A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
A concentrated oyster-based seasoning sauce, often thick and brown. A vegetable dish can still contain this animal-derived sauce. Ask which sauce is used rather than treating a vegetable name as a complete ingredient list.
In the kitchen
Used in a home-style chicken-and-mushroom stew.
One production method concentrates oyster juice and blends it with other ingredients. Formulas vary by product; the sauce is distinct from whole oysters.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有蚝油吗？
Does this dish contain Oyster sauce?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
