Base ingredients for asian food?

[soulhunter123]

For almost all Chinese meals you're going to need:

• Cooking wine (Shaoxing)
• White vinegar
• Sesame oil
• Soy sauce
• Salt
• Pepper
• MSG
• Sugar
• Some kind of starch (potato, cornflour)

Those are the ubiquitous ingredients for "standard" Chinese cookery.

 

[panthro]

Philipines is a culture mix pot of a lot of influences from indian curry to Chinese spices.
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You can cook 95% of Filipino dishes using these base ingredients - soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, peppercorns, fish sauce, kalamansi (or lime) and shrimp paste.