Chinese: Sauce: Looo (basic Sauce)
China
Known as a Chinese recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 8 ingredients
- 1 c Thin soy sauce
- 2 tb Five whole flowerets, star anise
- 1 c Dark soy sauce
- 2 Cloves garlic, split
- 3 Dried chili peppers 2 sl ginger root
- 2 c Water
- 1/2 c Peanut oil
- 1 c Sugar
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Peanut oil
High in vitamin E · 15 mg per 100 g, 127% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient found in many foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet
Nutrients per 100 g of “Oil, peanut”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- Add all ingredients to saucepan and boil 15 minutes. Refrigerate sauce.
- Simmer foods in this sauce, as the foods absorb the salty taste, you may need to add more soy sauce to compensate.
- Do not use fish in this sauce if you want to keep it long.
- Basic Sauce is used over and over again to slow-simmer a number of foods. It imparts its own flavor to what is cooked, and grows more savory with the cooking of different foods.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan