Hetty Lui McKinnon Sauce Recipes
Independent adaptations of Hetty Lui McKinnon's publicly published recipes. Not created by, affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hetty Lui McKinnon.
Hetty Lui McKinnon is a cookbook author working in Chinese-Australian / vegetarian; recognized with James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2024 (Tenderheart).
By the numbers
5
recipes
80%
pour-and-shake ready
6
ingredients per recipe, field average 6.8
Rice vinegar is Hetty's acid of choice, showing up in 2 of 5 recipes.
Compared with the whole catalog, Hetty reaches more often for garlic (80% vs 35%), soy sauce (60% vs 10%), and maple syrup (60% vs 1%).
Recipes
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1 kitchen · 1 national award
- Reliable Dumpling SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: GINGER-SOY
- Miso Maple VinaigretteNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: MISO-MAPLE
- Nearly Nuoc ChamNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: NUOC CHAM
- Char Siu SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: CHAR SIU
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Kitchens
- Independent / cookbook author · Brooklyn
Awards
- James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2024 (Tenderheart)
Citations
- Fennel Frond Pesto · adapted from Tenderheart (Knopf 2023) via To Vegetables With Love (author's Substack)
- Reliable Dumpling Sauce · adapted from Tenderheart dumpling-salad sauce via Cup of Jo
- Miso Maple Vinaigrette · adapted from Hetty Lui McKinnon / Tenderheart (Knopf excerpt via Ideastream/NPR)
- Nearly Nuoc Cham · adapted from Hetty Lui McKinnon / Stylist (Tenderheart)
- Char Siu Sauce · adapted from Hetty Lui McKinnon / Stylist (Tenderheart)
Every recipe lists its source and original title in the Provenance section of the recipe page.