Main ASIAN SAUCES - Cooking Basics

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These are the main sauces for many of my Asian recipes, 2021 version.
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@FloLum 2 жыл бұрын

There are so many Asian sauces out there, where does one even start? Here are some basics that will get you started. Happy Sunday! 💕

@lillypatience 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Flo! I also want to mention to your viewers that Lee Kum Kee makes two versions of oyster sauce (non vegan). The one you have with the mother and child on the bottle and the one with the Panda. The one with the mother and child has a higher content of oysters (per Kenji Lopez-Alt).

@catherinehui795 2 жыл бұрын

TQ Flo, will be stocking sauces mentioned here as from over 18 months lock down, I was unsure which sauces to combine and was only using light/dark sauces and Panda brand oyster sauce. Looking forward to the Homestyle Chinese cookbook. With reference to your KZfaq channel, my mom used to add few thin slices of pork Chinese sausages to the steamed egg, quick hearty rice/steamed breakfast before school!!! Or she instantly break an egg into bowl of hot rice, dash of sesame oil/white pepper for a healthy breakfast. Now I wonder why I'm as 'strong as an ox' in my 70's!!! God bless you and your family!!! We've been to delightful Vancouver, as part of a cruise on the 'Inner Passage', really beautiful part of the world. 🙂

@limknewai6634 2 жыл бұрын

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@michellechan521 2 жыл бұрын

Sesame oil is another must for Chinese cooking!!

@happycook6737 2 жыл бұрын

Also, Middle Eastern sesame sauce/oil is NOT interchangeable for Asian sesame oil! Asian sesame oil has a distinctive toasted taste

@sunflowerbaby1853 2 жыл бұрын

@@happycook6737 Hi. Could you recommend a good Middle Eastern sesame sauce? And how does the Chinese taste different? Thanks.

@happycook6737 2 жыл бұрын

@@sunflowerbaby1853 The Middle Eastern sesame sauce is very different in taste-- I don't know why. It is called Tahini and looks sort of creamy. When in the USA I buy the brand that has a dude on it wearing a turban. Sorry, I don't recall the brand name. The Asian sesame oil is more toasted tasting and pours quickly. I buy the Kadoya brand but most brands have similar taste. Read the label because sometimes the cheap Asian ones are cut with soybean oil. Go for 100% sesame oil. Must keep it in fridge to protect flavor. Buy smallest quantity unless you use it a lot.

@emkn1479 Жыл бұрын

@@happycook6737 tahini is sesame paste, they grind the entire seed, different than extracting oil only

@lauralutz4538 Жыл бұрын

Yes & toasted is Heavenly!

@kathigritsgirlzvintage9513 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, these are my go to Asian sauces as well, many of the exact same brands. In my list of basics, I would have to add Kadoya Sesame Oil. I use Sesame Oil in most Asian dishes.

@alyss8213 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome topic! I also want to say thanks for showing me the world of Chinese and Malaysian cooking. I have learned so much watching your videos the last 6 months. I can walk into my local Asian market and I know what to look for now! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@pmchamlee 9 ай бұрын

what a charming lady you are! [I am a 77 yr old East Texan who has studied Mandarin for 58 years and worked throughout the Far East] I cook a wide variety of 'oriental' dishes. I genuinely enjoy following your YT channel. Blessings and Joy to you and yours.

@yeverino1970 2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant video, I had to comment before watching lol. But I have wanted someone to do a video like this for so long. This will definitely make my cooking so much easier. Thank you so much for sharing 👏🏼👏🏼❤️

@deltas4114 2 жыл бұрын

Have a blessed Sunday, thank you for teaching more about the sauces in your recipes.

@GaryWattsWorks 2 жыл бұрын

This is GREAT!!! I really appreciate this!

@QueenToken 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you I found this at the perfect time! I can’t wait to start cooking with you!

@loveisall5520 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! As always you put out exactly what I needed. Best wishes from Texas-

@brendaplunkett8659 Жыл бұрын

Oh Thank you for doing this video and helping me sort the sauces out! Just what I needed!

