
Chinese Takeout Brown Sauce
Brown Sauce or Mother Sauce is the base of many Chinese American dishes
Ingredients
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Instructions
1
Combine all the ingredients together and let the sauce cool down (usually about 1 hour to cool). This allow the flavor to come together.
2
Drain and discard the roots after about an hour of cooling. You can prepare this sauce ahead of time.
3
Store the sauce in the fridge or freeze the sauce. Note: If you do not mix in the stock you can keep the sauce in the fridge for about 1 month.
Last updated Oct 13, 2025
Notes
Recipe is from this video
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