Chinese Garlic Sauce
Give your everyday dishes an unexpected new flavor! This Chinese garlic sauce is nearly all-purpose — it's terrific with rice, rice noodles, stir-fried vegetables, meat, and even fish and seafood. Feel free to experiment and use it not only on Asian dishes but on your most ordinary, everyday ones. It's a great way to shake up the family menu.
Nina
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Chinese Garlic Sauce
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 4 %
2 g
Fats 24 %
11 g
Carbohydrates 72 %
33 g
220 kcal
GI:
53
/
0
/
47
- Interest in Chinese cooking has been growing lately. It's distinctive in every way, from how the dishes are presented to their exotic flavors and fragrant, savory aromas. The cooking itself usually comes down to chopping all the ingredients and cooking them properly — which is exactly why sauces hold such an important place in Chinese cuisine, numbering more than 300 kinds. Chinese garlic sauce is one of the dark-brown sauces; it wonderfully brings out the flavor of vegetables and grains. It's also good for lighter eating, since it's low in calories, and it's quite popular in Western countries. Garlic is a fantastic ingredient that gives finished dishes a special taste and aroma. It's good for you, too — it helps fight off colds and viruses, contains manganese, selenium, and vitamins B6 and C, helps regulate blood pressure, and can help lower cholesterol. Garlic is a natural antioxidant that sharpens memory and keeps you feeling young. Chinese garlic sauce doesn't take long to make, and you can find all the ingredients at the supermarket if you look. Here's what to do: 1. In a small bowl, combine the rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, sherry, chili sauce, and sesame oil, mixing everything thoroughly. 2. In a separate bowl, dissolve the corn starch in the water. 3. Pour the vegetable oil into a heavy-bottomed skillet, warm it, and add the garlic. Cook the garlic for about half a minute, until it releases its aroma. 4. Pour the soy-sauce mixture into the hot skillet with the oil and garlic and bring it to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. 5. Give the corn starch slurry a good stir and add it to the sauce in the skillet. The starch thickens the sauce and gives it a slightly glossy body. Your Chinese garlic sauce is ready — add it to your homemade dishes! Enjoy!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Soy sauce - 51 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sherry - 163 kcal/100g
- Vegetable oil - 873 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Corn starch - 329 kcal/100g
- Rice vinegar - 20 kcal/100g
- Sesame oil - 899 kcal/100g
- Chili sauce - 98 kcal/100g
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