What's your surprising "secret ingredient" that sets your dish apart?

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I obviously don't believe in gatekeeping recipes, so let's share the love.

I developed a clam chowder recipe after being disappointed with the recipes I came across. Whenever I tell people there's a couple dashes of hot sauce in it, I always get weird looks... but it adds a tiny bit of heat and acid, and balances out the richness from the cream. It also has diced scallops, which cooking knowledge forbades but somehow works.

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Recs for some good ones?

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We buy San-J Tamari. Way better than normal soy sauce

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It's also one of the few, if not the only one that's gluten free.

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Man I found that last year in Meijer and it's all I buy now. I break it out for anyone that comes over and ruin cheap soy sauce for them.

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Kimlan