Sesame oil

Used in 8 recipes on RecipeWiki.

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Beef coated in cornflour and seared in batches in a pan hot enough to smoke, with the sauce going in only at the very end.

Rice simmered in eight times its weight of stock until the grains collapse, into a savoury porridge finished in the bowl.

Yesterday's rice broken up cold and fried hard in a wide pan, so the grains stay separate and toast instead of steaming to paste.

A brothy Sichuan-style soup thickened with a cornflour slurry and finished with vinegar and beaten egg off the heat, so both stay sharp.

A soy-based broth that tastes long-cooked because it is. The pork rolls the night before, which is most of the work and none of the effort.

A shiitake and kombu broth that starts with a half-hour soak, finished with white miso and topped with seven-minute eggs.

Cucumbers smashed rather than sliced so the torn faces grip a soy, vinegar and sesame dressing instead of shedding it.

A whole fish steamed plain, dressed with soy, and finished by pouring smoking oil over raw ginger and spring onion.