We often see advertisements for various condiments on TV, including soy sauce, oyster sauce, etc. Many people use soy sauce, which is salty and heavy in color, and many dishes need soy sauce. But people who use oyster sauce may not smoke too much, because it is not in the four necessary condiments of "oil, salt, sauce and vinegar" after all. Today, I will talk to you about oyster sauce. Oyster sauce is a traditional flavor seasoning commonly used in Guangdong. Now it has a history of more than 100 years and is also welcomed by the people. What kind of seasoning is oyster sauce? What dishes can be served with oyster sauce? What's the use of oyster sauce?

Oyster sauce is made of oysters, which are called "undersea milk". Oysters are rich in nutrition, fresh and delicious, usually thick and dark in color. Oyster sauce is a savory seasoning, so its function is to freshen up, but also to reconcile various flavors and increase the taste of dishes. However, you need to pay attention when using oyster sauce. When should you add oyster sauce? No matter what vegetables are fried, they must be added as soon as possible. When oyster sauce is exposed to high temperature for a long time, it will lose its flavor and nutrition. Therefore, it is best to add oyster sauce to the pan immediately, so that it will be effective.

However, not all dishes are suitable for oyster sauce. The first one is spicy dishes such as kung pao chicken. The spicy taste of pepper and the hemp taste of pepper will cover the umami taste of oyster sauce, and oyster sauce will not work. The second is braised, sweet and sour dishes such as braised fish. The same sweet and sour taste will also cover the umami taste of oyster sauce. It is meaningless to add oyster sauce, and the mixed taste is strange, not delicious, and nutrition will be lost. The third is pickles. It is not recommended to put oyster sauce when making pickles. If you put oyster sauce, the preservation time of pickles will be shortened, and the taste will be sweet and spicy, which is very strange. It will ruin a jar of pickles. You can put some shrimp oil appropriately.

These three kinds of dishes are not suitable for oyster sauce. Tell people around you if you don't know. When preparing cold dishes, you can put oyster sauce, but not directly. Instead, mix thick soup with oyster sauce, add water and starch to thicken it, let it cool, then pour it on the cold dishes and stir it evenly. Oyster sauce is made of oyster, which is rich in nutrition, and the contents of calcium, iron, zinc and amino acids are very high, so eating oyster sauce often can not only refresh, but also supplement nutrition, which is really the best of both worlds. Oyster sauce can also be divided into salty and light. Usually, the oyster sauce we buy is salty, and its salt content is higher than that of soy sauce. Therefore, after adding oyster sauce, the salt should be put less, otherwise the dishes will be salty.

When cooking, be sure to add oyster sauce when cooking, so that oyster sauce can play its best role. It is both fresh and nutritious. Today, I will teach you to make a mushroom with oyster sauce. In winter, the mushroom is fleshy and nutritious. I suggest you eat more. Prepare some mushrooms, wash them and slice them, wash carrots and slice them, remove seeds and pedicels from peppers, and cut onions, ginger and garlic. Boil the pot with water, add a spoonful of salt, blanch the mushrooms and carrots in the pot, take them out and drain. Heat the pan, pour oil, add onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant, then add mushrooms and carrots and stir well.

Stir-fry chili until it is raw, add salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce and white sugar, stir-fry evenly, add water starch to thicken, take out the soup and put it on a plate, and stir-fry mushrooms in oyster sauce. Mushrooms are very fresh. After adding oyster sauce, it stimulates its umami taste and becomes more delicious. Oyster sauce is good, but we must know how to use it. Learning these skills can make your dishes more delicious!