Cornstarch

Cornstarch, known as cornflour in the UK, is a fine white starch. In these recipes it thickens sauces, gives pork and beef in Cantonese stir-fries a silky, tender coat, and makes salt and pepper tofu crisp. Mix it with cold water before adding it to hot liquid, or it will clump, and keep stirring as it thickens.

18 recipes use this ingredient