The Chinese Pantry 101 - Basic ingredients needed for Sichuanese/Chinese cooking

🌶🌶🌶Contents of this video🌶🌶🌶

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - 8 Ingredients
00:41 - Soy sauce
02:09 - Vinegar
02:57 - Cooking wine
04:13 - Sichuan pepper
06:05 - Broad bean paste
06:28 - Cassia bark
07:09 - Star anise
07:46 - Rock sugar

🌶Where to Buy:

You won’t need too many items to start cooking Sichuanese/ Chinese dishes. A lot of supermarkets stock Asian soy sauce and cooking wine, such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S even have their own line. Most of these ingredients I mentioned are available in Asian or Chinese grocery stores.

Some online retailers also stock a good variety of seasoning and spices, the ones I’ve used here in the UK are:

Starry Mart: https://starrymart.co.uk/
Sous Chef: https://www.souschef.co.uk/

Please leave in the comments your preferred place to shop, and I would love to find out more places :)

Here is the list of ingredients I introduced today that will set you up for making most of the dishes. (I’ve included some Amazon links if you’re not based in the UK, for your reference only as it is often cheaper to get them in your local Asian grocery shops).

1️⃣Soy sauce
Brands: Lee Kum Kee, Haitian, or Kikkoman (all-purpose)

Light soy sauce (150ml):
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Kum-Kee-...

Dark soy sauce (150ml):
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lee-Kum-Kee-...

Kikkoman (1 Litre, all-purpose)
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kikkoman-Soy...

2️⃣Vinegar
Brand: Zhenjiang (or spelt Chinkiang)
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heng-Shun-Ch...

3️⃣Cooking wine
Brand: Shaoxing
Amazon (700ml): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Starry-Shaox...

4️⃣Sichuan doubanjiang/Broadbean paste
Brands: Juan Cheng, Chuan Lao Hui, or Dandan
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chuan-Lao-Be...

5️⃣Sichuan Pepper
Brands: Hein (Huanyuan pepper, no blackseeds), Zheng Feng ( have quite a lot of black seeds)
Starrymart: https://starrymart.co.uk/hein-dahongp...
Amazon(100g): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zheng-Feng-S...
Amazon(50g): https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZHENG-FENG-S...

6️⃣Cassia bark
Brands: Hein, Zheng Feng
Starrymart: https://starrymart.co.uk/zheng-feng-c...

7️⃣Star Anise
Brands: Hein, Zheng Feng
Starrymart: https://starrymart.co.uk/zheng-feng-a...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zheng-Feng-S...

8️⃣Rock Sugar
Brands: Taikoo, Zheng Feng
Starrymart: https://starrymart.co.uk/taikoo-monoc...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zheng-Feng-L...

🌶 Other ingredients:
Chilli flakes/powder
Corn flour/Potato starch
Toasted sesame oil

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