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GGS en · NOUN
Meanings
(uncountable) Ginger, garlic, and scallion(s), regarded as a holy trinity of ingredients in Asian cooking.
Culinary students in the States used to be taught that adding GGS—ginger, garlic, and scallions—instantly makes a dish Chinese. That's not completely true, but there is some validity to it. 2017 March 28, Desmond Tan, Kate Leahy, Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia [A Cookbook], Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 228:
Whoever made the chicken stock for the soup that day would begin by stir-frying garlic, ginger, and scallions—“GGS,” the Asian mirepoix that began many dishes in this kitchen—before dumping the water and chicken bones into the wok. 2009 March 31, Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Holt Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 130:
[…] buttery sauce, lemony vinaigrette, roasted shallot vinaigrette, yogurt dip with sauteed shallot, GGS dressing (ginger, garlic, shallot), Thai relish, sweet soy sauce, peppercorn sauce. 2021 November 19, Namrata Sadhwani, A listicle of agrarian provisioning, M/s Greygrids graphics:
The second G in the Asian trinity, GGS (ginger, garlic, scallion), it can be subtle or bold, sweet or pungent, depending on how you use it. Buy garlic cloves by the head; the skin on the outside should feel tight and full. 2017 September 12, Joanne Chang, Karen Akunowicz, Myers+chang At Home: Recipes from the Beloved Boston Eatery, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 40: