Have you ever had a moment wherein you made a home cooked Asian meal and then taste it and sure taste like an Asian take away? Oh yes!
Having an authentic Asian flavor is having the right kind of ingredients. Having a complete Asian pantry can seem to be intimidating sometimes but with just 10 basic ingredients, you can make a wide variety of recipes from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and more.
1. SOY SAUCE
Soy Sauce is used for seasoning soups, fried rice, dressings or dipping sauces. This mushroom soy sauce will perfectly compliment with a lot of cuisine which is totally perfect for your pantry.
2. FISH SAUCE
Fish Sauce has a funky and indispensable when cooking Thai or Vietnamese food especially with stir-fry sauces, dressings and dipping sauce. Fish sauce will be a go to sauce for all your Asian food and seriously good for your pantry.
3. CHILI SAUCE
Sriracha is one of the famous Chili Sauce in the market and having this in your pantry for an easy way to add heat and a little more flavor to any dish from soups to noodle salad is a great idea.
4. COCONUT MILK
With rich and creamy flavor, coconut milk adds a wonderful flavor and smooth texture to curry, soups and marinades.
5. NOODLES
Creating an Asian Pantry will be nice if you do have a different kind of noodles like udon, laksa, rice noodles and many more.
6. CURRY SAUCE
With Spice and incredible depth, nothing can take it's place of how Curry taste. When craving for Indian food or Thai Curry having a curry paste at your pantry is never been better.
7.RICE WINE OR SAKE
Just like white wine in French cooking, rice wine is really good flavor dimension to add in soups, simmering sauces and marinades especially in Japanese cooking.
8. CILANTRO
Believe it or not, Cilantro is one of the key flavor when it comes to Asian cooking and having this in the pantry will make some of your Chinese food taste better.
9. RICE
Each cuisine it's traditional rice accompaniment and every Asian country has a stock of rice. Rice is the main and popular food of Asia.
10. LIMES
A basket full of fresh bite of lime juice is very important for dishes like Thai and Vietnamese food so having one of these in the pantry is always a good idea for a Friday Thai night.
Did we miss something really important for an Asian complete pantry? What is your favorite Asian cuisine to cook in your own kitchen? Let us know and make sure to grab some ingredients at are shop here.