Dish-Type Recipe Index

Sauces, condiments, and pantry bases

These recipes are grouped as sauces, condiments, and pantry bases because their ingredients, cooking method, or restaurant-menu role fit this dish family.

About sauces, condiments, and pantry bases

Brown sauce, white sauce, chile oil, duck sauce, hot mustard, dipping sauces, and aromatic oils.

Recipes in this section: 19.

Sauces, condiments, and pantry bases

Black Bean Sauce Stir-Fry

Stir-fry · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Black Bean Sauce Stir-Fry recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Cantonese White Sauce

Sauce · Makes about 2 cups · 15 minutes

Cantonese White Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Chile Oil for Wontons and Noodles

Condiment · Makes about 1 cup · 20 minutes

Chile Oil for Wontons and Noodles recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Chinese Hot Mustard

Condiment · Makes about 1/2 cup · 10 minutes

Chinese Hot Mustard recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Chinese Restaurant Brown Sauce

Sauce · Makes about 2 cups · 15 minutes

Chinese Restaurant Brown Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Chinese Restaurant Duck Sauce

Condiment · Makes about 1 cup · 10 minutes

Chinese Restaurant Duck Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Choy Sum with Oyster Sauce

Vegetable dish · Serves 2–3 · 15 minutes

Choy Sum with Oyster Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Dumpling Dipping Sauce

Condiment · Makes about 1/2 cup · 5 minutes

Dumpling Dipping Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Egg Foo Young Gravy

Sauce · Makes about 2 cups · 15 minutes

Egg Foo Young Gravy recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Frog with Foo Chow Sauce

Seafood and meat dish · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

Frog with Foo Chow Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Gai Lan with Oyster Sauce

Cantonese · Serves 2–3 · 15 minutes

Gai Lan with Oyster Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Garlic Sauce Stir-Fry

Stir-fry · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Garlic Sauce Stir-Fry recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Ginger Scallion Sauce

Condiment · Makes about 1 cup · 15 minutes

Ginger Scallion Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Hot Pot Dipping Sauces

Hot pot · Makes several sauce styles · 15 minutes

A practical guide to Chinese hot pot dipping sauces with sesame paste, shacha, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, scallion, chile oil, and dietary notes.

Shredded Pork in Mandarin Sauce

Pork dish · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Shredded Pork in Mandarin Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Soy Sauce Chicken

Chicken dish · Serves 4 · 1 hour

Soy Sauce Chicken recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Spare Rib Tips with Black Bean Sauce

Pork dish · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes

Spare Rib Tips with Black Bean Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce

Cantonese dim sum · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes plus marinating

A Cantonese dim sum steamed spareribs recipe with fermented black beans, garlic, ginger, and menu-literacy notes.

Wet Chow Fun with Gravy

Rice noodle dish · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

Wet Chow Fun with Gravy recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

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