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Cooking Asian food in Germany: an ingredient guide

Match ingredients in our Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and Malaysian recipes with their German product names. These selected entries come from the Schmackig catalogue; store types are shopping suggestions, not verified stock or prices.

Sauces and cooking liquids

Soy sauce

German product name: Sojasauce

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Chilli bean paste

German product name: Doubanjiang – scharfe Bohnenpaste

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

Product notes: Look for Doubanjiang / 豆瓣酱. Recipes and allergens differ by brand. Choose a product labelled for your diet; check animal ingredients and processing aids.

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Doenjang soybean paste

German product name: Doenjang-Sojabohnenpaste

Suggested store type: Supermarket

Product notes: Choose a product labelled for your diet; check animal ingredients and processing aids.

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Fish sauce

German product name: Fischsauce

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

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Shaoxing cooking wine

German product name: Shaoxing-Reiswein

Suggested store type: Supermarket

Product notes: Choose a product labelled for your diet; check animal ingredients and processing aids.

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Sesame oil

German product name: Sesamöl

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

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Spices and aromatics

Ginger

German product name: Ingwer

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Garlic

German product name: Knoblauch

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Fresh coriander

German product name: Koriander, frisch

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Ground cumin

German product name: Kreuzkümmel, gemahlen

Suggested store type: Supermarket

Product notes: Ground cumin; not caraway.

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Rice and noodles

Wide rice noodles, dry

German product name: Breite Reisnudeln, trocken

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

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Dry soba noodles with wheat

German product name: Soba-Nudeln mit Weizen, trocken

Suggested store type: Asian grocery

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Dry sweet potato glass noodles

German product name: Dangmyeon – Süßkartoffel-Glasnudeln, trocken

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Plain dry egg-free wheat udon

German product name: Udon-Weizennudeln, trocken, ohne Ei

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

Product notes: Choose dry wheat udon without egg, fish or other animal ingredients; contains gluten.

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Plain ready-cooked rice

German product name: Weißer Reis, fertig gegart, ungewürzt

Suggested store type: Supermarket

Product notes: Buy ready-cooked rice; weigh it cooked. Dry rice requires extra cooking time.

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Tofu and soy products

Plain ready-to-eat silken tofu

German product name: Seidentofu natur, verzehrfertig

Suggested store type: Supermarket

Product notes: Choose plain ready-to-eat silken tofu; check the soy allergen and any added seasoning.

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Ready-seasoned vegan inari tofu pouches

German product name: Marinierte Inari-Tofutaschen, vegan

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

Product notes: Choose ready-seasoned vegan pouches. The Yutaka reference contains soy, wheat and alcohol in its seasoning; check the actual pack.

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Plain natto, fermented soybeans (discard seasoning sachets)

German product name: Natto, fermentierte Sojabohnen, pur (ohne Würzpäckchen)

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

Product notes: Buy plain fermented soybeans and discard any included sauce or mustard sachets; check the label for your diet and allergens. Thaw frozen natto in the fridge before the recipe time begins.

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Vegetables

Chinese cabbage

German product name: Chinakohl

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Spring onion

German product name: Frühlingszwiebel

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Fresh soybean sprouts (kongnamul), not mung sprouts

German product name: Frische Sojasprossen (Kongnamul), keine Mungbohnensprossen

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

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Tinned bamboo shoots, drained

German product name: Bambussprossen in der Dose, abgetropft

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Cucumber

German product name: Gurke

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Carrot

German product name: Karotte

Suggested store type: Supermarket

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Fresh water spinach (pak boong), raw trimmed

German product name: Frischer Wasserspinat (Pak Bung / Morning Glory)

Suggested store type: Asian supermarket

Product notes: Buy edible Ipomoea aquatica, not ordinary spinach or ornamental morning glory. Weight is trimmed raw leaves and tender stems; availability is not verified.

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Published by Schmackig. Recipes are editorial adaptations, not kitchen-tested reports. Check actual packaging for ingredients and allergens.