duck sauce
Sweet Chinese glaze
Duck sauce is a sweet, tangy condiment served with Chinese-American dishes, particularly egg rolls and fried appetizers.
The orange-colored sauce typically contains apricots, plums, or peaches with vinegar and sugar.
It comes in small plastic packets at takeout restaurants: I grabbed extra duck sauce for my egg rolls.
Despite the name, it contains no duck—the association comes from pairing with Peking duck in some regional traditions.
Soft stone fruit
- apricotFuzzy orange stone fruit
- hoisinFermented soybean condiment
- dim sumChinese small-plate tradition
- wontonStuffed Chinese pasta pocket
spring roll · egg roll · mu shu · fried rice · sesame chicken · General Tso · crab rangoon · dumplings
Tasting of sugar
- tangySharp and lively-tasting
- fruityHaving orchard flavor
- apricotFuzzy orange stone fruit
- plumSoft stone fruit
vinegary · sugary · syrupy · tart · zesty · sticky · glossy · orange
plum
Soft stone fruit
- apricotFuzzy orange stone fruit
- hoisinFermented soybean condiment
- dim sumChinese small-plate tradition
wonton · spring roll · egg roll · mu shu · fried rice · sesame chicken · General Tso · crab rangoon · dumplings · takeout
sweet
Tasting of sugar
plum · vinegary · sugary · syrupy · tart · zesty · sticky · glossy · orange · amber
accompaniment
Supplementary support element
relish · ketchup · mustard · hot mustard · chili oil · packets · squeeze bottle · drizzle · coating · spread
- Wing Saucesmango habanero, hot honey, peri peri, gochujang, honey garlic
- poultry dishesfried chicken, roast chicken, chicken wings, chicken soup, chicken curry
- Asian fusionorange chicken, General Tso's chicken, fried rice, lo mein, chow mein
- sweet saucescitrus glaze
- pupuspupu platter, poke, coconut shrimp, crab rangoon, egg rolls
duck saucehot mustard
Sharp, heated seed paste
soy sauce · chili oil · fish sauce · sriracha · wasabi
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