@edblues45 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was very informative!

@pinkyjohns5198 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Flo! I needed this video! I love hoisin sauce and use it as a condiment, too.

@jmarcos1008 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the help and advice for uses of the sauces 😊

@denisebarker9288 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Flo. It's great to know how to use these sauces.

@9liveslisa 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing.

@EricsonHerbas 2 жыл бұрын

This is a super useful episode. Thank you!!

@pamyacuzzo6614 Жыл бұрын

So very helpful! Love your videos! You are a great source for the food I love!

@Pindi44 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful, thank you. The array of sauces is quite bewildering and this video brings a lot of clarity. I will now search to see whether you have done a video on the various bean and shrimp pastes.

@albertc1241 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, really enjoyed the video.

@myrna5540 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Flo, Dude, family and subscribers. I have tried a few of those and I love them.

@willydiesell229 4 ай бұрын

I love the different substitute sauces. It's a great video! 👍

@ToryE1959 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this Valuable info !

@raniayacoub1770 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Mrs. Flo !

@lauralutz4538 Жыл бұрын

Best overview of, Chinese sauces, I’ve seen! Thanks! I got my Chinese cooking wine on Amazon.

@matilderodriguez8275 2 жыл бұрын

Very , very helpful. Especially explaining the taste and what to use for substitution if you can't find the original sauces.

@jonesbub1 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a wonderful (and helpful!) video. I have all the sauces, but didn’t really understand why. Now I have a much better understanding. Thank you so much, Flo and Dude! TFS, Sharon🤗

@sharonwalder7397 2 жыл бұрын

Is oyster oil and oyster sauce the same thing?

@darrenquirk2269 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This was very helpful

@lynardok6654 2 жыл бұрын

Oh so very helpful!! Thank you God Bless!

@organicallypoweredlife1417 2 жыл бұрын

A super crucial video for those who wasn't in the know, thank you. You are about to hit 200K subscribers homie! Thats something you and your family can feel good about :)

@nancydy5118 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Madam Flo , for sharing your recipe , your knowledge ! God bless you Ma’am 😘🇵🇭

@shzwon123 Жыл бұрын

Needed this video!!! Thanks!

@futuramasimpson9713 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very useful video👍❤️

@khadijamcdepena 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏Thank you for the video.

@user-ii6vv2bo9j 3 ай бұрын

Good explanation.

@banzaiburger9589 2 жыл бұрын

Incredibly helpful video. 🤙

@maryrichardson5841 Жыл бұрын

Thank heavens for this. I am in Nova Scotia and we got a wonderful new (to me) Oriental grocery store. You bet I went shopping for lots of new goodies.

@juliepirri7081 Жыл бұрын

Really helpful!! Thank you!

@philippianso3957 2 жыл бұрын

We totally have the same sauces at home!! I use kecap manis for.my singaporean chili crab!!! Many blessings to you both for sharing!

@suNRze Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you!

@stevetofamusic Жыл бұрын

Excellent thanks for this! Awesome channel too by the way 🙏🏽

@shawnsodano2835 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very informative!!

@madelinecruz7590 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Flo, this is a great video, I needed it !!! Hello 👋 from NY 😊

@therockemsockemdunoyasssdd9628 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏. Great information. Mahalo nui loa. 🙏

@BlackDogDesigns 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I need to add a couple of these to my collection🍶

@charlottecampbell417 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I really this information.

@alyndoyle5378 2 жыл бұрын

I was just shopping (amazon) for a couple of sauces I don't have. How timely of you Flo. Happy Sunday. :)

@amybouzag7256 Жыл бұрын

hoison sauce and oyster sauce are crucial in so many dishes to identify asian flavors that have been around for so many decades

@jeanso3820 Жыл бұрын

thanks Flo

@jaylynbray7179 Жыл бұрын

How wonderful so happy I found you❤

@HowToCuisine 2 жыл бұрын

Love Asian food! 😍

@debbiemarquis3231 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this info..i didn't know where to start..

