Mustard Oil (Jie Mo You)
わさびより強烈！？脳天を突き破る北方の「マスタードオイル」
Description
A bright yellow aromatic oil essential for Northern Chinese (Beijing/Northeast) cold dishes. Pure essential oil extracted from mustard seeds. Possesses a 'volatile heat that violently pierces the sinuses', far surpassing JP mustard or wasabi. A few drops have the destructive power to induce tears.
Classification: Hardcore, Condiment, Aromatic Oil, Northern Cuisine, Mustard, Ultra Spicy, Piercing Sinuses, Cold Dish
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How to use
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil
- Mustard seed extract(Allyl isothiocyanate)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Northern Cold Dish Secret]: Mix 'just a few drops' into dressings with sesame oil and black vinegar for cabbage, wood ear, or glass noodle salads (Liangban).
- Use to deodorize and accent offal cold dishes like pig ears or tripe.
- NEVER use for frying; mix raw into dressings.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Intense、tear-inducing piercing volatile aroma and mustard flavor
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Substitute by dissolving JP mustard paste in sesame oil (volatility decreases)
Pairing
Cabbage & Jellyfish Salad / Pork Offal Salad
Trivia
In China, JP wasabi and mustard are generically called 'Jie Mo', but in traditional Chinese cuisine, it refers to this oil or mustard powder. Eating a cold dish spiked with this mid-meal perfectly resets the stomach from greasy foods.
Eating tips & etiquette
Sold in tiny bottles. As an extremely potent concentrate, NEVER pour it; 'dabbing the tip of chopsticks and mixing' is sufficient. Eating it sends electric shocks through the brain and completely clears the sinuses.
Allergen
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