If you really get into Asian cooking you will want to stock your pantry for Asian cooking and how much you like to cook and how often you cook Asian Foods will give you some ideal of how much of the below list of Asian Food supplies you will want to stock your pantry with. Some things you will need all the time and other things such as sauces and etc you can purchase if needed or if you like the taste of that particular item or taste.

1. First of all if your going to do a lot of Asian cooking your going to want your own wok and I have prepared a hub page on Woks to help you make some important decisions about buying a wok. Click Here For My Hub Page On Woks.

2. Corn Starch is an essential for your Asian cooking as it is used to thicken sauces in Asian cooking.

3. You will want to study everything you can about Asian Teas and what tea should be served before meals and after meals. You will want to stock at least one green tea, one black tea and one oolong tea in your pantry. Click Here For My Hub Pages On Asian Teas

4. You will want fresh garlic. And the best is water packed in a jar. You will also want a supply of ginger root.

5. You will want a variety of oils to do your cooking in. Vegetable oil will work for most Asian cooking while keep in mind that oils like dark sesame oil will give a great earthy Asian flavor that you may come to love.

6. I keep won ton wrappers and egg roll wrappers in the refrigerator so I can have them as needed. I often make homemade egg rolls with fresh vegetables as a snack.

7. You will want to keep a jar of dried shiitake mushrooms in your pantry as the give wonderful flavor to your Asian cooking. And what ever you do don't throw away that water you soak your mushrooms in. It also adds a delicious flavor to your Asian dishes especially to rice.

8. You will want to have Chinese Cooking Wine, vinegar, rice vinegar and cooking sherry in your pantry.

9. If you are going to be doing Southeast Asian cooking your going to want red and green curry paste, coconut milk and fish sauce. These are essential ingredients for Vietnamese and Thai cooking.

10. You will want a variety of sauces like soy sauce, Japanese Soy Sauce, Fish Sauce, Hoisin Sauce, Chili Garlic Sauce and Black Bean Sauce. Plus if you visit the Asian foods section of most larger grocery stores you will find all kinds of other delightful sauces that can add great flavor to your Asian cooking.

Now there are a lot of other foods you may want to stock in your pantry for Asian cooking you can use the above list to make sure you have the essential items for Asian cooking. You will of course need a wok and some people will want a bamboo steamer and other items to allow to to do authentic Asian cooking.

Please feel free to post your comments below and feel free to post any tips or ideals you have for Asian cooking.

This dish is served in Thailand as a quick salad appetizer but it can be served as a meal. Along with some jasmine rice it would be a wonderful meal.This dish plays all the flavors of Thai cooking against one another including spicy hot, nutty,sour,sweet, and salty. Almost everyone I have prepared this dish for think its one of the most wonderful things they have ever tasted.

For your recipe you will need.

1. 1/3 Cup of Vegetable Oil.

2. 2-3 Thai Chili Peppers Minced Fine.

3. 1 Teaspoon Sugar

4. 2 Shallots minced fine

5. 1 Lime

6. 1/3 Cup Green Mango

7. 2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce

8. 1 Pound Catfish

9. 1/2 Cup Cashews ( Optional )

Cut your catfish up into very small pieces and bread with flour, salt and pepper. You will want to fry your fish until golden brown. Drain your catfish well on paper towels.

Now mince your chili peppers, and mix together your chili peppers, sugar, fish sauce and the juice of the lime.

Slice and mince your Shallots very fine.

Peel and grate your mango up fine.

If your cashews are uncooked and you are going to use them in the recipe toast them in a pan until golden brown.

Now mix all your ingredients together well and serve. I think you will find that you have just made one of the tastiest Thai dishes you will ever eat. You can cook and serve Jasmine rice with this dish as it goes along with it very well.

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