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Sauce

Oyster sauce

Sweet-salty savory backbone for brown sauces and vegetable stir-fries.

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Why it matters

Oyster sauce gives brown sauces their sweet-salty, umami-heavy body. Keep it around for beef stir-fries, pork fried rice, lo mein, egg foo young gravy, and the darker side of takeout-style cooking.

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