Kitchen Tools
A few items you might find most useful in the kitchen:
- Fine grater or citrus zester
- Mandolin slicer
- Food Processor or Hand Mixer
- Whisk
- Peeler
- Vegetable slicer (Vidalia or VeggiChop if you’re horribly inefficient at prepping or just want to shave off some time in the kitchen)
- Potato chipper (also great to create matchstrip-sized veggies)
- Slow Juicer
Sauces & Oils
Your kitchen cupboard may already be stocked with standard olive, vegetable, canola, and variety of other oils. However, there are a lot of non-standard (and sometimes hard to find) Eastern sauces and oils that may be handy to have on-hand when cooking.
- Soya, Tamari (Shoyu), Soy, or Bragg Liquid Aminos
- Sriracha sauce
- Mirin Sweet Cooking Wine
- Rice Wine Vinegar
- Vegetarian Black Vinegar
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Chili Oil
- Fish Sauce (Nuoc Cham) – vegan options available
- Hoisin Sauce
- Sesame Oil
- Szechuan Sauce