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What is enchilada sauce? Enchilada sauces are smooth, chili-based sauces that include salsa roja (red enchilada sauce), chile con queso (cheese-based sauce), verde sauce (green enchilada sauce), and mole sauces. As the name suggests, enchilada...

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What are gravies? Gravies are rich sauces popular in American cuisine. In a nutshell, they're a mixture of fat, flour, and liquid. Although most recipes use the juices that flow from slow-cooked meat, vegetarian gravies...

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What is soy sauce? Soy sauce is a brown, salty condiment typically served with Asian foods, like potstickers and sushi. This super flavorful, umami-packed liquid is made by fermenting soybeans and wheat along with salt...

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What are perch? Many types of fish are a part of the perch, or Percidae, family, including yellow perch, walleye, and sauger. However, not all fish with "perch" in their name are true members of...

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What are navy beans? When you hear the term "navy beans" you might imagine a dark-blue-colored food. However, navy beans aren't navy in color at all! They're actually small, pea-sized white beans that are closely...

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What is Kombucha? Kombucha is a faintly fizzy fermented beverage made from sweetened tea. A kombucha mother or SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts) facilitates the fermentation process. The bacteria and the yeasts in...

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What are red beans? Red bean is a term often used for a variety of beans that are red in color. While this can be a little confusing when following a recipe that calls for...

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Rice is a versatile ingredient used in many dishes, from soups to stir-fries to puddings. There are many rice varieties to choose from, making it challenging to decide which one to buy for different dishes....

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What are soybeans? Soybeans are a member of the legume family and have a wide range of uses across the world. While eating soybeans whole in the form of edamame has been growing in popularity,...