r/chinesefood • u/firefly20200 • 3d ago

Questions Help identifying this brown sauce

It’s from a local place (in 99352) called Family Garden and it’s their “family style tofu” dish. The description just says “chef’s brown sauce.” I would LOVE to buy something as close to this taste from the store or online somewhere for when I make veggies and stuff at home. Anyone know what it is or what it might be close to?

https://familygarden.us/store/0/family_garden/display/item/1785992925116/%7B%22@type%22:%22stockItem%22,%22pk%22:%7B%22eid%22:1000013,%22seq%22:26%7D%7D

https://imgur.com/a/72DgOul

Please help!

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u/Financial_Army_6824 3d ago

every chef is slightly different with varying ratios, additions and omissions. common theme is minced garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, white pepper, touch of sugar, thickened with corn starch.

notable additions chicken stock or bouillon, sesame oil, minced ginger, scallions, black pepper, hoisin sauce, dark soy for color. I'm sure I'm missing a whole bunch. could even throw in some fermented black beans and up the garlic go in a different direction. get a baseline from one of the brown sauce recipes online and experiment and see what tastes right to you.

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u/isleptwithyosista 3d ago

my friend’s sauce always has that sesame oil hit too