Looks fantastic! Interesting additions to the sauce, I bet that was really good. I’ll have to try adding a splash of soy sauce to my sauce sometime. I’ll often throw in a stock cube.
Chili crisp! Goes great on everything. Umami, flavor, and texture bomb. Home made is best, but Fly By Jing is pretty good.
Along similar lines, Chinese god oil. Amazing with noodles, fish, and lots of other things. A cheater version is chili crisp mixed with black vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, green onion, and cilantro.
I used to drink them quite a bit, but I don’t any more sure to food allergies.
I think they’re quite useful and can even be tasty (I used to make smoothies using them). I just saw them as a convenient form of protein.
Having said that, I’ve noticed that I’m much less hungry eating whole food proteins, and so I’m actually less likely to snack and ingest less calories over all.