiwanese cooks use it as a marinade or a condiment for meats.
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tamari, wheat-free soy sauce
tamari
Tamari is a type of soy sauce made only from soybeans, no wheat. It is less salty and thicker than traditional soy sauce. It is often gluten free.
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tapenade
tapenade
See the recipe for Tapenade posted on About.com.
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tomato paste
tomato paste
Tomato past is made by reducing tomatoes to a thick paste and filtering out the skins and seeds.
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tomato puree
tomato puree
Tomato purée is thicker than tomato sauce but thinner than tomato paste.
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tomato sauce
tomato sauce
Tomato sauce is thinner than tomato paste and tomato puree. In Australia what Americans call catsup is often called tomato sauce.
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tomatoes canned
tomatoes canned
Canned tomatoes include whole peeled, diced or crushed. They usually contain seeds. They may need to be strained to remove the seeds and extra water.
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tonkatsu sauce, katsu sauce
tonkatsu sauce
This Japanese condiment is used to make yakisoba. Bull Dog is a popular brand.
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tuong, toi sauce, Vietnamese soy sauce
tuong
This is a salty bean paste used in Vietnamese cuisine.
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wasabi powder, Japanese horseradish, wasabe
wasabi
Look for this in the Asian foods section of your supermarket.
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Worcestershire sauce
Worcestershire sauce
Health foods sell a vegetarian version of this. To make your own: See the recipe for Worcestershire Sauce posted on RecipeSource.com.
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