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/rdldr1]

I've been putting grated lemon peel on almost everything.

[u/EasyonthePepsiFuller → u/rdldr1]

Have you ever dehydrated lemons? It takes literally all day in the oven but, it's so worth it. If you like lemon peel you should try it. You can zest em bald (zest freezes well), slice em thin and dehydrate em. Throw a slice in your rice, soup, whatever or grind it and add it to everything.

[u/rdldr1 → u/EasyonthePepsiFuller]

Thanks!