A little bit spicy, a little bit saucy – these noodles from MasterChef Australia alum Beau Cook bring the heat with punchy XO sauce, rich prawn stock and plenty of wok-tossed flavour.

The idea behind most of the items featured in this column is that they’re secret ingredients: You put a little Maggi in a salad dressing to covertly pump up the flavor of the salad, not to make it ...

If making your own XO sauce isn’t quite your speed, you would do well to order it at one of the restaurants around L.A. that has it on the menu. The gloriously pungent sauce, a mash-up of dried ...

The name is something of a fake — XO sauce. The Asian condiment contains no cognac, which is what the XO (“extra old”) term famously applies to. Nor is it a sauce in the traditional, smooth sense but ...

I OFTEN SIGN email with an “xo” — or two. Perhaps I’m crossing the line with that warm affectation, tossing hugs and kisses to correspondents I may have never met, but love makes the world go ’round, ...

Eggplant and Chicken Stir-Fry With XO Sauce. (Nathan Hostler, special to The Oregonian/OregonLive) (Nathan Hostler, special to The Oregonian/OregonLive) I started seeing dishes made with XO sauce on ...

Chefs are by nature obsessive. It’s a personality trait that tends to fit them, like their chef’s whites, that knife collection, maybe some latent pyromania. You could argue that chef Sang Yoon has ...

There can be no denying the appeal of fried rice. It has variations for everyone: vegetarians, non-vegetarians, eggetarians as well as vegans. Depending on your needs, fried rice can be a quick meal ...

Although it's named after XO cognac, XO sauce doesn't contain alcohol. The name is meant to evoke something that's expensive and special. What is it? It's more a condiment than a sauce. It should ...