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Add a pinch of sugar (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world to c/recipes@lemmy.world
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I noticed that David Chang likes to add a bit of agave nectar to his fried rice. I never thought about adding something sweet to this, so I started adding a small amount of brown sugar (maybe 1/4 to 1/2 tsp) to my fried rice, and it really seems to make it tastier. It doesn't read as "sweet" - it just gives it a tiny bit of an additional flavor boost. Since then I've also tried playing around with adding a tiny amount of sugar to other things, and it's usually pretty good.

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[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm like this with soy sauce. I almost always add at least a splash of soy sauce in just about everything. Or sometimes fish sauce or worcestershire.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh yes! That umami!

My dad told me about a guy he knew in the army who would put a drop of soy sauce in his coffee... Sounded weird but I tried it and it's actually pretty decent.

[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OMG, I'm going to have to try this. I mean it's basically salt and salt bring out the flavor. I wonder how it compares to the recent butter in coffee trend.

I love soy sauce so much. I'm a bit embarrased but sometimes I open my pantry and just take a tiny swig of the soy sauce straight from the bottle. I just love it, lmao.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lol! No I get it, it's delicious.

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