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Makes about 1\/2 cup<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Clearly, this product is extremely difficult<\/em> to make and will most certainly require many hours of toiling<\/em> in the kitchen. Except… not at all. In fact, with all the ingredients on hand, you can whip up a week’s supply in under 20 minutes. Here’s how:<\/p>\n In a large saucepan (or, preferably, a wok), heat the canola oil and soy sauce over medium-low heat while you gather and prepare all the other ingredients: thinly slice the shiitakes, mince the garlic and scallion, slice the nori into thin strips, and break the chilis into small pieces while removing the seeds. <\/p>\n Note: I used dried chile de \u00e1rbol<\/em> but you can likely use any dried or fresh chilis you have on hand.<\/p>\n With the oil and soy sauce warm (but not scalding) throw in the minced garlic and shallot and allow to cook for 2-3 minutes by themselves, then, add everything else to the party – mushrooms, chilis, nori, a grating of fresh ginger, a piece of cinnamon, and a star anise. If you don’t have whole cinnamon sticks, use just 2-3 pinches of ground cinnamon.<\/p>\n Allow this to reduce for a few minutes and then remove the cinnamon and star anise – they don’t take long to impart their flavors. Then continue cooking for about 10-12 minutes until the mushrooms have reduced and the mixture is considerably thicker than when you started.<\/p>\n The final sauce should be quite chunky, but it does need some final polishing from this stage. For that, transfer to a blender or food processor and simply pulse a few times until the mushrooms are broken into smaller pieces and the whole sauce has a more integrated feel (but not fully pureed). Store this for up to a week in the refrigerator. <\/p>\n Now, armed with an entire bottle of XO, what ever would you do with such a condiment? Basically, you can use it as a garnish that will add a kick anywhere you would normally use hot sauce. Here’s a few ideas:<\/p>\n However,<\/strong> the most common and classical implementation of XO sauce is… well, I can’t tell you. For that, you’ll have to wait until my next recipe on Saturday. I’ll give you a hint, though: it starts with fried and ends with rice and has a certain white cruciferous vegetable in the middle. \ud83d\ude42 See you Saturday. <\/p>\n Update: here’s that cauliflower fried rice recipe »<\/a><\/p>\n Oooooh yes. If you’ve never heard of “XO Sauce,” it is basically the world’s most powerful ingredient. If condiments are like ammunition, XO is the nuclear bomb. Seriously, I have… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[24,37,32],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ingredients:<\/h4>\n
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