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     Title: RED COOKING SAUCE FOR MEAT SHANGHAINESE
Categories: Chinese, Sauces, Loo
     Yield: 2 cups

     2 c  Water
     2 oz Dry sherry or rice wine
     3 tb Dark soy
     2 tb Brown sugar
     4    Slice ginger
     1    Star anise
     2    Scallions
     1    Slice dried tangerine
          -peel

 To use these sauces: bring them to a slow boil in a
 large kettle. Add meat or poultry, return to slow
 boil, reduce heat to simmer, and cook until done.
 Drain meat and serve with some sauce (optionally
 thickened with cornstarch-water) on the side. Save and
 reuse leftover sauce, which gets richer with each use.
 Leftover sauce should be salted lightly, boiled a few
 minutes, skimmed, and cooled before storage in the
 refrigerator. If it is to be kept a long time it
 should be boiled and skimmed once in awhile.

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