Ggs

Culinary students in the States used to be taught that adding GGS—ginger, garlic, and scallions—instantly makes a dish Chinese. That's not completely true, but there is some validity to it.

The second G in the Asian trinity, GGS (ginger, garlic, scallion), it can be subtle or bold, sweet or pungent, depending on how you use it. Buy garlic cloves by the head; the skin on the outside should feel tight and full.

Whoever made the chicken stock for the soup that day would begin by stir-frying garlic, ginger, and scallions—“GGS,” the Asian mirepoix that began many dishes in this kitchen—before dumping the water and chicken bones into the wok.

[…] buttery sauce, lemony vinaigrette, roasted shallot vinaigrette, yogurt dip with sauteed shallot, GGS dressing (ginger, garlic, shallot), Thai relish, sweet soy sauce, peppercorn sauce.