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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Yes, I worked in a Chinese takeout retaurant, too.

There is no “technically” about it. Your list of ingredients there quite carefully left out the entire ladle full of cane sugar. By volume it’s about one third of the sauce by way of how every takeaway place I’ve ever seen prepares it.

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JayleneSlide@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Your list of ingredients there quite carefully left out the entire ladle full of cane sugar. By volume it’s about one third of the sauce by way of how every takeaway place I’ve ever seen prepares it.

0_0 Yowza… even if it’s “just” a #1 ladle, that’s a shit-ton of the white stuff. The place where I worked used ~1.5tbsp of white sugar per pound of chicken thigh. I… almost want to try one of these recipes you mentioned just so that I can get dessert and dinner in one container. :D

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- dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  That’s basically what it is. The stuff is incredibly sweet.
  
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  - SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    There’s a reason people like it. The same reason people call it sugarchicken.
    
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