What is Oyster Sauce

Oyster sauce is a seasoning made from oysters. Oyster sauce is a traditional seasoning commonly used in Guangdong, and is also one of the largest products in the sauce category. It is made from oyster (oyster), which is known as "milk from the bottom of the sea", and then boiled and concentrated by adding auxiliary ingredients.

Oyster sauce has a delicious flavor, rich oyster aroma, moderate consistency and high nutritional value, and it is also the main ingredient of traditional Cantonese dishes such as beef with oyster sauce and fresh mushrooms, bok choy with oyster sauce and vermicelli with oyster sauce.

Oysters, also known as oysters. It is a shellfish, shaped like a tamarind. Oyster Guangdong called oyster, Fujian called oyster. Zhejiang called oyster yellow, the north called sea oysters, oyster meat is delicious, nutritious. Can be eaten fresh, processed and dried into oysters, but also canned, oyster oil, oyster powder.

China's northern coast and Guangdong have production, artificial culture and natural growth of two kinds. The northern production of small head, Guangdong production of large head. The production season is usually around December to March of the next year.

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Oil consumption is oyster as the raw material extracted from a kind of animal fats, this kind of oil is the main component, contains unsaturated fatty acids, protein, mineral content is relatively high, there is a certain amount of health care health function.

Consumption of oil contains high amino acids, can play a role in cooking to regulate the flavor, contains some zinc and other minerals calcium, eat more consumption of oil can improve the human appetite, promote digestion.

In daily life, consuming oil as a condiment, can be mixed with cold dishes, can be stir-fried, often eat consuming oil has a brain brain, slow aging function.

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Oyster Sauce