Personal Consumer Issues • What do you buy in Asian food stores?

.. Asian cuisine seems too complex for my preferences. .. people .. emphasize the .. elaborate preparation, sophisticated sauces, and other work. ..
Victoria

I disagree with the characterization of asian cooking.
Sophisticated sauces [are] available in bottles. ..

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I like a dish called Ma Ba Tofu. It has ground pork, tofu and a sauce. [I also add peas and onions.]
The sauce is complicated, but I just buy a package or a jar.

There are 3 variations of the House Foods packaged sauce: Hot, Med, Mild. Amazon links below.
https://www.amazon.com/House-Foods-Sauc ... UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/House-Foods-Medi ... UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/House-Foods-Sauc ... UTF8&psc=1

You can also find these packages at Chinese grocery stores like 99 Ranch.
Some regular grocery stores also carry it. I've seen it in selected Safeway and Kroger stores, Tokyo Central, etc.

99 Ranch [and other Chinese grocery stores] also sell the Lee Kum Kee Spicy Bean [ma bo] sauce in a jar. You get to use as much as you want, but there's no recipe.

Personally, I buy the Mild package from 99 Ranch and then add a couple of tablespoons from the Lee Kum Kee jar. ..

Statistics: Posted by doobiedoo — Sat Nov 02, 2024 1:16 am — Replies 131 — Views 17369

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