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Real Chinese All-Purpose Stir Fry Brown Sauce

A delicious Chinese brown sauce that will rival any from the local Chinese restaurant. A quick go-to when you want to eat healthy. Just use one part of this sauce to two parts water and you're good to go! Keeps in the fridge for weeks.
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Prep Time 2 minutes
Total Time 2 minutes
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup regular soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce or use 1/2 cup of either if you don't have both soy sauces
  • 1/2 cup oyster sauce
  • 1/4 cup Chinese cooking wine also called sweet cooking rice seasoning
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil don't use any other kind of oil, sesame oil has a very distinct taste
  • 1 tsp ground white pepper

Method
 

  1. Combine all ingredients in a jar and shake to combine. Store in the fridge and shake well before each use. (Make sure your jar is big enough to start with so you have headroom to shake up the ingredients properly.)
  2. TO USE:
  3. Heat 2 tbsp cooking oil in wok or large frying pan over very high heat.
  4. Add your choice of base flavorings (garlic, ginger, etc.) and fry for 10 seconds or so to infuse the oil.
  5. If you are using meat, quickly stir fry and remove from the pan before just cooked. Set aside. (If you are using pre-cooked shrimp, you will add them last.) If you are using mushrooms, it's a good idea to cook them in the hot oil separately so that they get a bit browned.
  6. Add your longest-cooking veggies, such as broccoli, carrots, bokchoy, peapods, etc. and stir fry for a couple of minutes. Then add about an ounce of water or broth and put the lid on. Let simmer for about 3 mins. (This will let them cook just enough to be tender crisp.)
  7. Turn the heat back up and add your other veggies, such as spinach, bamboo shoots, green onions and stir fry for about another two minutes.
  8. Add 1 part prepared sauce mix to 2 parts water in a measuring cup and stir until completely mixed. Add to your stir fry and and continue stirring until the sauce has thickened.
  9. Add your previously cooked meat or shrimp and stir enough to coat.
  10. Eat this yummy stuff!