Hot & Sour Sauce Trail 100g – 2 Packs

One pouch, five dinners, four to six servings, zero prep.

$15.98 CAD

PRICE

$15.98

Ingredients

PICKLED RADISH (RADISH, WATER, SALT), SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, CHILI, WHITE VINEGAR, GINGER, GARLIC, SUGAR, SALT, LACTIC ACID, FOOD FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES, SPICES, NATURAL CAROTENE, HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM 5'-INOSINATE, DISODIUM 5'-GUANYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE.

Top highlights

Meet the weeknight soup workhorse of the Youjia lineup. Hot & Sour Soup Sauce for Beef is a ready-to-cook 100g pouch built for speed — one packet, 4-6 servings, and the bright, tangy, restaurant-style flavor of Sichuan suan tang fei niu without the Sichuan pantry. Designed for home cooks who want "convenient selection & easy preparation" without sacrificing authentic depth.

Real pickled radish, white vinegar, chili, garlic, and ginger give this base its signature sour-spicy-aromatic profile — sharp, savory, and gently warming. Don't let the name fool you: beef is just the headliner. This base stretches across five complete dinners — hot and sour beef soup, dumpling soup, shrimp noodle bowls, poached fish, and even baked chicken wings. Lightweight pouch packaging makes it easier to store, stock up on, and throw in a weekend bag than glass jars.

Why You'll Love It:

Weeknight Speed: One pouch, one pot, one soup — simmer and serve in under 15 minutes
Multi-Protein: Ideal for beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, fish, vegetables, and pho
Five Flavors for a Week: Part of the Youjia meal-planning system — pair with Savory, Sweet Chili, Black Pepper, and Spicy for a full week of Chinese dinners
Pantry-Friendly: Flat, lightweight pouch — no fridge space wasted until opened
Bilingual Labeling: Fully compliant English and French packaging for Canadian kitchens

Contains soybean products. Once opened, consume immediately.

Item details

Brand Name

YOUJIA

Diet Type

Vegan

Flavor

Hot and Sour Sauce Trail

Item Form

Sauce

Specialty

GMO Free, Concentrated Formula

Allergen Information

Contains: Soybean

Manufacturer

Youjia

Plant or Animal Product Type

plant-based

Manufacturer Contact Information

chengdu, sichuan.china

Container Type

Pack

Cuisine

Asian Flavor Experience

Age Range Description

13+（All Ages）

Measurements

Net Content Volume

100 g

Liquid Volume

Milliliters

item-package-quantity

Item Volume

100 g

Item Weight

3.53 Ounces

Item Dimensions

16.5 x 25 Centimetres

package-weight

107 g

Number of Items

Unit Count

1.0 Count

Number of Pieces

Size

100 g (Pack of 1)

Hot and Spicy Beef Soup

Bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add mushrooms and baby spinach, cook for 3 minutes.
Stir in 100g Hot & Sour Sauce. Add 300g thinly sliced beef (hot pot beef), cook until color changes (~30 sec). Add chili rings for color.
Transfer to a bowl. Garnish with chopped scallions.

Spicy and Sour Chicken

Toss 400g boneless chicken thighs (cubed) with 100g Hot & Sour Sauce. Marinate for 10 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan. Cook chicken until golden brown on all sides.
Add 1 chopped bell pepper, ½ chopped onion, and ¼ cup water. Stir-fry until sauce thickens. Serve.

Sour and Spicy Shrimp

Toss 500g peeled & deveined shrimp with 100g Hot & Sour Sauce. Marinate for 5 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan. Cook shrimp until pink and curled. Remove and set aside.
In the same pan, add blanched broccoli, ¼ cup water, and remaining sauce from the pan. Stir well. Return shrimp and toss to coat. Serve.

Hot and Spicy Noodles with Beef

Bring 800ml water to a boil. Stir in 100g Hot & Sour Sauce. Add 200g rice noodles (pre-soaked) and cook for 3-5 minutes until tender.
Add a handful of bok choy and sliced luncheon meat/char siu. Cook for 1 minute.
Divide into bowls. Top with a fried egg (optional) and chopped scallions.

FAQs

Q1: How can we effectively control salt intake?

Your actual salt intake is determined by the final salinity of the finished dish on your plate, not the sodium level in the bottle. Blindly chasing "low-sodium sauces" is often a myth—when the food lacks flavor, you end up adding more salt at the table anyway. True salt control comes down to the precise ratio of sauce to ingredients. Before leaving our kitchen, every YOUJIA product undergoes 3–5 rigorous cooking tests to calculate the perfect ratio, precision-locking the final dish's salinity at an ideal 1.0% golden balance. Simply follow YOUJIA's recipe-recommended ratios for effortless sodium control and uncompromised flavor.

Q2: How can we effectively control cooking oil usage?

YOUJIA matches every seasoning with a signature water-braising recipe that requires zero added oil. During cooking, the sauce helps render out the meat's natural fats. For strict low-fat diets, simply chill the dish for a few minutes to solidify and skim off the surface oil—delivering complete, high-quality protein with virtually zero added fat.

Q3: How can we effectively control sugar intake?

Unlike traditional cooking that relies on added sugar to boost flavor or mask bitterness, YOUJIA requires zero added sugar in your kitchen. Powered by our natural fermentation process and balanced formulation, our sauce naturally elevates the inherent sweetness of your ingredients to restaurant-quality standards, cutting excess sugars at the source.

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YOUJIA's "Five Flavors for a Week" was born from a real family frustration.

2017

In 2017, we moved from China to Canada. For the first time, my husband and I had to manage everyday cooking completely on our own. Slowly, one simple question began taking over our lives: "What should we eat today?"

The exhausting part was never the cooking itself. It was the constant deciding.

One day, I taped a simple weekly meal plan to the wall. That moment marked the beginning of YOUJIA's Five Flavors for a Week.

Five days, five flavors, never the same meal twice:

🟡 Monday · Savory Sauce

Braised Chicken, Braised Beef, Braised Shrimp

🔴 Tuesday · Sweet Chili Sauce

Kung Pao Shrimp, Kung Pao Chicken, Fish-Fragrant Pork

⚫ Wednesday · Black Pepper Sauce

Black Pepper Steak, Black Pepper Shrimp, Black Pepper Pasta

🌶 Thursday · Spicy Sauce

Spicy Fried Chicken, Spicy Pork, Spicy Tofu

🍋 Friday · Hot & Sour Sauce

Hot & Sour Beef, Hot & Sour Fish, Hot & Sour Rice Noodles

Same ingredient, completely different feeling — because flavor changes everything.

Every YOUJIA sauce is built on a foundation of quality fermented ingredients — pickled chilies, aged fermented bean paste, and naturally brewed vinegar, slow-developed over time. No industrial shortcuts, no artificial additives. Just real, honest ingredients that deliver deep, layered flavour and restaurant-quality results at home.

Cooking should never feel like a burden. At YOUJIA, we hope these five flavors bring a little more joy and rhythm to your table every week. Visit our store to explore all five flavors and find your own weekly rhythm.

— YOUJIA Founder, Penny

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