@gracielabeltran4761 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect and good tutorial 👌 👍 ❤

@chestyvulva 3 ай бұрын

One ingredient I wish I could find is Flounder Powder. Also, this video and channel has been so helpful to me. Thank you! 😊

@thelthrythquezada8397 8 ай бұрын

I have that fish sauce, Asian is #1 on my top 3 cultural foods. and it doesn't matter what type of Asian I will opt for that over any other country hands down!

@christinebeames2311 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for great info ,

@salixalba6536 Жыл бұрын

Tamari can be used as a gluten free soy sauce replacement and there are low sodium versions as well

@lindaelia2616 2 жыл бұрын

When you have recipes with soy sauce, hoisin, or oyster…I’m going to try it because those are all my favorites! Thanks for the info on light and dark soy sauce!

@susanfortner2267 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thank you. Please do a video on “Old Pump” sauce.

@SgtRocko Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Kecap Manis/Sweet Soy Sauce is SOOOOOOO good! Happy to see you're a fan, too! We've actually been using it solo when a recipe calls for soy sauce and sugar. It also adds SUCH a depth of good flavour to any recipe (I told my in-laws in South Korea that I'd used it in Bulgogi... after they got over the shock, they tried it and now say they are using it for not just Bulgogi, but dishes that call for cooking syrup & soy). Also, the Shiaoxing cooking wine REALLY makes a wonderful difference (again, my Korean in-laws will use just it OR do half Shiaoxing half cooking Sake... I haven't tried that because I love the Shiaoxing so much LOL). Thank you for yet another wonderful video!

@lindapasaribu7066 2 жыл бұрын

Flo u r great that u know many sauces.

@patrickmchargue7122 2 жыл бұрын

Kimlan! Good choice.

@jennan124 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Substitutes

@sandrodellisanti1139 Жыл бұрын

Happy weekend to you all and many greetings from Brunswick in Germany :)

@ATbitfiddler 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot! Thanksc

@dianadavis2020 2 жыл бұрын

Found your channel today, have been enjoying watching it! :)

@annholland5176 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are giving substitutes. Being gluten free there is only one soy sauce I can use. Thank you for this. Thankfully I have found gluten free hosin sauces and sweet rice wine. Love your recipes

@loose_booty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@chubbiturtles9818 2 жыл бұрын

my mom always uses the lee kum kee oyster sauce for marinating meat and thai oystersauce for stir-frys and fried rice. She also uses the vietnamese fishsauce with crab logo for stronger tasting dishes, and the Thai fishsauce with picture of squid if she wants the dishes to not be overpowered by the fishsauce flavor and it's the best fish sauce to make sweet fish dipping sauce for spring rolls.

@cookingasian-ol3sq Ай бұрын

love your video

@billkeenan4500 Жыл бұрын

This is incredibly helpful!!! Thanks for this and all of your videos. BK

@Phyllyps-Levine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Wondered?

@mayrenepowell9769 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@terriannvalentino8826 2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@tomeatshouston Жыл бұрын

Great video. I love all of those sauces. I know what you mean by "that extra something." It's like anchovies in caesar dressing. If it's not there and you know proper caesar, you'll think "This is missing something." I describe it to friends like this: If you're listening to music, you may not be aware of the French horn in the background, but if it stopped you'd think "Hey, something's missing."

@fialee8 2 жыл бұрын

Best brands for everyday sauces... Oyster = Spend extra, and get the Lee Kum Kee "old style" (must get old style, with the label with a lady on the boat, NOT the panda) as shown by Flo. Hoisin = Lee Kum Kee or Koon Chun Hoisin Sauce Sesame oil = Kadoya (Japanese) Soy Sauce (reg aka light) = Kikkoman

@fred5784 2 жыл бұрын

LKK Oyster sauce is good but doesn’t come close to the Megachef brand. As far as I know, it’s only available online at the Mala Market.

@fialee8 2 жыл бұрын

@@fred5784 LKK old style oyster sauce is the "original" oyster sauce (he was the creator/inventor of oyster sauce).

