I do love a good dipping sauce. Think – steamed vegetables, fried vegetables, dumplings, tofu, noodles, spring rolls, summer rolls, sizzling rice squares. The perfect sauce will lift a dish to new heights.

There are many varieties of dipping sauce, and the Japanese or Chinese style ones have their respective core set of ingredients. For Chinese it tends to be soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, Chinese vinegar perhaps, and some ginger and spring onions. Perhaps some chilli. This dipping sauce is another variation on that theme. So very very good.

A dipping sauce is perfect with these vegetable dumplings that I get from the Asian grocery in the freezer section – I put them in a flat pan with a little water and a little oil, and cover the pan. As the water simmers, the dumplings defrost and steam, and when the water evaporates they crisp on the bottom. Flip them over if you wish for a nice crispy top. They are also delicious steamed or even very gently microwaved.

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I didn’t know about the cafe chinos (Chinese cafes) in Mexico

https://www.eater.com/22865981/cafe-chinos-chinese-immigration-mexico-city

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🦆 Craving authentic Cantonese BBQ? Le's Chinese Bar-B-Que in Des Moines is a TRUE institution! Legendary roast duck & pork await. Come hungry! 🥢

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https://desmoinesinsider.com/restaurants/les-chinese-bar-b-que

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Chilli bean paste is yum and one I found online is fermented soy bean with chilli and is yum.

But I've bought a paste from Camden and it's a broad bean and chilli paste and I don't know what it's like.

But part of me thinks it might actually be the fermented bean stuff but the labelling isn't entirely clear. It's a product of China and the translations on such products aren't always as informative as they could be.

But maybe it's something else entirely. I don't know. I'm going to have to try it and see what it is.

So ends my chilli bean paste story.

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Last week I made the Bang Bang Chicken recipe from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s The Wok cookbook. This is a poached chicken with “mysterious flavor sauce.”

It was flavorful, but I think we’re not the biggest fans of the sauces with sesame paste. 3 stars ★★★☆☆

https://www.brentlineberry.com/posts/3937/bang-bang-chicken

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