Composition / ingredients
Cooking method
Recently, interest in Chinese cuisine has been growing. It is unusual in everything, from the serving of the dish to the exotic taste and spicy aroma. Cooking usually comes down to the fact that all the ingredients need to be crushed and properly fried. That is why a special place is given to various sauces in Chinese cuisine. Their number includes more than 300 species.
Chinese garlic sauce refers to dark brown sauces, perfectly enhances the taste of vegetables, cereals. It is also applicable to dietary dishes, as it is low-calorie.
Chinese garlic sauce is quite common in Western countries. Garlic is an excellent ingredient that gives ready-made dishes a special taste and aroma. In addition, it is good for health, helps to fight colds and viral diseases. Garlic contains manganese and selenium, vitamin B6 and C, helps to normalize blood pressure and helps to reduce cholesterol in the body. Garlic is a natural antioxidant, improves memory and prolongs youth.
It will not take much time to prepare Chinese garlic sauce, and all products can be found on supermarket shelves if desired. So, here's what you need to do:
1. Mix rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, sherry, chili sauce and sesame oil in a small container, mixing all the ingredients thoroughly.
2. Pour water into a separate bowl and dissolve corn starch in it.
3. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan with a thick bottom, warm it up and add garlic. Cook the garlic for about half a minute until it gives off its flavor.
4. Pour the mixture with soy sauce into a hot frying pan with oil and garlic and bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly.
5. Mix the dissolved corn starch thoroughly in water and add it to the sauce in a frying pan. Starch will give density and a slight viscosity to the sauce.
Chinese garlic sauce is ready! You can add it to your homemade dishes! Bon appetit!
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