salt
盐· yan
pantry
Taste & Role
Salty
Baseline seasoning; often paired with soy in layered saltiness.
What it is
Chinese cooking rarely relies on salt alone — it builds saltiness in layers (salt → soy sauce → oyster sauce → bouillon). When a recipe calls for salt, add less than instinct suggests; you can always finish with more soy at the end.
Nutrition
per 100 g- Calories
- 364 kcal
- Protein
- 6.2 g
- Total fat
- 1.74 g
- Carbs
- 80.8 g
- Fiber
- 4.3 g
- Sodium
- 0 mg
USDA FoodData Central (closest standard match)
Substitutes
No registered substitutes — this one is usually easy to find.
Recipes using it
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