Talk about It #2: Meeting Lao Gan Ma

This time, I would like to share a kind of amazing sauce which is easy to find in Chinese kitchen but not in other countries pantries, that is: Lao Gan Ma.

Photograph: blog.themalamarket.com

In 2016, Lao Gan Ma generated a heated discussion due to an article on Weibo（Chinese social media), saying quite a lot of foreign friends were hooked by Lao Gan Ma chili oils and sauces and their infinite uses as ingredients, condiments and shortcuts though it is harder to get stateside. From the perspective of Chinese netizens, It is common for them to use Lao Gan Ma as condiments in tandem with ginger, scallions and soy sauce to improve the texture of food, such as noodles ramen, dumplings, rice dishes, and tons of other stuff. What is curious is that Lao Gan Ma is wildly popular throughout China and made people have a secret addition to it.

So why are people enamored of Lao Gan Ma？Here is the description of it on Gilt and Amazon.

Left to your own fruition we doubt you’d conjure up this combination of soybeans and chili oil. Its aroma is at once reminiscent of ripe pineapple and savory fermented fish. The beans have a surprisingly crispy texture and a lingering clean heat. Try it as one stop shop for adding punch to pork or plain rice.

Excerpted from Gilt

Hands down, Chinese company Lao Gan Ma makes the most sophisticated, toothsome hot sauce we've ever tasted. Seriously, don't be fooled by the grumpy-looking lady on the jar! The deeply caramelized chilies, garlic, onions, fermented soybeans and peanuts give this chili paste unbelievable layers of flavor and texture, while Sichuan peppercorns add a mouth-tingling zip...

Excerpted from Amazon

In brief, Lao Gan Ma is perfect to be paired with any good meals as long as you are willing to try.

A bright red jar featuring a photo of stern-faced woman might establish people's first impression of Lao Gan Ma. The woman, Tao Huabi, who was as an illiterate, widowed mother opened a small noodle shop, that gained a wide support due specifically to her yummy chili sauce. The name “Lao Gan Ma” ,which means “Godmother”, came from a poor middle student who was grateful for her kind help and warm heart. In 1996, she shut down her restaurant to take her line of chili sauces into production, making her a millionaire and successful businesswoman. NOW, she still runs the privately owned Guizhou company with her two sons and leads the company to overcome difficulties and setbacks on the way forward.

I love Lao Gan Ma, and I am willing to share it with those who have no idea about it. If you haven't taste this treat, come to get a jar of chili sauce like this, you will find a new world. If you have already enjoyed this and have some ingenious ideas about cooking with Lao Gan Ma, please leave them in the comments below.

Thanks for reading my post, if you are interested in this kind of fun things, plz follow me @deepthinking and upvote my post. I hope everyone exchanges and common progress!