Condiments
Sauerkraut
Homemade sauerkraut is super easy and so much better than store bought. I first made it in glass jars with a weight, but after a while I bought a stone crock and really prefer this method. If your’re just starting to ferment, I would recommend using glass jars until you confirm that a crock is worth…
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Cream Horseradish Sauce
This makes a great spicy horseradish sauce that is thinner in consistency than the steakhouse style creamy version. This is perfect if you want to drizzle over meat or vegetables, etc.
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Kimchi
We like kimchi with many dishes, including Asian pork street tacos. So I often make a homemade batch.
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Crab Stock
We’re blessed to live in an area where we can go crabbing in the Puget Sound. SInce Dungeness crabs are plentiful, I end up cracking a lot of crabs and love making stock from the shells. This stock makes a great base for soups or to use as an ingredient with rice for that hint…
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Pickled Red Onions
I use half an onion for this recipe, since I often make it at the same time that I prep pineapple salsa. If you want, just double the recipe to use the whole onion. My favorite use for pickled red onions are on tacos and fajitas, but these are really good in salads as well!
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Green Chili Hot Sauce
I signed up for a local pea patch garden last year, and this year I decided to grown a variety of chili peppers. We had a late summer, so I’m just now harvesting an array of peppers. I wanted a good base recipe that would work with the different peppers. This one is perfect. It…
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Habanero Mango Hot Sauce
This is a great basic sweet and spicy sauce. We love on pork chops, ribs and chicken. Grill your meat with basic SPOG and then baste with this sauce near the end. You don’t need any additional sugar, since the mangoes and carrots are natural sweeteners.
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Thai Peanut Sauce
I have never been a fan of peanuts or peanut butter, but have heard and read many timesthat Thai peanut sauce is really great. I never ventured to try until recent years and was surprised how much I love this sauce! Typically it’s called satay sauce. This sauce is so easy to make and handy…
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Spicy Hoisin Sauce
I like to spice up store-bought hoisin sauce with this recipe. It becomes a great sweet and spicy sauce that works well on pork chops and ribs. You can also thin the sauce a bit by adding toasted sesame oil to use in a veggie/meat stir fry.
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Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
This is a great salsa and one of our staples. It tastes super fresh, even after being canned for a year. We serve with tortilla chips as an appetizer or as a condiment with tacos or fajitas.
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