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Old 10-11-2015, 10:08 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501 View Post
I honestly don't know what umami is so I'll start with that. I think it just means unique flavors. And the most unique ingredients are in Asian food. I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but I've experimented with some of these ingredients you'd find interesting.

For staples, miso paste, Korean red pepper paste, dashi/bonito flakes. For spices, Chinese five-spice, Korean red pepper, anise all have really unique properties.

Lots of interesting dried ingredients at an Asian grocery store. Dried mushrooms of every kind. Dried shrimp.

Vegetables, I started putting perilla in lots of things. Gives a different bite to everything.

Finally, food substitutes. Fish sauce for salt. Sesame oil for olive oil. Kimchi for sauerkraut or relish.
Umami is savoriness. It's a major component of Asian food, but not strictly Asian by any means. Foods that boost umami are high in glutamates, so a lot of what you listed are umami bombs.
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