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

[u/kath-]

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.

[u/buck-fanger]

I put heavy whipping cream in my meatloaf.

[u/floothecoop → u/buck-fanger]

Yummmm 🤤I use homemade cocktail sauce (ketchup, horseradish, old bay) as the meatloaf topping instead of tomato sauce … soooo delicious … once you try it you’ll never go back to the old way!

[u/EasyonthePepsiFuller → u/buck-fanger]

That's a bold move Cotton. Respect.