Chinese Dumpling Sauce

Chinese Dumpling Sauce in a small bowl

The base for almost all Chinese dumpling sauces are equal parts Chinese soy sauce and rice vinegar. To that some individuals will add small amounts of other ingredients so that they can call it their very own dumpling sauce creation. These additions can include; chopped garlic, ginger, cilantro, honey, chili sauce, chili oil, sesame oil and white pepper. Others will use Chinkiang vinegar, as a substitute for the basic rice vinegar. Chinkiang is a dark complex vinegar made of glutinous rice and malt. Still others may add sugar, combinations of dark and light soy sauce, chicken stock, green onion.

Some dumpling sauce recipes suggest that you allow the mixture, whatever that may be to stand for at least 30 minutes before serving, to allow the ingredients to combine.

Not to be outdone, Loraine has experimented with the simple combination of flavored balsamic vinegar and soy sauce. It might be noted that the Chinkiang vinegar mentioned in the preceding paragraph is very similar to balsamic vinegar.

We believe that an easy Chinese dumpling sauce can be created by mixing equal parts of cherry balsamic vinegar and Chinese dark soy sauce.

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