Condiment
Classic Oyster Sauce
S tier
Classic oyster sauce is oyster extract, soy, sugar, thick, the stir-fry gloss of Cantonese home cooking. It should taste of the sea and caramel, not only of salt and starch. A spoon in greens and beef. Vegetarian mushroom "oyster" is the other leaf. Premium scallop-heavy sauces sit nearer XO.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Beef Stir FryGreens
Traits
CantoneseNot Only StarchNot VegOyster ExtractSea CaramelSpoonThickWok Gloss
History
CN
Lee Kum Sheung's oyster sauce story fixed the Cantonese condiment.
Bottled classic oyster sauce became the wok gloss of Chinese home kitchens.
Classic oyster sauce was specified against vegetarian stand-ins.