Easy Eats - September 2011

Home Plate
Stock your pantry with these Asian staples and you’ll be ready
to knock out your next meal faster than you can order takeout.

1. Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Sauce This isn’t your average hot sauce. Sun-ripened chilies and garlic are ground until smooth, releasing its distinctive spiciness. ( huyfong.com, $2.99 for 17 oz.)

2. Explore Asian Gluten-Free Black Bean Spaghetti Made with just black beans and water, this grain-free Chinese pasta cooks to a perfect al dente texture. (navanfoods. com; $4.69 for 7.1 oz.)

3. Takara Mirin Gourmet Seasoning Sake Stir Japan’s number-one selling cooking sake into your dishes for a hint of sweetness and a beautiful glaze finish. ( takarasake.com, $6.25 for 750 ml)

4. O Yuzu Rice Vinegar Yuzu, Japan’s sweet-tart citrus fruit, is steeped in barrels with California rice vinegar and aged over time. ( ooliveoil.com; $12 for 6. 8 fl. oz.)

5. Pacific Natural
Foods Organic
Vegetarian Pho
Soup Starter
Just add vegetables,
rice noodles, fresh
herbs and a squeeze
of lime, and you
have a vegetarian
Vietnamese noodle
soup in minutes.
( pacificfoods.com,
$4.29 for 32 fl. oz.)

6. San-J Organic Tamari Gluten Free Soy Sauce Similar, but thicker than regular soy sauce, tamari is made with more soybeans, giving it a richer, more complex flavor. (san-j. com, $3.69 for 10 fl. oz.)

7. Eden Organic
Shiro Miso
This small-batch,
light golden miso
handcrafted in
Japan has a delicate
sweetness. (edenfoods.
com; $10.25 for 12.1 oz.)

8. Thai Kitchen
Original Pad Thai
Take Out Box
Now you can enjoy
sweet, tangy pad thai
to go in just three easy
steps: Add water, heat
in the microwave and
let steep. (thaikitchen.
com; $3.19 for 5. 9 oz.)