Chinese Hot Mustard Sauce
Zero guilt. Maximum fire. Three ingredients and about a minute.
Takeout-Packet Lore
The little foil packet that comes with egg rolls is one of the best deals in condiments: dry mustard, water, done. It is fierce, it is nearly free, and almost nobody makes it at home because it seems like it must be complicated. It is not. Mustard powder and vinegar, whisked. The heat comes from a chemical reaction that fires the moment the powder gets wet — which is why this is one of the very few sauces that is better made fresh and eaten within the hour.
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Chinese Hot Mustard Sauce
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By volume: 2 tbsp = 1 oz = 23 cal • 1g protein • 1g fat • 2g carbs • Honey instead of monk fruit: +7 cal per 2 tbsp • Prepared yellow mustard instead of powder: about the same calories, far less heat
Macros: USDA FoodData Central (mustard seed, ground; rice vinegar; turmeric) • as written, with monk fruit • nobody eats 12 oz of hot mustard, but the matrix is here for consistency with every other page.
The Numbers Up Front
Total Yield: ~6 tbsp, about 3 servings
Default Portion: 2 tbsp
⚠️ This gets genuinely hot. Start with less than you think.
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
There is nothing to trim. This sauce is 23 calories for two tablespoons as written, and the calories that are there come from the mustard seed itself, which is where all the flavor lives. The only lever is the sweetener: a teaspoon of monk fruit keeps it at zero, honey would add about 7 calories a serving. Use whichever you actually have.
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📊 Before & After(per 2 tbsp)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store-Bought Sweet Hot Mustard | 90 | 1g | 1g | 20g |
| ⭐ Chinese Hot Mustard Sauce | 23 | 1g | 1g | 2g |
| You Saved / Gained | −67 cal | even | even | −18g carbs |
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