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Chinese Brown Sauce Recipe

Some of you may wonder how they make the brown sauces at the Chinese buffets. The truth is, there are many different ways to make a brown sauce and each of them is probably different in some way. Here is a pretty standard recipe for Chinese brown sauce that can be used with chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, etc. This is great for stir fry’s and I usually just coat chicken bits with a little corn starch, deep fry them and serve with this sauce. If you require some heat in your sauce try adding some red pepper flakes or chili paste.


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Chinese Brown Sauce Recipe

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Ingredients

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  • 3 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 4 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cups chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon oil

Instructions

  1.  In a bowl mix soy sauce, brown sugar, chicken broth, and corn starch. Make sure the mixture is well combined and set aside.
  2.  Add 1 teaspoon of oil to a wok or saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and stir fry for 10 seconds.
  3. Add the chicken broth mixture and bring to a boil. Cook until the sauce becomes thickened and bubbly.
  • Author: Bobby
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Bob Russell

Sunday 20th of July 2014

Why is chicken broth used and not beef broth? Or does it really matter?

Bobby

Sunday 20th of July 2014

I have not tried this with beef broth but it should work in its place.

Larry

Thursday 30th of January 2014

What do I add to make it a bit spicy

Bobby

Thursday 30th of January 2014

You could try adding some crushed red pepper flakes, maybe about 1/2 teaspoon.

Ramona

Tuesday 10th of September 2013

Great sauce! Tried it today and it tastes so good

wookiecook

Monday 15th of July 2013

try using oyster sauce rather than the soy. It have a little thicker consistance. Also has a little better flavor than soy..

Bobby

Monday 20th of May 2013

Diane - I believe this would be very similar to garlic sauce, but I am not positive.