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My 1st time to make the "ham" sauce base and it's so easy and tastes like Christmas.🌟 Thanks to the  🥫  applesauce shared by Mom from my big sis. (Oof! Must find good recipes before it expires! 😅) Tools small sauce pan ladle spoon for tasting Ingredients 1/4 cup Pineapple sauce 1 tbsp Oyster sauce 3 tbsp Apple sauce 3 tbsp Water white Sesame seeds Steps On low heat, warm the sauce pan. Add the pineapple sauce and oyster sauce, cook for a minute. Add apple sauce and water. Simmer while stirring for a minute. Add sesame seeds and simmer for another minute. Transfer to a sauce bowl. It's great with salads and fried meat. Enjoy! 💡Inspired by: Christmas family memories🎄😍

"Sosi ka ba?" 😅 For the "saucy" eater who enioys pairing gustatory delights with the perfect sauce... Here's our take on the viet/thai sauce.   🍶 Ingredients: Garlic,peeled and crushed Spring onion, minced 1/4 Lemon, juice squeeze 1 to 1.5 tbsp Fish Sauce 2 tsp Sugar pinch of Salt dash of ground Pepper 1 tbsp Red Chili Flakes 1 tbsp of ketchup or tomato sauce 1 tbsp Sriracha (optional) 4 tbsp of warm Water (very important! this balances the acid) Enjoy it with favorite dishes 😃

I wanted a homemade Yuzu Sauce... But this turned out just a bit like one. So let's call it (my) Dark Yuzu Sauce instead.😉 Aromatic, tangy, bit salty, and with a bit of a kick from the chilis!🍋🍋‍🟩🌶️ Ingredients: Soy sauce (alternative to tamari) Lemon juice (alternative to Yuzu) Water Salt Sugar Sesame oil Sesame seeds (optional) Chili flakes (optional) Steps: Mix, whisk in a bowl. Pour to sauce dish. Serve with your greens and proteins, or whatever floats your boat.  👌

Aromatics- garlic cloves, spring onion, ginger charred in broiler/toaster for 10mins 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup mirin 1/4 cup sake, or noodle sauce (daiso) 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup water *to reduce, simmer until reduced, and to taste. OR *to thicken, add cornstarch solution (2 tsp + 2 tsp water) Perfect for teriyaki chix bowls, teriyaki ramen. 💡Inspired by: Aaron and Claire https://aaronandclaire.com/easy-chicken-teriyaki-recipe/ 

🖤🍗 If a reheated dish does not whet your appetite, then try YMCA. Yesterday's meal cooked again. 😉 Re-inventieeen!  🧑‍🔬 Such as this one... an easy weeknight recipe revamps that other night's pasta and chicken in the fridge. The Sauce that Binds It All - Black Pepper Sauce!!! 🖤🎗️🖤 Prep the roux- On medium heat, saute these- - knob of butter - 2 tbsp ground black pepper - 1/3 chicken cube - add 🍄 mushroom sliced , garlic 🧄 minced, or diced 🧅 onion (optional)* - add herbs (optional)* Add thickener- - 2 tbsp plain flour. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Add liquid according to desired consistency.  More if you're going for a bit runny sauce, less if you want it more gravy-like. - water - chicken stock (if no chicken cubes) Ready to serve, slather it on the warmed pasta & re-toasted chicken. Dig in and enjoy. It's like the entire thing was newly cooked.    FRESH . Inspired by: 💡 spice and pans

Craving for the distinct taste of satay...  Thus far, I have learned - this dish has versions spanning across SouthEast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam (did I miss any place?). My 1st taste of this skewered goodness was back in the late 2000's, in my 2nd home Cebu City. Those were the heydays enjoyed by Thai cuisine when Thai establishments sprouted everywhere in town.  Back then, this was my limited meat-in-sticks background: Pinoy BBQ , fanned over old-school charcoal grills, that I sooo love and grew up with,  American sweet-tangy garlic/honey-mustard and hot black-pepper grills ,  Japanese Yakiniku , oishii ne!  A lso 1 memorable foray into Brazilian meat pierced in those huge sword-like skewers , an intro from a Japs-Brazilian fellow in our Nihongo kenshusei bunch. Tender Persian kebabs , oozing the tastiest of juices. But, Korean fare has not yet reached fever-pitch that time in our region, so zero inkling nor craving for Korean grille...

Prep Time: 5 mins  🧄 Ingredients 2   tbsp   mayonnaise 1   clove   garlic 1/2   lemon zest salt and pepper to taste 2   tbsp   yoghurt (optional) peri-peri sauce (optional) chili flakes (optional) 🧄  Steps Boil some water. T hinly s lice garlic, then transfer to a strainer. Pour boiled water over the garlic.  Place garlic on the cutting board, add a pinch of sa lt. Crush garlic using the back of a knife, into a paste. Transfer garlic paste to your sauce bowl.  Add the other ingredients. Mix well. Inspired by: https://fussfreeflavours.com/easy-kebab-shop-garlic-sauce-recipe/#Instructions

Adobo Sauce 🍶 1 whole head garlic - crushed 1 tbsp peppercorn 2 whole bay leaves 1/2 cup natural vinegar (not distilled - e.g. balasmic, apple vinegar, cane, etc.) 1 cup soy sauce Use as marinade  [(for 1 hour at least, of meat) before pan-frying then simmering for another ~1hour].

 🟠 🐔   Orange Chicken Sauce  🍶 1 cup orange juice (from ~2 large oranges) 1/2 cup water 1 tbsp vinegar 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp orange zest (from 2 oranges) 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp garlic minced 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes - optional 2 tbsp chopped onion 3 tbsp water + 3 tbsp cornstarch -> slurry 1 tsp sesame oil

Shogayaki Sauce 🍶 For 500 grams meat ratio: 1 stub ginger grated's juice (squeeze out juice) 1/2 onion grated 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp oil 1 tbsp mirin - optional 1 tbsp sake - optional Mix all ingredients. Generally use as marinade for shogayaki pork dish.

Okonomiyaki Sauce 🍶 1 tbsp white sugar 3 1/2 tbsp worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp oyster sauce 4 tsp ketchup Whisk together and pour into squeeze bottle / dip bowl.

 Katsudon Sauce 🍶 6 tbsp (Daiso) noodle sauce / mirin 3 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp brown sugar 2 cups water

  Japanese Mayonnaise alternative 🍶 1 tbsp white sugar 1 cup plain mayonnaise 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar / white vinegar Whisk all ingredients together. The consistency should be little more runny than the regular mayo. Pour into squeeze bottle / dip bowl.

  Teriyaki Sauce 🍶 Version3: (Aug3-2023) Aromatics- 1 garlic minced 1/4 onion minced 1 tsp oil 1 cups soy sauce 1 cups mirin 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup water with 3 tsp cornstarch Simmer until a bit reduced. Inspired by- Aaron & Claire Teriyaki Chicken version 2:  2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp water 1 tsp vinegar 1 garlic crushed 1 small ginger thinly sliced optional - 1 tsp chili flakes optional - 1 tsp sesame oil version 1: 1 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup honey 1 tbsp garlic minced 1 tbsp ginger minced 1 tbsp sesame oil

Sweet and Sour Sauce  🍶 1/2 to 1 tbsp vinegar 2 1/2 tbsp white sugar 4 tbsp brown sugar 1 tbsp ketchup 1/4 tsp salt drop of sesame oil 8 tbsp water 2 tbsp cold water + 1/2 tbsp cornstarch / corn flour