List of Chinese sauces

Shacha sauce in a bowl with coriander to be used in a hot pot

This is a list of notable Chinese sauces, encompassing sauces that originated in China or are widely used in Chinese cuisine.

Chinese sauces

Oyster sauce

XO sauce

• Chilli sauce
• Doubanjiang
• Hoisin sauce
• Lao Gan Ma – a brand of chili sauces that are made in China.
• Mala sauce
• Mee pok sauce
• Oyster sauce
• Peach sauce
• Plum sauce
• Sesame sauce - Used as dipping sauce.
• Soybean sauce
• Soy sauce
• Sweet and sour
• Sweet bean sauce
• XO sauce – a spicy seafood sauce that originated from Hong Kong. It is commonly used most in southern Chinese regions like Guangdong province.

Barbecue sauces

• Siu Haau sauce – a thick, savory, slightly spicy BBQ sauce generally known as the primary barbecue sauce used within Chinese and Cantonese cuisine.
• Shacha sauce – A Chinese sauce or paste that is used as a base for soups, hotpot, as a rub, stir fry seasoning and as a component for dipping sauces.
• Satay sauce – a peanut-based sauce of Southeast Asian origin. Informally referred to as a Chinese barbecue sauce.

Chinese dishes with sauce as a main ingredient

Soy sauce chicken

• Crab in oyster sauce
• Noodles with tomato egg sauce
• Soy sauce chicken
• Zhajiangmian – fried sauce noodles

Chinese sauce manufacturers

• Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co – a Chinese public company that manufactures sauces and flavourings. It is the largest manufacturer of soy sauce in the world.
• Lee Kum Kee – a Hong Kong-based food company which specialized in manufacturing oyster-flavored sauce
• Pearl River Bridge – Soy sauce brand since 1958

See also

• Chinese pickles
• Duck sauce – a condiment with a sweet and sour flavor and a translucent orange appearance similar to a thin jelly, it is provided at Chinese-American restaurants
• List of Chinese desserts
• List of Chinese dishes
• List of Chinese soups
• List of sauces
• Yellow soybean paste