
FAQs
What makes Bitton's Asian Dressing authentic?
Bitton's Asian Dressing combines traditional Asian flavours - citrus, palm sugar, coriander, ginger, chilli, and lemongrass - in a carefully balanced blend. It's inspired by authentic Asian cuisine while being accessible to Australian palates. The result is genuinely flavourful with complexity and depth, not a watered-down interpretation or overly westernised version.
What cuisines work with Bitton's Asian Dressing?
Versatile across Asian cuisines - Vietnamese salads, Thai-style noodles, Chinese stir-fries, Japanese-inspired dishes, Korean barbecue, Indonesian gado-gado, or modern fusion. Also brilliant on contemporary Australian dishes that incorporate Asian flavours. Use as a dressing for salads, dipping sauce for dumplings or spring rolls, or marinade for grilled meats.
What is Asian dressing?
Quality lemon dressing typically contains olive oil (often extra virgin), fresh lemon juice, salt, and sometimes black pepper. That's it for Asian dressing typically refers to a sweet, sour, and slightly spicy dressing common in Southeast Asian cuisine. It usually combines citrus (lime or lemon), fish sauce or soy, sugar or palm sugar, garlic, chilli, and sometimes ginger or lemongrass. The balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy makes it distinctively "Asian" - complex and multi-dimensional. simplest versions. Some include Dijon mustard as an emulsifier, garlic for depth, or herbs like oregano or thyme. The key is balance - enough lemon for brightness without being overwhelmingly acidic, quality oil for body.
What's in Bitton's Asian dressing?
Bitton's Asian Dressing contains palm sugar, citrus juices (orange, lemon, lime), soy sauce, garlic, coriander, ginger, chilli, and lemongrass. These ingredients create the characteristic sweet, sour, salty, and spicy balance that defines Southeast Asian flavours. Quality ingredients make the difference - real palm sugar, fresh citrus, and authentic aromatics rather than artificial flavourings.
Can you use Asian dressing as a dipping sauce?
Absolutely. Asian dressing makes an excellent dipping sauce for spring rolls, dumplings, prawn crackers, rice paper rolls, satay skewers, or grilled meats. It's already balanced with the perfect sweet-sour-spicy combination. You can add extra chilli for heat or fresh herbs like coriander or mint for brightness. It's versatile - works as both dressing and dipping sauce.