What is Xo Sauce? Nutritional Facts, Calories & Taste

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What is Xo Sauce?

Xo sauce is a spicy condiment used specifically in Chinese cuisines for savory meat, seafood, veggie and noodle dishes. The texture of this deeply flavorful, dark red sauce is thick and chunky. The intensely umami flavors of salty dried shrimp, Jinhua ham, garlic, shallots and spices create a hot and rich sauce to add deep flavor to foods.

What does Xo Sauce Taste Like?

Umami

...Umami is one of five main tastes. It is savory with a depth of flavor. Umami is a taste in many foods, including meat, seafood, beans, and nuts. It is both naturally occurring and created through the specific use of ingredients to create a satisfying taste. Umami is characteristic of proteins and savory dishes.

Spicy

...Spicy is a flavor that brings heat and fire to food by creating a burning sensation in the mouth or sinuses. Spicy flavors come from hot peppers, horseradish, and wasabi. Spicy adds a kick and sometimes complexity to a dish and releases endorphins, creating a mildly addictive quality.

Ingredients

canola oil

...Canola oil is a popular and readily available oil in America, due to its inexpensive price and neutral flavor. Canola oil comes from the rapeseed plant, the oil is pressed from the seeds and has a yellow color. It is a thin oil that is best for medium high heat, such as sautéing, though is commonly used for deep frying. Canola can be found in baked good, salad dressings, and a vast variety of food products.

dried shrimp

...Dried shrimp are used in East Asian cuisines for the umami flavor that they impart. The shrimp are used shell-on and shell-off and are dehydrated or sun dried, removing all of the moisture. This leaves an almost freeze dried texture. They are liked for their salty, marine and umami flavors. They are used in many dishes requiring plenty of liquid and can be found in sauces.

dried scallops

...Dried scallops, also called conpoy are made from fresh scallops. These scallops are essentially dehydrated and sold as a flavoring for soups and other dishes. The dried scallop is hard and light brown. It imparts a flavor that is reminiscent of cured meat and the ocean. It tastes pungent and adds a strong umami flavor to any dish.

bacon

...The popular bacon streaked with fat that is used in American cuisine, comes from the belly of the hog. Bacon is cut in long, thin strips, salt cured and sometimes smoked or flavored with maple. Other cuts come from the back and loin. Raw bacon is pink in color with strips of fat, has a meaty and salty smell that can be smoky. Bacon must stay refrigerated.

chinese sausage

...Chinese sausage is a pork product and varies in flavor and texture. Some types are soft, much like bratwurst in texture, others are hard, like an aged salami. They tend to be smaller and thinner than European varieties of sausage. Chinese sausage has casing around it and is a reddish brown color. The flavor is often spiced and salty, some kinds have a smoky taste as well.

red pepper

...The bell pepper is a vegetable by culinary measures, but botanically it is a fruit. Bell peppers grow in warm to hot climates and are somewhat bell shaped, hence the name. They are large, with wide ridges and smooth, shiny, thin skin. The flesh of the bell pepper is thin, crunchy and a bit juicy. They four main colors of bell peppers are red, green, orange and yellow, some are purple. The flavor is sweet, vegetal and mild. The inside has seeds that should be remove before consuming the flesh of the pepper. These peppers are used in dishes, both raw and cooked.

garlic

...Garlic is used in cuisines around the world and is extremely popular for its depth of flavor. The garlic bulb forms underneath the soil and is harvested once it reaches maturity. The bulb typically has thin, dry, white and flaky skin, surrounding the individual cloves. Often there are 10-12 cloves to a bulb/head of garlic. The cloves are cream colored with a strong smell and flavor that is spicy and sharp. Garlic takes on a nutty flavor in addition, when cooked. It is used in countless dishes, sauces, breads and more.

ginger

...Ginger is a spice whose root is used in food around the world. The root is grown underground and has a hard body and thin beige skin. The root has many rounded and long shoots and is often fat. The flesh of the ginger is golden colored with a flavor that is earthy, spicy and bright. Ginger is made into tea, used in sauces, desserts and savory dishes.

soy sauce

...Soy sauce is a liquid condiment and seasoning made from fermented soybeans. Traditionally it was been made with just soy, many versions and brands use wheat as well. Soy sauce is dark brown with a thin viscosity. The flavor is intensely salty and umami. Soy sauce is used to season meats, seafood and vegetables, it is also used in sauces to perk up the flavor of the food and enhance other tastes.

shallots

...Shallot are a type of onion with a milder flavor than the large bulb varieties. Shallots are small onions in a lumpy oblong shape. They have a papery dry, brown skin that protects the ringed layers of the onions flesh. These layers are white with hints of purple and are juicy and crunchy. The shallot has a sweet and gently sharp taste that once cooked lends a silky and savory sweetness to a dish.

cinnamon ground

...Ground cinnamon is a fine aromatic powder made from the bark of the cinnamon tree, also known as cassia; another variety. The bark is peeled from the tree, dried and ground into the warm brown powder that is known as cinnamon. The flavor is spicy, warm and sweet and savory at the same time. It is extremely popular in many cuisines and common in American desserts.

anise seeds

...Anise comes from a flowering plant with lacy leaves. The seeds are harvested and used in a variety of cuisines around the world, in both sweet and savory dishes. Star anise seed looks like a brown, flowery seven pointed star. It is used whole, or ground into a powdered spice. The flavor is sweet and similar to licorice and fennel.

salt

...Salt is a mineral composed mostly of sodium chloride. It is the main flavoring used in food and is naturally occurring in certain foods, such as cheese, beets, meat and celery, plus many others. Salt is white and has finer granules than sugar. Many commercial salts include iodide, while others exclude it. Most salts are white, while some are naturally pale pink with minerals. Salt brings out the flavor of something and can create a tangy mouthfeel, if used in excess.

Xo Sauce Nutritional Facts and Calories

Serving Size: 1 fl oz (30g)
Amount Per Serving% DV
Calories58kcal3%
Fats
6g
8%
Sat. fats1g5%
Mono. Fats
3g
7%
Trans fatsN/A
Carbs1g0%
Sugars1g2%
FiberN/A
Proteins0g0%
Cholesterol0mg0%
Sodium
156mg
7%

Healthy Level

Unhealthy Level

Information is not verified and for reference purposes only. Contact vendor directly if you have any food allergies. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, but calorie needs may vary. See Nutrition

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