Rather than a particular dish, what's your favourite food ingredient?

Eggs for me.

If we're talking non meat then onion, spinach, pumpkin, tofu and taro.

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HidingCat@kbin.social · 15 pts · 3y (7 replies)

No mention of garlic?

Any of the spices in five spice powder, or said powder.

Soy sauce.

Tomatoes.

GeekFTW@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Garlic 100%.

Always have garlic powder and 3-6 heads of garlic in my kitchen and I am not above roasting a couple of them heads at a moments notice so I can toss roasted garlic into anything.

My wife hates me lol

rodhlann@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Garlic is the only answer for me. I double the garlic quantity in any recipe that calls for it. It's just so good

PhoenixRising@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

"Garlic is not measured with spoons but with the heart"

Someone once posted that on reddit, I believe it.

GeekFTW@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Same goes with vanilla. Oh 1 teaspoon? Cool tablespoon it is lfg!

FishInABarrel@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

When I started cooking, I thought a "clove" was the whole head of garlic. It tasted about right to me. XD

technologicalcaveman@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Garlic and onions. Any onions is good onions.

GeekFTW@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

I like every month or two buying a pound of onions, run em over the mandolin and spend an afternoon doing a nice slow caramelize on em. Reduce em down to a cup or so of dark brown amazingness, toss it in the fridge and add into a bunch of food just like I do roasted garlic.

mrbigmouth502@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y

Hot peppers. Whether it's jalapeno, cayenne, habanero, Thai chilis, ghost pepper, or even the milder ones like banana peppers, they're all great. :D

HubertManne@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y

plus one for eggs.

Horik@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Preserved lemon. It's pickled, fermented lemon. Discovered it in Moroccan dishes, and it is heavenly.

gentleman@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

@Niello Garlic without question, then tomato.

BowflexPeloton@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Smoked paprika

whenlifegivesyoureddit@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

One of the most overlooked imo as the taste is subtle. But adding it gives such a homely warm feel to a dish.

Alexmitter@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
  1. Noodles, especially spaghetti.
  2. Eggplants, especially grilled.
  3. Cheese, especially aged or blue mold cheeses.
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)
harmonea@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I clicked this hoping it would feature a specific person and I was not disappointed.

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Keeps ya skee-yun muh-wee-ist.

Infrapink@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

For baking, cinnamon.

For meals, I find the key to good vegetarian food is tomatoes.

mutant@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

love

Usernameblankface@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

Meat, specifically beef.

AttackBunny@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

How has no one said potatoes, or rice yet? They are both so incredibly versatile.

Personally, it’s potato. A large amount of cuisines use them and in wildly different ways sometimes.

WackyIdeas@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Lately, deep fried capers.

Nepenthe@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Favorite in terms of "food with X in it," or favorite in terms of adding it? Because if it's the first one, it turns out I love me some damn onions something fierce. If it's just "which ingredient do you enjoy adding," eggs every time. So satisfying.

Eigengrau@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Chives and smoked parprika❗

EnderWi99in@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Butter

v13@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Ground black pepper

sim@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
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Warped@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Really hard, but possibly paprika or maybe garlic?

Butternut squash and spinach are also popular.

Any cheese. Stilton, feta or Stinky Bishop.

GreedyYardHippos@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Any kind of pork, beef, or lamb fat. Using it as a replacement for butter or oils to cook or prepare ingredients brings a whole new depth of flavor to a dish!

Tigbitties@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

I could probably put chilly powder on anything but my wife would hate me.

ADHDefy@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

There are so many things I could say, but if I'm being totally honest, white rice. I could eat it plain, with butter, with so many different sauces, under other food, mixed into other food, at any meal, as a snack, even multiple times a day. I never get tired of it.

Lianrepl@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Sriracha. I put it on pretty much anything

metaStatic@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

look at Mr Moneybags over here able to afford Sriracha

metaStatic@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Cardamon is highly underrated

Artichoke similarly underrated

Sun dried tomatoes ... everyone knows this is S tier