Essentials

Most of the recipes in this book reference this Essentials list fairly heavily. I consider them to be basic artillery when it comes to Asian cooking, and they’re recipes that are handy to master, too. With many of them, like XO sauce, Chinese masterstock and supreme stock, it is useful to make large batches and keep them on hand in either the fridge or freezer. If you put in the work here, many other recipes become a lot simpler.