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     title: chinese stewing sauce
categories: professional, chinese, sauce
  servings: 3

      3 c  water
      1 c  soy sauce
    1/4 c  rice wine
    1/4 c  garlic
      2    star anise
      3 t  sugar
      2 t  peanut oil

heat oil in a skillet, over a high flame
add garlic and saute until lightly colored 
stir in remaining ingredients 
reduce flame to medium 
heat and stir for 15-20 minutes, until thickened 
strain through a chinois
use as desired

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