Chinese Garlic Sauce ?

Name: Chinese Garlic Sauce ?
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 cups
Cuisine: ?? Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 1 tablespoon minced ginger; 1 teaspoon finely chopped green chilis; 2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce; 1/2 cup chicken broth; 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar; 1/4 cup light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes; 1/4 cup water; 2 tablespoons cornstarch

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Do you know how to make chinese garlic sauce? Save yourself a trip to the take out Chinese restaurant and make this extra flavorful and delicious garlic sauce in the comfort of your own home. Chinese brown garlic sauce is slightly sweet and packs a powerful flavor punch. The reason I love Chinese food is because there is always so many complementing flavors going on in a single dish. Everyone is guaranteed to find the taste they like.

Chinese food garlic sauce is exactly that. There is a lot going on but all of the ingredients work harmoniously together. And the bonus is that you can adjust the spices and heat levels according to your personal taste. You can change some chinese garlic sauce ingredients. Feel free to add more chilis if you want it spicier.

What is chinese garlic sauce? The sauce makes a wonderful stir-fry sauce for chicken and beef stir-fries. But also is a great dipping sauce for dumplings and egg rolls. It is slightly sweet and almost has a slight caramel taste form the brown sugar, with a ton of flavor from traditional asian ingredients.

Chinese garlic sauce recipe is easy. Aromatics like garlic, ginger, green chilies all bring in their best in creating this sauce. Soy sauce adds a savory note with sesame oil and chicken broth serving as a base. I add a little bit of cornstarch just to thicken the sauce and give it the perfect consistency. Like I mentioned the sauce is very versatile. You can add more or less of any of the ingredients, whatever suits your palette. Sriracha sauce can also be added for extra heat and flavor.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon finely chopped green chilis
2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Steps

Step 1
Add the garlic, ginger, and chilis to the heated on the pan vegetable oil. Cook, stirring constantly until fragrant, about 15 seconds.
Step 2
Stir in the soy sauce, chicken broth, vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil, red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium and cook for 1 minute.
Step 3
Create the slurry by whisking together water and cornstarch until fully dissolved and pour it into the sauce. Cook, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.