Recipe: Chinese Brown Sauce for M Gable

Chinese Brown Sauce

You'll often find this easy to make brown sauce accompanying popular Chinese dishes such as Beef with Broccoli.

3/4 cup beef broth (beef bouillion cubes can be used)
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Combine the above ingredients in order and bring to a boil, stirring.

Yields about 1/3 cup.
adapted from source: Rhonda Parkinson

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CHINESE BROWN SAUCE

2 tsp. cooking oil
2 tbsp. Hoisin sauce
1 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. white pepper
5 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. ketchup
2 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. ginger
1 1/2 tbsp. cooking wine
3 tbsp. water

Put oil in saucepan and heat, then add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer 3 minutes. Stir fry chicken and vegetables of your choice. Add brown sauce and heat through.
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Chinese Spicy Brown Sauce

1/4 cup regular soy sauce
1/4 cup white soy sauce (light colored--available in Chinese grocery store)
1/4 cup Chinese Oyster Sauce
1 3/4 - 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic (the finer the better)
1 tbsp. minced ginger (the finer the better)
2 tbsp. Chinese chili sauce (looks like bottled Mexican salsa)
2-3 tbsp. hot oil (to be added to sauce to give it a glossy, transparent look)
About 2 tbsp. cornstarch mixed with water (for thickening sauce)

Pour the sauce ingredients into wok and, just before it comes to boil, add cornstarch mixture. Allow to simmer for a few minutes. When mixture has thickened, add hot oil and stir well. Serve over your choice of dinner.