What is your favourite stir fry sauce? Or do you make it from scratch? I like Hoisin baby.

[applegrove]

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. I get this foil packet of pre-made orange sauce and hit it with a generous amount of cayenne pepper.

[siligut]

2. Ponzu sauce and Sriracha

Funny you ask, I am making stir fry tonight. I shredded some ginger and garlic into the vegetables at the last minute and then added the Ponzu sauce and Sriracha. I love Hoisin sauce though

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Sriracha for the win.

If its got the Rooster on it..you know its GREAT Vietnamese hot sauce!

[KamaAina]

4. I believe it's Thai

although it is as commonplace at Vietnamese places as Tabasco or equivalent at Cajun ones.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. you are right..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce

But I have always found it in Vietnamese restaurants..I guess that means its, pardon the expression..Hot in Vietnam!

[KamaAina]

8. Is there a Vietnamese Betty White?

We could do a "Hot In Cleveland" knockoff!

[hifiguy]

10. I've never been in a Vietnamese or Cambodian restaurant

where they didn't have that stuff. It's really good, but a little vinegary for some dishes. You want real insanity, try sambal oelek - it's like popping a tiny nuclear reactor into your mouth. Whoa!!

[Generic Brad]

5. Garlic soy sauce

Soak some cloves in Kikkomen for a few days. Mmmmmm.

[Kali]

7. scratch

broth (real homemade best, but bullion will do), ginger, pinch of sugar, sherry, garlic, soy sauce, chili pepper flakes

if I have hoisin or oyster sauce I will throw some of that in too

portions are usually pretty random (start with a couple cups of broth and work your way down - 1/2 cup soy, 1/4 cup sherry etc etc LOL)

thicken with corn starch if you wish

[hifiguy]

9. I make my own for each dish.

There is always Pearl River Bridge soy sauce (light or dark), a pinch of sugar and Xioshing wine and often a vinegar of some sort. A good brand of Chinese black vinegar is one of the more amazing condiments/sauce ingredients ever. The good stuff tastes as rich as fine steak sauce. Yum.

Chili paste (with or without garlic) or sriracha usually figures somewhere in the mix, too.