Asian Style Rub

Asian Style Rub for Wok and Pan

The Asian Style Rub from Cape Herb & Spice is an aromatic Asian spice blend with ginger, garlic, lemongrass, sesame, and coriander, made for wok dishes and stir-fries. Not a spicy chili seasoning, but a mild, fragrant spice blend for quick pan-fried meals.

Asian Style Rub is the aromatic Asian spice blend from Cape Herb & Spice in Cape Town, made for stir-fries, wok dishes, and anything from a quick pan. It brings the fragrance of Southeast Asian street food to your stove, spicy from ginger, fresh from lemongrass, and nutty from sesame. A spoonful will transport you to the street kitchens of Bangkok.

The base is 45 percent sea salt, complemented by roasted garlic, brown sugar, sesame, onion, a little chili, 3 percent ginger, fennel, turmeric, lemongrass, and coriander leaves. A hint of soy flavor and lime rounds it all off. An entire spice region is captured in a single tin. So you no longer need ten different bags; one tin is enough for the whole wok evening.

Spicy, fresh, with nutty sesame

Spicy, fresh, aromatic—that’s how the blend coats meat or vegetables, already smelling like Asia in the hot pan.

Ginger and lemongrass provide the fresh kick, garlic and sesame lay the savory base, and turmeric colors everything a golden yellow. The heat remains mild, but the flavor profile is multi-layered. It tastes like street food from the wok, without a long list of ingredients.

Because the blend already includes everything, you save yourself the effort of measuring out many individual spices. One spoonful, and your pan tastes like the Far East. Spicy, fresh, and nutty—the blend elevates any wok dish.

How to make your perfect stir-fry

Heat some oil in a wok, sear meat, tofu, or vegetables, and season generously with the blend.

Leftover fried rice the next day, a quick noodle stir-fry, or crispy baked tofu also gain depth with it. Sprinkled over a fried egg on a bowl of rice or stirred into a peanut sauce, it truly shines. Even a simple vegetable soup gains character with a teaspoonful.

It goes well with chicken, shrimp, beef, and all kinds of vegetables, as well as fried noodles or rice. For a quick marinade, stir it with oil and soy sauce and let the meat soak for a short time. A splash of lime at the end provides the freshness that belongs in Asian food.

If you like it hot and Thai-style, check out the Sriracha Chilli Hot Thai, and you can find more options in our spice blends and BBQ spices collections.

Cape Herb & Spice from Cape Town since 1994

Behind the blend is Cape Herb & Spice, a spice manufacturer from Cape Town, founded in 1994 by Irene Ivy.

What Irene started over 30 years ago from a small market cart at the V&A Waterfront now supplies kitchens around the globe, with over 600 employees behind it. Cape Town lies on the old spice route, and you can taste this passion for seasoning in every pinch. Just as Irene intended, innovation, flavor, and quality remain the top priorities to this day, all without irradiated spices. Kudos.

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Glaze, cucumber salad, and the right moment

Season only toward the end, as fine aromas can burn quickly in a very hot wok. A teaspoon in a sauce made of soy sauce, honey, and lime makes a quick glaze for chicken. A quick cucumber salad with a bit of it also tastes refreshing alongside. That’s how you bring Asia to your plate, even on a hectic evening. A few fresh spring onions and roasted peanuts on top, and that’s about all you need. Simply delicious.