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Sauced: Hoisin Sauce

Of all of the sauces to explore for this mini American-Chinese sauce series, hoisin was the most intriguing to me—it's one that I use most often, yet never considered what actually goes into making it. Hoisin is a staple in many American Chinese dishes—almost anything labeled "barbecue" is sure to have it, and you'll usually find it alongside moo shu pork and peking duck.

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The Secret Ingredient (Honey): Creamy Honey Mustard For Seafood

The ultimate Florida-inspired honey-mustard sauce for seafood. Perfect cold for dipping crab claws and shrimp, or hot, spooned over chargrilled salmon.

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New McNugget Sauces from McDonald's

McDonald's recently expanded its line of McNugget sauces beyond the basic Sweet & Sour, Tangy Barbecue, and Hot Mustard to include Chipotle Barbecue, Sweet Chili, Spicy Buffalo, Creamy Ranch, and Honey Mustard. As a certified Nugget-head, I enlisted the help of Robyn in an eight-way nugget sauce taste-off. (We also injected some nuggets with sauce.) Here's what we thought.

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What's in Your Cold Pantry?

Inspired in part by this Talk thread posted by philandlauren and in part because my refrigerator completely broke down last week and was thus primed for a massive clean-up, clear-out, and reorganization, I decided to sort, categorize, and photograph most-but-not-all of the stuff in my cold pantry.

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The Nasty Bits: Chicken Heart Yakitori

Yakitori is really just a matter of picking out your favorite chicken parts to skewer (though non-chicken parts like beef tongue are common and delicious too). Common chicken parts include chicken heart, gizzard, liver, meatballs, thigh, and skin. The procedure is simple: grill, baste with sauce, grill some more, baste with more sauce, eat with more sauce. Emphasis on sauce.

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A Guide to American Barbecue Sauce Styles

While sauce on its own is never enough to save bad barbecue, it can perfectly complement the flavors of good barbecue, giving it an identity and elevating it to greatness. So, what are the "mother sauces" of barbecue? Mustard sauce from South Carolina, mayo-based white sauce from Alabama, and more.

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Serious Heat: How to Throw a Hot Sauce Tasting

At Chile Pepper magazine, we're experts on hot sauce tastings, especially after taste-testing 300 plus hot sauces in two weeks one December (which isn't something I would recommend to anyone). So based on that, here are our tips for how to conduct your own hot sauce tasting party.

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Culinary Ambassadors: The Philippines' All-Purpose Sauce

If all-purpose sauce were alive, it would certainly roll with a hipster crew because it is the most ironic of Filipino condiments. With a name like "all-purpose," you'd expect it to be capable of everything from topping ice cream to pre-treating stains, but in most Filipino households, all-purpose sauce serves only one purpose: to accompany lechon.

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Condiments in Japan: So-su (Sauce)

When you just say "sauce" (pronounced so-su) in Japan, it usually means a thicker version of Worcestershire sauce. We recently discussed it here! It's an essential condiment in Japan. Without it, korokke (pictured) and tonkatsu will suffer. You can't make yakisoba and okonomiyaki. Some people even use it on sunny-side up egg or a bowl of rice.

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Serious Heat: What's Spicy in Your Fridge?

My fridge is often a rotating selection of hot sauces, chile pastes and spicy condiments. However, there are a few that I always try to keep my fridge stocked with. Here's a list of my spicy condiment must-haves. What spicy condiments do you make sure to have in your fridge?

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