The sauce of cold dishes is the soul of the taste of cold dishes, and the right sauce can make cold dishes more delicious. When preparing the sauce, we must first determine the taste and style of the cold dish, such as sour and spicy, spicy, umami, etc. Then, we can choose the right seasoning according to the taste, the commonly used seasonings are soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, Sichuan pepper oil, minced garlic, minced ginger, chopped green onion, etc.
For sour and hot flavors, we can mix an appropriate amount of soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and minced garlic, stir well, and add some sugar and salt to taste. If you want a more delicate taste, you can strain the juice to remove impurities such as minced garlic. Finally, pour the prepared sauce on the cold dish and sprinkle some chopped green onion and coriander to make the cold dish taste more sour and spicy.
In addition to the sour and hot flavors, the spicy flavor is also one of the common flavors in cold dishes. When mixing the spicy sauce, we can choose to use pepper oil, chili oil, minced garlic, ginger and other seasonings. Mix these seasonings together, add salt, sugar and vinegar to taste, stir well, and drizzle over cold dishes. For a more flavorful taste, add some tahini or peanut butter to the sauce.
In addition to the taste, the color and texture of the sauce are also very important. We can adjust the color and texture of the sauce by adding the right amount of pigment and starch to make the cold dish more appealing. For example, when mixing red sauce, you can add some red pigment or tomato paste; When mixing a thick sauce, you can add some starch to thicken.
Another tip, when seasoning the sauce, first prepare half a bowl of minced garlic, heat the oil, and pour the hot oil on the minced garlic after the oil is hot, so that there is a garlic fragrance and the taste of oil. At this time, you can put soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings into it.