@MegaFortinbras 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer Squid brand fish sauce.

@fialee8 2 жыл бұрын

@@MegaFortinbras I've used Squid Brand fish sauce, but it's been a while. I like that it's made in Thailand, and came in a glass bottle (vs plastic bottle).

@billkeenan4500 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@FloLum Жыл бұрын

Sorry just seeing this now... Thanks so much, Bill!

@pamparker4047 2 жыл бұрын

Good video

@neno40 2 жыл бұрын

just tried the yoyo hot green chilli Sause on my channel amazing loved it

@MaryM232 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this, I have seen Ketjap Manis in the Asian foods section of my grocery store but never tried it as I hadn’t known about it.

@kasogikosoni6750 Жыл бұрын

Ketjap Manis CONIMEX is made in Nederland, while Kecap Manis ABC Heinz is made in Indonesia. Did you see them both Mary?

@FrazierMtnCheese 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Flo, very helpful information. Say hello to the Dude 👋

@kartchner7 4 ай бұрын

I love kecap manis! I use it mixed with sambal olek as a paste to spread on things

@davidshirk2024 2 жыл бұрын

As always, Flo and Dude, Excellent! For thoes who feel fish sauce is to strong, try Red Boat brand. It really good flaver, but much lighter. I don't use it for cooking as it would need to use more. I use it more as a condement at the table or for salad dressing. This is a premium product, and comes at a premium price! For cooking, I use Three Crabs. It is a great product as well.

@williamj3843 2 жыл бұрын

I use hoisin as a gluten-free approximation when cooking for a family member and adjust around it. I also recently found a GF "oyster-flavored" sauce which is about as close as I can use. Thank you for the sauce run-down.

@LRE888 2 жыл бұрын

Flo I’m using Kimlan soy sauce too😄 but I never know about the Kecap Manis will look for it .

@waterstreeter 2 жыл бұрын

Since I do a lot of Asian cooking I keep most of the sauces that you have on hand. I saw Helen of Helen's Recipes have a t-shirt about fish sauce that says smells like Hades, tastes like Heaven. I never smell it, I never taste it but if the recipe calls for it I add it in! On the subject of cooking wine, I never ever use "cooking" wine because it's salted. I know why, but I've been trying to minimize my salt so I use sherry wine. One sauce I've made myself but then found a bottle of it and since then I haven't, is caramel sauce. I presume I can use dark soy sauce to replace that in a Vietnamese recipe. I'll see the next time I make some more Ga Kho Gung! Thanks for this video! I know it has to help a lot of people! I've been a student of Runaway Rice since 2013 so I'm not unfamiliar with some of them! Best wishes to you and yours!!!!

@MegaFortinbras 2 жыл бұрын

What is sold as "cooking wine" in supermarkets is wine that is so bad as to be unsellable, so they dump a ton of salt into it and sell it to the unsuspecting public. Rule number one for cooking with wine is, "Don't cook with a wine that you wouldn't be prepared to put into a glass and drink." That's not to say that you should use super fancy stuff. Cooks Illustrated magazine did an experiment where they took premier cru wine and some California plonk (Gallo's Hearty Burgundy as I recall) and made two otherwise identical batches of boeuf bourguignon. None of the tasters could tell the difference. Personally, I get the "Three Buck Chuck" (Charles Shaw wine) from Trader Joe's. It's cheap and works well for cooking. One thing I really liked when I lived in Italy was the availability of really good cheap wine.

