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Peking Sauce (京酱)
Learn how to tune the authentic Peking sauce at home. It can be used as stir fry sauce or dipping sauce.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 tbsp. Tian Mian Jiang, sweet wheat past
- 1/2 tbsp. sesame paste
- 1 tbsp. sesame oil (divided )
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp. sugar
- 8 to 10 tbsp. water (see note2)
- 1/4 tsp. Chinese five spice powder ((optional))
Instructions
- 1
Heat up 1/2 tablespoons of sesame oil in a small pan and fry the Tian Mian Jiang over slowest fire for 2 minutes.
- 2
Pour in water and add sugar in and sesame paste. Keep slow fire and continue mixing until well combined. You can continue heating if you prefer a thicker texture. Turn off fire and mix with sesame oil and five spice powder.
- 3
The sauce should be thick but also running and it can be kept in fridge for 3-4 days. You can also use the sauce to make Peking style pork stir fry.