If you want to stock a kitchen for Chinese cooking, a good starter for your basics would be:
- chicken
- cornstarch
- soy sauce and tamari
- fresh ginger
- onions
- carrots
- white rice
- fish
- eggs
- various broths
- five spice
- sesame oil
- rice vinegar
- rice wine for cooking
- small dried shrimp
- oyster sauce
- green onions
- leeks
- garlic
- bok choy
- variety of mushrooms
