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How to Make Duck Sauce
Duck Sauce is a beloved condiment in American Chinese takeout restaurants. Our recipe shows you how to make Chinese duck sauce at home, with real ingredients and real flavor.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons hot water
- 3 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 1 salted pickled plum
- ½ teaspoon liquid from salted pickled plum jar
- 1/8 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon rice vinegar
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, mix the sugar and hot water until the sugar is dissolved. Add the apricot preserves.
- 2
Remove pit from the pickled plum and add to the bowl. The plum is very soft and should fall apart. Then add ½ teaspoon liquid from the pickled plum jar, soy sauce and rice vinegar.
- 3
Mix everything together with a fork until the duck sauce is well-combined. Let the sauce sit for 5 minutes and mix again.