Chinese Brown Sauce (All-Purpose Stir Fry Sauce)

Chinese Brown Sauce (All-Purpose Stir Fry Sauce)

from pupswithchopsticks.com
15 min
1 servings

This Chinese Brown Sauce recipe is your secret weapon for recreating your favorite Chinese takeout dishes right at home. With its rich, savory, and slightly sweet flavor, it's the perfect base for stir-fries like beef and broccoli or chicken and broccoli, and it's incredibly easy to make!

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce ((low sodium))
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2½ tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Shaoxing cooking wine
  • 1 clove garlic ((smashed or grated))
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil ((optional))

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel the 1 clove garlic and smash it with the side of the knife. We want to keep this whole and intact so we can easily remove it and discard it before we use it. Alternatively, if you like it more garlicky, and you don't mind the garlic bits in the sauce, you can also finely mince it or grate it as well.

  2. 2

    Add a small pot over the stovetop and add in the sauce mixture and garlic clove. Set the stove to medium-low heat and keep stirring. **Make sure you are adding the sauce into a cold pot, we want to slowly bring it up to a simmer so that the garlic can infuse into the sauce before it thickens.