Condiments, Sauces & Pastes

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This colorful cold noodle salad is infinitely riffable and superbly delicious, thanks to a big-flavor dressing you’re gonna want to have on hand all the time.

This colorful cold noodle salad can be changed up however you want, it's all about that tangy, umami-wonderful miso dressing.

Tamarind is sweet, sour, and quite tart and provides the ideal base for this finger-licking glaze.

Crushing and smashing green beans and cucumbers sounds crazy, but it creates nooks and crannies to soak up as much umami-rich miso sauce as possible. And this is a dressing you'll want a lot of.

Sabich, a popular Israeli street food, is a pita-busting combination of a bunch of great appetizers.

Using bruised berries, that last little bit of buttermilk in the container, and a scoop of tahini will make you feel both resourceful and well fed.

What makes this salad special is the miso ranch dressing and the pulverized nori.

This isn’t the only green sauce you’ll ever make. But it might be the best one.

How to get it nice and smooth—and you might never buy it again.

A little bit of coconut oil make this curried hummus a complete dream.

Creamy avocado hummus, where have you been all our lives?

Harissa + hummus = heaven.

It makes us feel virtuous, but, more importantly, a steamer makes lightning-fast meals.

Roasting the vegetables, along with a trio of umami-rich ingredients (miso, mushrooms, and kombu), give this meat-free broth a deep, satisfying flavor.

The key to a toothsome alt-grain polenta is blitzing the grains for less time than you might think.

We've got a recipe for puppy chow that showcases the snack mix in all its glory.

Sifting the powdered sugar may seem a bit fussy, but it’s the key to getting an even, not clumpy coating of sugar on each and every piece.

Just remember to check your teeth.

If you like your soup extra spicy, add a bit more gochujang or even a bit of the kimchi juice for an additional kick.

Chicken noodle miso soup, a spicy kimchi and egg version, and more ways to play with a basic miso soup recipe.

A modern take on your childhood sick-day soup.

The best, easiest miso soup ever.

A savory take on classic miso soup.