What Is Oyster Sauce? (Plus 10 Oyster Sauce Recipes to Try)

hollis — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 01:37:32 +0000

Learn about what goes into making oyster sauce and how to integrate the Asian ingredient into delicious meat, vegetable, and stir-fry dishes

What is oyster sauce?

Oyster sauce is a thick, dark brown condiment made with sugar, salt, water, cornstarch, and oyster extract. Despite its name, oyster sauce isn’t extremely fishy in terms of flavor. Instead, it hits on sweet, salty, and earthy notes.

Table of Condiments: Asian Sauces: Shelf Life

tum — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:50:20 +0000

It is pretty obvious when your tomatoes have turned, but how often should you replace your condiments? Asian Supper explores the shelf life of many popular Asian sauces like fish sauce and oyster sauce.

We have all been there... You open your fridge. You grab a bottle of soy sauce and do the sniff test. You flip over the bottle looking for the expiration date and think about the soy sauce’s shelf life. You try to remember how long ago did you buy it and when you last used it.

condiment shelf life

What Is Oyster Sauce? (Plus 10 Oyster Sauce Recipes to Try)

Table of Condiments: Asian Sauces: Shelf Life