[VSM_SiRjon]

Who makes the best XO Sauce in town? And where would I be able to buy some for home?

[TOS'd]

:sweetjesus: homemade xo sauce, still have a couple jars left

[604778]

+1 for homemade.

[BorLorBao]

I second that, homemade XO sauce is the best!

[VSM_SiRjon]

Who's got the recipe? I thought you need intense heat to make it good?

[willystyle]

Yeah, just make it at home, and make it in large batches then properly can it. It will last a few years. Much better!

[6793026]

these are not my images but i'll just post up here.
heat up oil until it's EPIC hot.
get a bag of this;throw it in.
*************** do NOT do this INDOORS. you house fire alarm will sound and the puff of mushroom cloud of hot peppers are so intense, you clothing will smell for eongs
http://www.ephotosworld.com/var/albums/spices/red-chillies-dry.jpg?m=1362137022

use as much or as little. everyone has their own thing, dried scallops, shrimps, garlic, ginger... ANYTHING you can think of, you need to pre soak it and then prep it eg// split every strand of scallop individually etc.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fgkHxxFkOjQ/TMzgjuJSJII/AAAAAAAAAWQ/NQWAMMVADhM/s1600/XO+sauce+003.jpg

take the shells of the peppers out from the oil, discard peppers. throw in all the dried scallops, shrimps etc and heat it up, reduce and add seasoning.

When you're done, you're done and it should be
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Dth5_szw9Kw/TUR4IXPiIvI/AAAAAAAACrg/6Nv9RiZ-tdY/s1600/XO+Sauce%5B6%5D.jpg

just remember, there should be a good portion of scallops, shrimps and whatever you want to put in there.

you need to add sugar, salt but please don't be a douche bag and put in MSG. I put in over 200 dollars worth of dry scallops alone + shrimp and about 13 different spices in it. The final result is about 6 jars of xo sauce which I send it to my friends all over the world.

[Vansterdam]

that sauce sounds amazing :sweetjesus: can I haz :fullofwin:
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[punkwax]

Never had XO but my mouth is watering looking at those pics :drool

[corollagtSr5]

Hong Kong's The Terrace Restaurant: Chef Sum - How To Make Chinese XO Sauce - YouTube

Only video I could find of xo recipe

[Not really racist!]

+12000000 for home made

[6793026]

^ the ham they put in is epic expensive. you could just not put any in.

i never cut up my shrimp because i want people to know i put in large ones and not just little charity pieces.

sorry, but this guy has shitty ass cutting skills and clearly his garlic overflowed the pan. Please be super carefuly when you make this (if you want to do it), the oil will over flow and when you do put in garlic / shallots, do NOT over cook it as it will for sure turn brown and create a burnt taste.

[corollagtSr5]

Well for those who don't want to make home made, where is the best place to buy a jar. Since no one answered OP's question.

[willystyle]

Sun Sui Wah sells it. It's not bad.

[guurl]

imo kirin restaurant on cambie has the best XO sauce.. nomnomnom

[SkinnyPupp]

but please don't be a douche bag and put in MSG.

How would adding MSG make you a "douchebag" while salt wouldn't? Is MSG somehow evil or something? Is it douchey to add saltiness as a flavour, but not umami? :fulloffuck:

[Vansterdam]

western lake has some pretty bomb XO sauce they sell too

And dai tung sells some too
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[DaFonz]

How would adding MSG make you a "douchebag" while salt wouldn't? Is MSG somehow evil or something? Is it douchey to add saltiness as a flavour, but not umami? :fulloffuck:

Don't you know that MSG is bad for you? Geez. All those people complaining about MSG headaches can't be wrong. What do billions of chinese people know anyways?

[SkinnyPupp]

Don't you know that MSG is bad for you? Geez. All those people complaining about MSG headaches can't be wrong. What do billions of chinese people know anyways?
What's an MSG headache?

