Melissa King Sauce Recipes
Independent adaptations of Melissa King's publicly published recipes. Not created by, affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Melissa King.
Melissa King is a cookbook author working in Chinese-American / Top Chef; recognized with James Beard Book Award 2026 (Cook Like a King).
By the numbers
4
recipes
50%
pour-and-shake ready
5.5
ingredients per recipe, field average 6.8
Lemon juice is Melissa's acid of choice, showing up in 2 of 4 recipes.
Compared with the whole catalog, Melissa reaches more often for lemon juice (50% vs 23%).
Recipes
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One glass jar · five sauces as fill lines. Starts with 2 recipes adapted from Melissa King. Recipe pages keep the credit. Build it and name it for them.
1 kitchen · 1 national award
- Fennel Salad DressingNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: FENNEL SALAD
- Kung Pao SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: KUNG PAO
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Kitchens
- Independent / cookbook author · San Francisco
Awards
- James Beard Book Award 2026 (Cook Like a King)
Citations
- Astoria Caesar · adapted from Melissa King / Food Friends (Cook Like a King / Ten Speed)
- Fermented Black Bean Sauce · adapted from Melissa King / Bravo (Top Chef winning menu)
- Fennel Salad Dressing · adapted from Melissa King / Bravo (Top Chef winning menu)
- Kung Pao Sauce · adapted from Melissa King / Kohler event PDF
Every recipe lists its source and original title in the Provenance section of the recipe page.