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What to cook with Toasted Sesame Oil
Above all, Toasted Sesame Oil shines on Vegetable stir-fry, Cold sesame noodles, Dumpling dipping sauce. It’s my top recommendation across 3 dishes we’ve tested. It also works as an alternative across 3 recipes we’ve documented. It also accompanies 3 dishes as a complementary condiment.
Oil · Sesame oil
Toasted Sesame Oil
Japan (Kadoya, Yamada in Osaka and Kyushu) and South Korea (Korea-grown sesame, with much seed imported from India, Sudan, and Nigeria), Japan / South Korea (none)
deep toasted nut · warm sesame · roasted savory depth
Where to buy it
Where to buy it
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The dishes where it’s our first choice
3 recipes where Toasted Sesame Oil is my top recommendation.
The dishes where it also works
A credible alternative on 3 other recipes.
The dishes where it plays a supporting role
3 dishes use it as a complementary condiment alongside other ingredients.
Its best partners in the kitchen
The condiments most often cited alongside Toasted Sesame Oil in our pairings.
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Vinegar · Raw cider vinegar
Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
Vermont (US) · Herefordshire (UK), traditional cider-apple country, United States / United Kingdom
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Spice · Oils, vinegars & honeys
Traditional Tamari
Aichi, Gifu and Mie — the Tōkai region around Nagoya, the historic home of whole-soybean (mame) brewing and Hatchō miso, Japan
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Honey · Monofloral honey
Acacia Honey
Great Hungarian Plain and the wider Carpathian Basin (also Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia), Hungary
To learn more about the product itself — full page for Toasted Sesame Oil .