Pretty much all of Japanese cooking use loads of it... And everyone knows that these are the unhealthiest, fattest people in the world with the lowest life spans right!

[a00755836]

buy it at maxims bakery in rc.

[a00755836]

lol. i was just reading about msg on wiki. like to share with rs ppl. i know msg in some sort is bad for our health but didnt know about any symptoms.

In April 1968, Robert Ho Man Kwok wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, coining the term "Chinese restaurant syndrome". In this letter he claimed:
I have experienced a strange syndrome whenever I have eaten out in a Chinese restaurant, especially one that served northern Chinese food. The syndrome, which usually begins 15 to 20 minutes after I have eaten the first dish, lasts for about two hours, without hangover effect. The most prominent symptoms are numbness at the back of the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitations...[8]
The syndrome is often abbreviated as CRS and also became known under the names "Chinese food syndrome" and "monosodium glutamate symptom complex."
Symptoms attributed to the Chinese restaurant syndrome are rather common and unspecific.
While many people believe that monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the cause of these symptoms, an association has never been demonstrated under rigorously controlled conditions, even in studies with people who were convinced that they were sensitive to the compound.[9][10] Adequately controlling for experimental bias includes a placebo-controlled double-blinded experimental design and the application in capsules because of the strong and unique after-taste of glutamates.[9]

[Vansterdam]

what do you guys eat XOsauce with?

i only use it for dim sum but I should try it with chinese buns next time

[KingDeeCee]

what do you guys eat XOsauce with?

i only use it for dim sum but I should try it with chinese buns next time

I put it on all my dimsum. I sometimes eat it as is when I wait for the dishes to come.

At home, I usually mix it in fried noodles or noodle soup. :sweetjesus:

[Culverin]

what do you guys eat XOsauce with?

i only use it for dim sum but I should try it with chinese buns next time

Radish cake.

Braised tofu.

Gwai fa pong (aka Sea cucumber intestines)

[SoNaRWaVe]

western lake has some pretty bomb XO sauce they sell too

And dai tung sells some too
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have you tried the XO sauce from dai tung before? just wondering how it is.

[DaFonz]

What's an MSG headache?

Pretty much all of Japanese cooking use loads of it... And everyone knows that these are the unhealthiest, fattest people in the world with the lowest life spans right!

MSG Headache, powerband power, santa claus, easter bunny.

What do they all have in common?

They just imaginary things that don't exist.

[SkinnyPupp]

what do you guys eat XOsauce with?

i only use it for dim sum but I should try it with chinese buns next time
lo bak go :sweetjesus:

[6793026]

i don't like to put in MSG because it doesn't necessary represent the food properly. I mean, i much rather have a bowl of nice ramen, pho, any FOOD that doesn't have MSG than to eat something with MSG.

in my opinion, 9 out of 10 times, i get very thirtsy after pho and it's literllay cause of the MSG in the food and not the salt.

Salt doesn't give the same effect as MSG; i can't explain it as I'm not a scientist and taste is very subjective so i'll just leave it at that.

on all the meals i cook, all the food i make, i don't put in any MSG.

[SkinnyPupp]

Taste is indeed subjective. Some people don't like salty, some don't like sweet, some don't like bitter. Apparently you don't like umami.

But to make up shit like "msg headaches" and "I get really thirsty and I know it's not from salt" is just silly (although I suppose it's possible that you have an intolerance to glutamates, that's just you, and doesn't make people who don't have your issues "douchey"). IMO, the anecdotal negative feelings that fall within "chinese food syndrome" is most likely caused by eating huge amounts of carbs + unhealthy vegetable oil.

Just say you don't like umami, and leave it at that. BTW foods heavy in umami include any meat product and 99% of all soup ever made.

I like umami too, but sometimes it can be too much. I can't drink very many soups in Japan, because it is so umami. They love it here (why do you think so much of their cuisine uses seaweed? it is loaded with glutamates. Same goes for Chinese food using soy sauce. The whole point of soy sauce is to add umami), and for me they tend to go a bit overboard.