@mybellegirls Жыл бұрын

When Flo said she sometimes subs bourbon for Shaoxing wine, she got me (cooking hack) 😂 I had to subscribe -

@tgirard123 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Flo, I've been a fan and a subscriber for a long time. Just love all the food and especially the Instapot recipes (Props to 'The Dude'). Your subject today is great and brought up a suggestion I have had a couple of times on different channels for Asian cooking (I haven't asked here for the record). I don't have a lot of room and I need to keep seasonings and oils for specific styles in boxes that we store out of the kitchen. If I was to ask you to pack a 12X12 box with everything I would need for cooking a wide assortment of Asian (Chinese, Maybe Korean/Thai) dishes, What oil, spice, sauce, maybe special rice or dried things like that would you put in that box and what might you have as options? Maybe you could do an episode on it :)

@tgirard123 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the rant. I would go further and say, if you were to design a box like I was talking about, and then started cooking recipes using only the seasonings and things from that box, I bet there's a lot of us that would jump on that, cuz then it's like 'Oh look, Flo's got a new Asian recipe, where's my Asian cooking box... Let's Cook'... Ok, Rant off.

@FloLum 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great idea! My previous Asian basics video may be a good start… kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n52ohtiWqKjbqH0.html

@caling98 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I'm Filipino and trying to cook other Asian dishes but we rarely use dark soy or the Ketchum manis sauce. Nice to know its consistency and flavor type.

@ndndnd1 Жыл бұрын

Asian dishes, mostly Indonesian and Malay cuisine use sweet soy sauce/ ketchup manis when the recipe called for soy sauce unless it stated otherwise. Chinese dishes use a lot of light soy sauce and thick soy sauce or cooking caramel.

@Captainsaucebuckle Ай бұрын

I started using fish sauce a while back and now I'm addicted haha. It's so good, but very easy to overdue. Smells like hell, tastes like heaven.

@ronmoes42 6 ай бұрын

The dark soysaus is to color the ingredients, lets say you have mushroom, those color very well, I use fish saus only when I don't have meat in the noodles, same goes for oyster saus, when It is a fish noodle it goes in with the ketcap (sweet and thick variant) when I have meat noodles I use hoisin saus, and, always add some sugar! because after the dark soy saus I add extra kikkoman light soy saus to add extra liquid to cook the veggies, but it also serves to keep the ketcap thinner, when the veggies are light to medium cooked I turn the gas off and the noodles go in, everything turn brown very nice, and it tast better if you have added some oil to bake the veggies... :P

@kimberlycornelius7911 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I live in very small town America I go to Asian section in grocery store and and hear crickets Got soy and hibachi sauce and something I don't know what thanks for this I'll go to Amazon

@travelchannel304 Жыл бұрын

Yay! Haven't listened yet. So..now the difference in say Korean, vs Japanese , Vietnamese. Esp with noodles, rice wine (esp.the names] and bean curd, ted bean curd , oh my!! LOL Not a sauce but ohmy gosh the variety of canned tuna with different flavors!! LOL thats in So. Charleston, WV. Ive not been in another in 11 yrs , like in WDC etc. This is great video. Amen on the fish & sauces! Esp in thai noodles!! LOL

@2hotcrawford 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Flo for explaining it.. i was getting aggravated because i could never hit an asain market.. so i have it all in my basket in amazon... other than oyster and hoisin its those darn wines..and dark soy.. now i need to add the lite and sweet soys .. darnit LOL.. but i have a feeling thats whats missing

@amoyjoyce1117 Жыл бұрын

Fish sauce adds flavour to Thai curry

@mike97525 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Flo, you should have had Dude do a taste test😋

@truthorpropaganda9001 2 жыл бұрын

Man I miss asian food. Had to give up my favorites because I was diabetic. cured it though, but dont want to go there again. I just dont eat any carbs at all and i'm good, BUT goodbye noodles, goodbye sweet and sour chicken, sweet and sour pork, egg rolls, spring rolls... really, really miss those. Still love watching you cook.

@heathersumner4497 2 жыл бұрын

I keep regular and mushroom oyster sauce. There is definitely a difference but both are really good! Oyster has a deeper flavor though. Have you ever seen soy paste?

@kellyhenderson1026 2 жыл бұрын

I just really enjoy your recipes!! Question. On your soy sauces, they are large bottles. Once opened, how long will they last. I do use a lot of regular soy sauce, but I wouldn’t use the sweet or dark regularly. I also love your options if you are out or do not have a product.