So it's subjective, it doesn't mean someone is a "douche" for liking umami flavour, and wanting to enhance it

And finally, when you try to avoid MSG by buying something that is "MSG free", all they do is replace MSG with another form of free glutamates... monopotassium glutamate, calcium diglutamate, monoammonium glutamate, and magnesium diglutamate. Same shit, just using a different salt. But it's MSG free!

[DaFonz]

in my opinion, 9 out of 10 times, i get very thirtsy after pho and it's literllay cause of the MSG in the food and not the salt.

Salt doesn't give the same effect as MSG; i can't explain it as I'm not a scientist and taste is very subjective so i'll just leave it at that.



A controlled double-blind multicenter clinical trial failed to demonstrate the relationship between MSG symptom complex and the consumption of MSG in individuals who believed they reacted adversely against MSG. No statistical association has been demonstrated, there were few responses and they were inconsistent

No, you're not a scientist and that's why you shouldn't spout off on nonsense like that.

[extracrunchie]

^ the ham they put in is epic expensive. you could just not put any in.

i never cut up my shrimp because i want people to know i put in large ones and not just little charity pieces.

sorry, but this guy has shitty ass cutting skills and clearly his garlic overflowed the pan. Please be super carefuly when you make this (if you want to do it), the oil will over flow and when you do put in garlic / shallots, do NOT over cook it as it will for sure turn brown and create a burnt taste.

Replace that ham with bacon :fullofwin:

[BrRsn]

ld50 for salt (g/kg bodyweight):
16,600 [1]
ld50 for msg (g/kg bodyweight):
3000 [1]

1) http://jn.nutrition.org/content/130/4/1049S.short


oh look ... here's a scientist .. with degrees and shit ... and a published + reviewed study.
Let's completely disregard his findings! hurrah!

[6793026]

Replace that ham with bacon :fullofwin:

doesn't work. when you get to the later stage of frying the oil, the bacon becomes very black burnt bacon bits, the ham works much much better.

i usually add some 菜宝 to give it a slight crunch. AND you could put in some fried garlic shavings to give it a contrast.

[instantneedles]

Taste is indeed subjective. Some people don't like salty, some don't like sweet, some don't like bitter. Apparently you don't like umami.

But to make up shit like "msg headaches" and "I get really thirsty and I know it's not from salt" is just silly (although I suppose it's possible that you have an intolerance to glutamates, that's just you, and doesn't make people who don't have your issues "douchey"). IMO, the anecdotal negative feelings that fall within "chinese food syndrome" is most likely caused by eating huge amounts of carbs + unhealthy vegetable oil.

Just say you don't like umami, and leave it at that. BTW foods heavy in umami include any meat product and 99% of all soup ever made.

I like umami too, but sometimes it can be too much. I can't drink very many soups in Japan, because it is so umami. They love it here (why do you think so much of their cuisine uses seaweed? it is loaded with glutamates. Same goes for Chinese food using soy sauce. The whole point of soy sauce is to add umami), and for me they tend to go a bit overboard.

So it's subjective, it doesn't mean someone is a "douche" for liking umami flavour, and wanting to enhance it

And finally, when you try to avoid MSG by buying something that is "MSG free", all they do is replace MSG with another form of free glutamates... monopotassium glutamate, calcium diglutamate, monoammonium glutamate, and magnesium diglutamate. Same shit, just using a different salt. But it's MSG free!

hmm interesting, but you have a strong point. geez skinny, you never cease to amaze me with your polar opposite viewpoints

[SkinnyPupp]

hmm interesting, but you have a strong point. geez skinny, you never cease to amaze me with your polar opposite viewpoints
I live life with a skeptical chip on my shoulder - you should too!

[SlySi]

what do you guys eat XOsauce with?

i only use it for dim sum but I should try it with chinese buns next time

Like Franks hot sauce.
I put that on everything.